(a) No street, alley or way within the Village shall be a public street, alley or way nor shall the Municipality be charged with the care, control, maintenance or repair of the same except in accordance with and on the terms and conditions prescribed in this chapter and unless such street, alley or way shall either:
(1) Have been accepted or opened by ordinance of Council;
(2) Otherwise have attained the legal status of a public street, alley or way prior to the effective date of this section; or
(3) Become a public street, alley or way by virtue of adoption and recording of a plat in accordance with the statutes of the State of Ohio.
(b) No officer, employee or department of the Village shall accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb or light any street, alley or way within the Village unless the same shall be a public street, alley or way as defined in subsection (a) hereof.
(c) Except in the event of emergency and for the duration of such emergency only no officer or department of the Village and no person, corporate or individual, shall open, permit to be opened, use or travel upon unopened streets, alleys or ways, or streets, alleys or ways unimproved for travel within the Village, unless and until such grading, draining, paving and installation of utilities therein as Council may by ordinance or resolution declare to be necessary shall have been performed, constructed or provided for in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 10-76. Passed 6-7-76.)