No department of the village shall accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street or other way or any sidewalk thereon or adjacent thereto unless such street or way shall have been accepted or opened; or otherwise shall have received the legal status of a public street or way, or unless such street or way corresponds in location and extent with a street or way shown on a recorded plat which shall have been legally accepted by the Village Council.
(Prior Code, § 96.02)