[R.O. 2011 § 505.330; R.O. 2009 § 54.060; Ord. No. 01-212, 9-21-2001; Ord. No. 10-219 § 2, 10-26-2010]
A. 
The owners of any private street which is contiguous to property used as single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial or industrial property may petition the City to accept the street as a "provisional street." This Section does not apply to internal streets and drives within mobile home parks or apartment complexes. Prior to acceptance as a public street, all owners of property along the petitioned private street shall annex into the City limits.
B. 
A petition or petitions must be received from each owner before the City will consider accepting the street. The petitions shall state that the owners understand that the City would not reconstruct or overlay the provisional street until the City's public streets have been adequately maintained to the City's satisfaction and until the City has adequate excess funds to do so. The petitions shall also state that the owners understand that when the City does overlay the provisional street, it will do so only to the width of the existing pavement and that when the City does reconstruct the provisional street, it will do so only to the width and depth of the existing pavement. The petition shall further state that the owners understand that any further upgrade shall be at the owners' expense.
C. 
If a street has been accepted as a provisional street, then the street shall be considered a public street for the purposes of traffic control, repairs and maintenance. The owners shall remain responsible for street lights, snow removal and street sweeping and, if the owners, at the time the petitions are submitted, request that responsibility for pothole repair or crack and seal type repairs to be retained by the owners, then the City may authorize the owners to retain that requested responsibility. The City may require the owners to provide bonds and insurance applicable to the responsibilities not accepted by the City.