12-504. Petition for vacation of site or addition, street or alley or for exclusion of land; deannexation of land or vacation of public reservation by city; notice; hearing. (a) The owner of: (1) Any townsite or part of a townsite; (2) any addition or part of an addition to any city; or (3) the lands adjoining on both sides of any street, alley or public reservation such as, but not limited to public easements, dedicated building setback lines, access control, or a part thereof, in any city that desires to have any townsite or part thereof, any addition or part thereof, or public easements, building setback lines, access control or part thereof vacated, or that desires to exclude any farming lands or unplatted tracts, or any addition or part of an addition from the boundaries of the city, shall petition the governing body of such city and request a public hearing on the issues. The governing body shall give notice of such request by publication in the official city newspaper and shall designate whether the hearing will be conducted by the governing body or the planning commission. The notice shall be published at least one time at least 20 days prior to the hearing. The notice shall state that a petition has been filed in the office of the city clerk requesting such vacation or exclusion, or both, describing the property fully. The notice shall specify whether the hearing is to be held before the governing body or the planning commission. All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard on the petition.

(b) Any city may initiate the deannexation of land from the city by following the notice and public hearing process established in subsection (a). The hearing shall be held before the city governing body.

(c) A city may initiate the vacation of any public reservation by following the notice and public hearing process established in subsection (a). The hearing shall be held before the city governing body.

History: R.S. 1923, § 12-504; L. 1963, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 82, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 65, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 147, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 44, § 3; July 1.