To regulate the construction and installation of public streets, lanes and alleys, and private streets, lanes and alleys used or intended to be used by the public; To ascertain, fix, establish and mark on the ground, from time to time, the lines and grades of any or all such public or private streets, lanes and alleys, or any part or parts thereof, and to require conformity thereto; To regulate the construction and installation of utilities and other facilities in, under or over any or all such public or private streets, lanes and alleys; To prevent encroachment on, or obstruction of, any of such public or private streets, lanes or alleys, or any public places; To close or gate an alley that is no longer needed for through pedestrian or vehicular traffic, in order to promote the public health, safety, or welfare; and To lease a closed or gated alley to an entity that consists of property owners whose lots abut the alley; and To tow vehicles blocking access to driveways, alleys, transit lanes, or parking facilities. Ch. 423, Acts of 2004 Chs. 584 & 585, Acts of 2022, effective Oct.1, 2022