Section 5-441. Application to court; contents of petition  


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  • Upon the day
      stated in such notice, or upon such further day to which the  court  may
      for  good  cause adjourn such application, the corporation counsel shall
      present a petition, signed by him or her on behalf of the city:
        1. Setting forth briefly the  proceedings  had  in  relation  to  such
      discontinuance or closing.
        2. Showing the nature and extent thereof.
        3. Indicating the real property affected thereby, and to what portion,
      if any, of the land within the closed street the city has acquired or is
      authorized  to  acquire  the  fee  title, by reference to the maps which
      shall have been filed as provided in section 5-435 of this subchapter. A
      copy of each map shall be attached to the petition.
        4. Praying that the compensation which justly should be  made  to  the
      respective  owners of the real property affected or damaged by reason of
      such closing and also, in a proper case, the compensation  which  justly
      should  be  made  to  the respective owners of the fee title to the land
      within the closed street, acquired or to be acquired in the  proceeding,
      be ascertained and determined by the supreme court without a jury.