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Approve the request from Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church of Clearwater, FL, Inc, the owner of property addressed 110 S. Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater to vacate a portion of a 28-foot-wide platted Alley Right-of-Way, lying west of lots 20, 19, 18, 17 and 16 of Block B, being described in the Plat titled John R. Davey, et. al. Resubdivision, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 87, of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida, of which Pinellas County, Florida, was formerly a part, subject to certain conditions, and pass Ordinance 9609-22 on first reading.
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SUMMARY:
The property owner at 110 S. Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, has requested that the City vacate a portion of the 28-foot-wide platted Alley Right-of-Way along the western lot line of 110 S. Fort Harrison Avenue. The northern portion of said Alley Right-of-Way was previously vacated in Ordinance 8363-12.
The purpose of this vacation is to accommodate improvements to the handicap ramp and covered entrance to the building and prevent dangerous through traffic.
There are city and private utilities present within the subject property. Utility easements will be reserved and retained by the City within the right-of-way for the continued use, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of any and all city utility infrastructure and related access. Utility easements will be reserved and retained for private utility interests as they may appear at the Effective Date of the ordinance. A Pedestrian Ingress and Egress Easement will be reserved and retained over, across and through the entire vacated right-of-way in favor of the general public. As a prerequisite to the effectiveness of the vacation, all conditions precedent set forth therein must be met. City staff have reviewed this vacation and have no objection subject to the conditions of the ordinance.