Sec. 24-315. - Notice to property owners; hearings.
(a) The City Council shall not consider any ordinance closing a street or portion thereof to public use and travel until the City Clerk shall have mailed a notice to all the owners of real property situated between the nearest intersection boundaries encompassing the proposed street closing, as well as that situated within 300 feet of such boundaries. With regard to any proposed street closing, the Director of Public Works may require that notice be mailed to owners of real property within a larger defined area, taking into consideration street locations in the general vicinity of the proposed closing, the volume and character of usage of the street or portion thereof to be closed, and the likely impact on owners of property located on any adjacent or intersecting streets. The notice shall include a copy of the ordinance, and the notice shall state the time and place at which the City Council shall hold a public hearing on the ordinance. The City Clerk shall mail the notice not later than seven days before the date of the public hearing. The City Clerk shall obtain from the City Assessor the names and residence or business addresses of the owners to whom notice shall be sent, as disclosed by the real estate tax assessment records of the City.
(b) The City Council shall not consider any ordinance closing an alley or any part thereof to public use and travel until the City Clerk mails a notice, in like manner, to all the owners of real property situated between the block boundaries encompassing the proposed alley closing.
(Code 1993, § 25-133; Code 2004, § 90-328; Code 2015, § 24-315; Code 2020, § 24-315)
