Power to declare private street a public street

Power to declare private street a public street.--

1. (1) A Council may, at any time, by a notice exhibited in any private street or part thereof give intimation to declare the same a public street, and unless within one month next after such notice in first exhibited, the owner or the majority of the several owners of such private street or a part of the street, lodges or lodge objections thereto with the Council may, by a notice exhibited in such a street, or such part thereof, declare the same to be public street vested in the Council.
2. (2) If the owner or in case there are more than one owner a majority of owners of any private street request in writing to the Council to declare such street to be a public street, the Council may declare it to be so and on such declaration such street shall vest in the Council and become a public street.
3. (3) If in spite of the opposition of the majority of the owners of any private street, the Council considers it necessary to declare such street a public street it may do so on paying a reasonable compensation, which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to the owners of the street.