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Zoning and Development Code |
Appendix 500 SERIES. REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES |
Appendix 88-560. VACATION OF ALLEYS, STREETS AND PLATS |
§ 88-560-10. APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR VACATIONS
In order to determine that no private rights will be unreasonably injured or endangered by the vacation and the public will suffer no unreasonable loss or inconvenience, the city planning and development director, city plan commission, and city council must consider at least the following factors:
88-560-10-A. All property owners adjacent to the right-of-way shall have legal access to another public right-of-way. Such access shall be physically feasible and shall not result in an unreasonable burden or unsafe conditions on the alternate right-of-way.
88-560-10-B. The retention of the public right-of-way or subdivision serves no current purposes and no future useful public purpose is anticipated.
88-560-10-C. The vacation will not result in a violation of 88-405.
88-560-10-D. The vacation shall not disrupt the constructed street network or reduce existing physical connectivity.
88-560-10-E. The vacation shall not result in a dead-end street or alley.
88-560-10-F. The vacation shall not result in street traffic being routed through an alley.
88-560-10-G. The vacation shall not vacate half the width of a street or alley.
88-560-10-H. The right-of-way to be vacated is not on the Major Street Plan.
(Ord. No. 170911 , § B, 1-18-2018)