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Approve the request from Aurora Civil Engineering, Inc., on behalf of Ferman of Countryside, LLC, the owner of property addressed 24825 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater to vacate the platted Drainage Easement (Stormwater Pond), the platted 10-Foot-Wide and 20-foot wide Drainage Easement, and a portion of the 10-foot wide platted Utility Easement (up to the south property line), located on Lot 1, Ken Marks Ford First Add, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 105, Page 100, of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, and pass Ordinance 9610-22 on first reading.
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SUMMARY:
The property owner at 24825 US Highway 19 North, Clearwater, has requested that the City vacate the platted Drainage Easement (Stormwater Pond that City maintained), the platted 10-foot wide and the 20-foot wide Drainage Easement, and a portion of the 10-Foot-Wide platted Utility Easement (up to the south property line).
The purpose of this vacation is to allow for construction of a new service building and to release the City from its maintenance obligations of the privately owned stormwater pond. A new stormwater pond will be maintained by Ferman of Countryside, LLC.
There are no city utilities that will be affected by the proposed easements to be vacated. All private utility companies have no objection to the vacation. City staff have reviewed this vacation and have no objection.