88.637. May open, vacate and improve streets (third class cities).
May open, vacate and improve streets (third class cities).
88.637. The council shall have power to create, open andimprove any public square, street, avenue, alley or otherhighway, old or new, and also to vacate or discontinue the samewhenever deemed necessary or expedient; provided, that alldamages sustained by the citizens of the city, or the owners ofthe property therein, shall be ascertained as prescribed in thatportion of sections 88.497 to 88.647 relating to the condemnationof private property for public use; and provided further, thatwhenever any public square, street, avenue or alley or otherhighway shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners ofthe adjacent lots in proportion as it was taken from them; andstill further provided, that when the grade of any street oralley shall have been once established by ordinance, it shall notbe lawful to change such grade without making compensation to allpersons owning real estate on such street or square, avenue,alley or other highway who may be damaged by such change ofgrade, to be determined and governed in all respects withreference to benefits and damages as is provided in sections88.497 to 88.647.
(RSMo 1939 § 6995)Prior revisions: 1929 § 6849; 1919 § 8331; 1909 § 9258