In case the City Council shall decide to discontinue any street or highway in said City, any person owning or interested in the lands abutting said street who is dissatisfied with such decision may, within 60 days thereafter, institute proceedings which shall have the same effect, be conducted in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions and provisions as if such person were dissatisfied with the laying out, altering, or resurveying of any street or highway in said City.