VACATION AND ABANDONMENT OF STREETS, ALLEYS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 7, ch. 1, art. 7

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 7.50 Presentation of Map.

Sec. 7.50. Presentation of Map. No street, alley, or other public place, or any portion thereof, shall be vacated or abandoned unless the persons owning the property to which the land so to be vacated or abandoned will revert upon the passage of the final ordinance vacating or abandoning the same, present to the Board of Public Works a map in the form and in the manner required by the section. Such map shall show all property affected by such vacation or abandonment, and shall be so drawn that the property so to be vacated or abandoned and the property to which the same will revert upon such vacation or abandonment will be shown as one or more lots, and, if there be more than one lot, such map shall show the lines between such lots as the same will exist upon the completion of the vacation or abandonment proceedings. Such map shall be prepared, executed and approved in the manner required by law for the preparation, execution and approval of maps of subdivisions of tracts of land. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 17,801.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 7.51 Fees and Deposits.

Sec. 7.51. Fees and Deposits. When any such map is presented, a sufficient amount of money to pay the fees for recording the same shall be deposited with the Board of Public Works. Immediately after the passage and publication of the final ordinance vacating or abandoning such property, the Board of Public Works shall cause such map to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles in the same manner as other maps of subdivisions are required to be recorded, using for the recording fees the money deposited therefor as hereinbefore required. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 17,801.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 7.52 When Map Need Be Presented.

Sec. 7.52. When Map Need Be Presented. Such map need not be presented to the Board of Public Works until after the time for protest against such vacation or abandonment shall have expired, or, if a protest be filed, then not until after such protest shall have been denied. Nothing in the section contained shall require the preparation, execution, or recording of any such map in any case where a street, alley or other public place, or any portion thereof, is vacated or abandoned at the request of the City of Los Angeles, and, in such case, if such map is prepared and recorded, the expense thereof shall be borne by the City of Los Angeles. SECTION HISTORY Based on Ord. No. 17,801.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-32499Fetched: 10/24/2026