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For the purpose of determining sufficiencies of signatures of owners of private property on a petition or consent to vacate, the following rules shall govern:

A. Where the owners of private property abutting the right-of-way proposed to be vacated are husband and wife, the signature of either spouse, without the signature of the other, will be sufficient.

B. In case of mortgaged property, the signature of the mortgagor shall be sufficient.

C. In the case of property subject to a contract of purchase, the signatures of both the contract vendors and vendees shall be required.

D. In the case of ownership by a corporation, the signature of any officer authorized by the bylaws or resolutions of the board of directors shall be sufficient when evidenced by an excerpt of said bylaws or said resolution, certified by the secretary of the corporation, granting such authority.

E. In the case of property owned by the estate of a decedent or incompetent, the signature of the duly qualified administrator, executor or guardian shall be equivalent to the signature of the owner of the property. (Ord. 6085 § 1, 2007; Ord. 5212 § 1 (Exh. G), 1999; Ord. 2985 § 1, 1976; 1957 code § 8.24.020.)