§ 25-4-38. ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERED DEDICATION.

(A)

Approval of a plat is not an acceptance by the City of an offered dedication. Disapproval or denial of a plat is a refusal by the City to accept an offered dedication shown on a plat.

(B)

The City may accept an offered dedication only by the action of an authorized official.

(C)

The director and the director of the Public Works Department may accept for the City an offered dedication of a street by jointly issuing a certificate of acceptance.

(D)

A street may not be accepted unless it is surfaced, curbed, and guttered with the required utilities and drainage facilities installed. The City's entry, use, or improvement under a fiscal security agreement is not an acceptance of an offered dedication.

(E)

Except as provided in a fiscal security agreement, an officer or employee of the City may not enter, use, or improve a street unless the street has been accepted by the City.

Source: Section 13-2-404; Ord. 990225-70; Ord. 010329-18; Ord. 031211-11.