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CHAPTER 16 • The council must hold a public hearing on the proposal following two weeks published and posted notice.The city must provide written notice to each affected property owner at least 10 days before the hearing. • If the land to be vacated abuts or terminates on any public water,the city must give written notice to the commissioner of natural resources. Krebs v.Town of Northern • If,after completing the above steps,the council Beltrami County,213 Minn. decides the action is in the public interest,it may 344,6 N.W.2d 803(1942).See also, 13A Dunnell Minn.Digest vacate the land by passing a resolution. Vacating a Municipal Corporations§ street or alley must be in the public interest. 58.01. • After adopting the resolution,the clerk must prepare and present to the county auditor and the county registrar of deeds,a notice that the council has completed the vacation proceedings. A.G.OP.59A-53(Jan. 13, When a city lawfully vacates a street,the owner of the abutting 977). property holds title to the land in the former street,presumably to the center line,free of easements either in favor of the public or owners of other property abutting on the street.Cities • may specify the extent to which a proposed vacation affects existing utility easements, including the right to maintain and continue utility easements. Minn.Stat.§ 160.05,§ 160.29. However,when a piece of land was formerly a platted street but the city vacated the street,its prior status would not prevent a dedication by statutory user if the city maintained it for six years. If the city actually owns the dedicated street,the resolution vacating the street does not divest the city of its rights to the property. It still may dispose of the property on which the street was located. It is unusual that the city would own a street; a city does not gain ownership by plat dedication. In re Hull, 163 Minn.439,204 An abutting property owner who suffers peculiar damages N.W.534(1925). from the vacation of the street is entitled to compensation,but not if the only complaint is that the person must travel further or over a poorer road when going to and from the property. Minn.Stat.§505.14. For streets in private and certain platted territories, there is also a district court procedure for vacation. Before a court may grant an application,however, the mayor of the city must receive personal notification of the application at least 10 days before the court intends to hear the application. 403