[Amended 10-11-1972 by L.L. No. 6-1992; 7-3-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990; 1-11-1994 by L.L. No. 2-10994; 8-28-1995 by L.L. No. 11-1995[2]; 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XXI, Community Service Agency, added 7-3-1973 by L.L. No. 2-1973, was repealed 1-12-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982.
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Editor's Note: This local law, which was approved at a mandatory referendum on 11-7-1995, provided for the renumbering of former Art. XI, Public Streets, as Art. XXI. This local law also provided that all references to "City Manager" shall be changed to "Mayor."
The following shall be deemed public streets of the city:
A. 
All streets, avenues, roads, alleys, lanes, concourses, parking spaces, parking areas and public squares in public use within the city, heretofore or hereafter laid out as streets or public highways, as provided by law.
B. 
All streets, avenues, roads, alleys, lanes, concourses, and public squares not laid out or opened as provided by law, but which have been worked or improved by the city and used as public streets or highways for five years or more.
C. 
All streets heretofore dedicated to the public use in pursuance of law, or hereafter dedicated and accepted by the City Council as provided in this title.
Whenever any street, park or square shall have been dedicated to the public use, the City Council may accept such dedication by ordinance. Thereupon, the street so dedicated and accepted shall be a public street of the city, and the park or square so dedicated and accepted shall be one of the public parks or squares of said city.
Before any street, park or square shall be so accepted, the City Council shall cause a survey, map and description thereof either to be made by the City Engineer or approved by him or her in writing, and by him or her reported to the City Council, stating the exact location, the course, distance, width and boundaries of the street, park or square so accepted. Such description shall be entered at length in the minutes of the City Council, and such map shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk; and copies thereof duly certified by the City Clerk shall be presumptive evidence in any proceeding of the location of said street, park or square.
The City Council may by ordinance, cause all streets, public parks or squares in said city that have been used for ten years, and are not sufficiently described, or have not been duly recorded in the existing public records, to be ascertained, described and entered of record in its minutes; and the record thereof, and of such as shall hereafter be laid out, or of such as have been dedicated and accepted by the City Council, or a copy thereof, certified by the City Clerk, shall be evidence of the existence and location of such streets, parks and squares as therein described.