Whenever the owner or owners of land within the Borough have laid out or shall hereafter lay out any street, road, avenue or other place upon such lands and the owner or owners of more than 1/2 of the linear feet fronting on such street, road, avenue or public place or part thereof shall petition the Mayor and Council to adopt such street, road, avenue or other public place or part thereof as a public highway, such petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the proposed width and length of the street, road, avenue or public place and the proposed type of paving or surfacing, together with the names of the abutting owners and frontage owned by them respectively marked thereon, and all angles, courses, distances and points of reference fully shown.
Whenever any street or avenue within the limits of the Borough shall be laid out and opened to its full width to be accepted as a public highway, the roadway shall be the center thereof and be 3/5 of the full width of such street or avenue. On each side there shall be a sidewalk 1/5 the full width of such street or avenue. Said street or avenue shall not be less than 50 feet in width unless otherwise provided by special ordinance, and at the time of such application said streets shall be in passable condition. Streets to be accepted must have at least one terminus at a public street.
Before any street, road, avenue or other public place is accepted as a public highway, such street, road, avenue or other public place shall be graded its entire width, including the sidewalks, and put in condition for public use and to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Council of the Borough.
Any flagging, curbing, guttering, paving or any other improvement of any kind, including the laying of any pipes, shall conform to specifications prepared and approved by the Borough Engineer and on file in the office of the Borough Clerk.