All persons desiring to have the city council exercise its powers under the Local Government Code of the State of Texas regarding abandoning, altering, closing, and vacating streets, alleys and other public ways and portions thereof, shall file their petition with the code official, in writing, directed to the city council. Such petition shall contain a description of the street, alley, or portion thereof, as the case may be, and attached to said petition shall be a list of all owners abutting said street, alley, or portion thereof, as the case may be, together with the last known address of all such owners. In the event that all abutting property owners do not join in said petition, a statement shall be attached to said request showing the reason for nonparticipation of those who have not signed the petition. The code official shall make the city tax rolls available to any petitioner under this chapter for the purpose of determining the names and addresses of all abutting property owners and the tax rolls shall be conclusive as to the names of the abutting property owners for the purposes of this chapter.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
Upon the filing of such petition with the code official, an administration fee shall be paid in accordance with the city’s fee and permit ordinance to cover the expense of administering the procedure outlined in this section and the cost of mailing notices and release forms to all abutting property owners. Such fee is nonrefundable.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
Upon the filing of such petition and fee as provided herein, the city shall mail notices of said petition and release forms by certified mail, return receipt requested, to all abutting property owners.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
In the event the petition requests that only a portion of a through street, alley, or public way which is open to the public access from either direction is to be abandoned, altered, closed or vacated, then it shall be necessary for the petitioner to provide the code official with the names and last known mailing addresses of all abutting property owners both for the portion to be closed and for that portion which is to remain open in either direction up to the next intersection with another street, alley or public way. Notices and release forms shall be mailed to all such abutting property owners for the closed and open portions of said street, alley, or public way as provided in this article.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
The proposed abandonment or vacation shall be reviewed by the city council and shall be placed on the agenda for the next public meeting of the city council after the filing of the petition or such public meeting as the city council may set, provided that at least ten (10) days have elapsed from the date said petition is filed until the date of said meeting in order to allow sufficient time for the mailing of notices and release forms to the abutting property owners and, provided further, that the notice provisions of the Local Government Code are complied with. The council shall hold a public hearing and review the petition during the public meeting. No action shall be taken at the first meeting during which the review takes place.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
The city council shall not act on such petition until such time as the petitioner has delivered to the code official the following:
(1) 
An executed release form from each of the abutting property owners listed in the petition;
(2) 
A real estate appraisal of the subject street, alley, or public way requested for vacation, closing or abandonment;
(3) 
Easement releases for any public utility easements within the right-of-way of the subject street, alley, or public way; and
(4) 
A payment representing each abutting petitioner’s pro rata share of the appraised value of the subject street, alley, or public way to be vacated, closed, or abandoned.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)
(a) 
Such petition, if not acted upon at the second public meeting at which it appears on the agenda, may be continued on the agenda to subsequent public meetings if it is in the best interest of the parties and the public as the city council may in its sole discretion determine.
(b) 
Once the petition is approved by the city council, the petitioners have 30 days in which to record the vacation, closure, or abandonment of the subject street, alley or public way in the county deed records and to submit, to the city, a replat covering the vacated, closed, or abandoned street and the adjacent properties.
(Ordinance 2011-05-16-05, rev. 2, adopted 5/16/11)