[Ord. No. 12.500A §§1 — 2, 9-8-1992]
A. 
A public right-of-way for any street, alley, avenue, drive, boulevard or other public thoroughfare shall not be vacated, except in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
B. 
Procedure.
1. 
A written petition signed by each owner of property abutting upon the right-of-way sought to be vacated, accompanied by an adequate description of the involved right-of-way and a certified check in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) made payable to the City of California, to defray all expenses of the City relating to the proposed vacation, shall be filed with the office of the City Clerk.
2. 
The petition, upon receipt by the City Clerk, shall be referred to the Chief of Police, Street Superintendent and to the Superintendent of Utilities of the City for consideration, review and recommended action to the Board of Aldermen of the City.
3. 
If the Board of Aldermen of the City, upon receipt of the recommendation of the Chief of Police, Street Superintendent and the Superintendent of Utilities, finds that the petition for vacation should be approved, the proposed vacation shall be further conditioned upon the passage and approval of an ordinance declaring the involved right-of-way vacated and discontinued for public purposes.
4. 
Any easement which is or which may reasonably be required for City sanitary, sewer or surface water drainage facilities, or for any gas, water, electrical, telephone, cable or telegraph facilities or services, or any other services which the City may require, whether or not such facilities or services exist or will be constructed, shall be reserved to and retained by the City in any ordinance authorizing and approving the vacation of all or any part of the involved right-of-way.
5. 
The property owner(s) proposing the vacation of the involved right-of-way shall have prepared, at their expense, any quitclaim deed or other legal instrument required to confirm title to the vacated right-of-way in them, and such quitclaim deed or other legal instrument shall reserve to the City any easement that may be required for the purposes mentioned above.
6. 
The property owner(s) proposing the vacation of the involved right-of-way shall be responsible for all recording and filing fees incurred in connection with the vacation, including any cost incurred in recording any deed of easement, deed of conveyance, and the like. It is the responsibility of the property owner(s) proposing the vacation to provide the City with an adequate and acceptable legal description of the right-of-way to be vacated, as well as a legal description of the easement, if required. The quitclaim deed, or other legal instrument, as may be required, shall be submitted to and approved by the City Attorney prior to the execution thereof by the Mayor and City Clerk.