File #: 8579-14    Version: 1 Name: 1st rdg: Ord. # 8579-14 - Utility Easement Vacation at 1355 Union Street
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/4/2014 In control: Public Works
On agenda: 8/18/2014 Final action: 8/20/2014
Title: Approve the request from the owner of property addressed at 1355 Union Street to vacate a series of platted utility easements; and pass Ordinance 8579-14 on first reading (VAC2014-02).
Attachments: 1. 8579-14, 2. Lgl_2014-13, 3. 1355Union-LocationMAP
SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the request from the owner of property addressed at 1355 Union Street to vacate a series of platted utility easements; and pass Ordinance 8579-14 on first reading (VAC2014-02).
 
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SUMMARY:  
The owner of property located at 1355 Union Street is planning to construct new improvements on a portion of his property encumbered by several five-foot wide utility easements that were dedicated to the public when the subdivision was platted.  A survey of the property revealed that existing improvements also encroach into these easements.  The easement vacation, as proposed, would eliminate these encroachments.  
The City's Engineering, Public Utilities and Gas System departments have no plans to use these easements.  Staff has no objection to the request.  
Duke Energy, Verizon, Bright House and WOW! (formally Knology) each have no objections to the request.