Power to require repair of streets and to declare such streets public

(1) When the municipal council considers that in any street, not being a public street, or in any part of such street, within the municipal area, it is necessary for the public health, convenience or safety that any work should be done for the levelling, paving, metalling, flagging, channelling, draining, lighting or cleaning thereof, the municipal council may by written notice require the respective owners of the vacant lands or buildings fronting, adjoining or abutting upon such street or part thereof, to carry out such work in such manner and within such time as may be specified in such notice. (2) After such work has been carried out by such owners or as provided in section 264 by the municipal council at the expense of such owners, the street or part thereof in which such work has been done, shall on the joint requisition of a majority of the said owners, be declared by a public notice, put up therein by the municipal council, to be a public street. (3) If the notice under sub-section (1) is not complied with and such work is executed by the municipal council as provided in section 264, the expenses thereby incurred shall be apportioned by the municipal council, between such owners in such manner as it may think fit, regard being had, if it deems it necessary, to the amount and value of any work already done by the owners or occupiers of any such vacant lands or buildings.