The owners of land which was conveyed by a federal patent, subject to right-of-way for roadway and/or public utility purposes, may apply for a waiver of the City’s interest in that right-of-way by filing an application in the Planning and Development Department. Such applications will be processed, heard by the abandonment hearing officer, and may be appealed in the same manner as applications for abandonment of roadways and easements, except that requests to exchange or dispose of land conveyed by a federal patent for roadway and/or utility purposes, for roadway which is no longer needed for public use, may be made by letter, instead of formal application, unless the Planning and Development Department determines that a formal application is needed to more fully examine the proposed exchange, or disposal, and then a formal application will be required. Exchanges shall be accomplished by an ordinance authorizing the execution by the City Manager or his designated representative of a deed conveying the unnecessary roadway and by the acceptance of the dedication of the new roadway either by ordinance or by approval of a subdivision plat or plat of dedication. (Ord. No. G-2731, § 2; Ord. No. G-3313, § 1; Ord. No. G-3497, § 1; Ord. No. G-5590, § 1, 2011)