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Approve the request from the City of Clearwater, owner of property addressed 300 Cleveland Street, to vacate the 18-foot-wide drainage and utility easement, as recorded in Book 926, Page 157, Official Records of Pinellas County, Florida (Easement) being further described as the South 18 feet of Lots 3, 4, and 5, Rompon’s and Baskin’s Corrected Map of Causeway Business District, as recorded in Plat Book 57, Page 1 of the Official Records of Pinellas County, FL, and pass Ordinance 9619-22 on first reading.
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SUMMARY:
The City of Clearwater is the owner of 300 Cleveland St, the former Harborview Center, and requests that the City vacate the 18-foot-wide Platted Drainage and Utility Easement located on the South 18 feet of Lots 3, 4, and 5, “Rompon’s & Baskin’s Corrected Map of Causeway Business District”, as recorded in Plat Book 57, Page 1 of the Official Records of Pinellas County, FL.
By operation of law, the easement interests provided for in the Easement merged into the City’s fee simple interest upon conveyance of the subject parcel to the City in that certain Special Warranty Deed dated July 14, 1992, recorded at Book 7998, Page 606, Official Records of Pinellas County, Florida. This vacation is intended to clear any cloud on title remaining as to the Easement interests, by the City formally vacating said interest and recording evidence thereof on the Official Records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Florida. Clearing of title via this vacation is intended to allow for subsequent conveyance and development of the parcel.
There are no city utilities present within this easement. City staff have no objection to this vacation.