HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8820315
ORDINANCE NO. E~~20
An Ordinance to vacate certain streets and alleys in the City
of Eugene.
WHEREAS, The Common Council has caused the City Recorder to
file in his office a certificate showing that all City liens and all
taxes have been paid on the lands covered by the plat or portions
thereof to be vacated, and
WHEREAS, the said proposed vacation has been submitted to and approved
by the Planning Commission of the City of Eugene,
Therefore,
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLO~JS:
Section 1. The Common Council of the City of Eugene hereby
initiates vacation proceedings on its own authority, without petition
or consent of the property owners, excepting as provided by statute,
of the following described property in the City of Eugene, to-wit;
Maple Avenue from the South line of 13th avenue to
the South line of Plat of ~lictoria Heights.
reserving yo the City the right to enter, construct and maintain all
sewers, water pipes and public utilities.
Section 2. A hearing shall be held upon the proposal to vacate
the streets and alleys, as herein provided, and said hearing shall be
held on the 14th day of May, 1945 at the Council Chambers of the City
Halll in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon at 7:30 o'clock P.I. of said day
at which time all persons will be heard upon objections or suggestions
with reference to the vacation of said street and alleys, and at said
time the Council will provide for-the vacation of said premises or d eny
such vacation, and in case the vacation is made will make provisions for
any damages sustained.
Section 3. The City Recorder be and he is hereby required to
immediately publish for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published
in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, notice of the proposed vacation. Such
notice shall give the description of the street and alleys to be vacated
as herein set out, and state the date when this ordinance was passed;
the name of any petitioners petitioning for said vacation; the date
when the said petition, together with any objection or remonstrances
which may be made in writing and filed with the City Recorder prior to
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the date of said hearing will be heard and considered.
Section 4. The City Recorder shall forthwith and within five
days after the first publication of said notice, post or cause to be
posted at or near each end of aid proposed vacation, a copy of the fore-
going notice, which shall be headed 'Notice of Alley and Street Vacation",
and which notic shall be posted in at least two conspicuous places in
such proposed vacation area.
The posting and the first day of publication of such notice shall
not be less than twenty-eight days before the time set for hearing.
Section ~. `vdhereas Maple Avenue can never be properly improved
and constitutes a dangerous liability to the City in its unimproved
condition, an emergency is therefor declared to exist and it is necessary
for the immediate preservationc~' the peace, health and safety of the City
of Eugene that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its passage
by the Common Council and its approval by the Mayor and it is so ordered.
Passed by the Common Council
this 9th day of April 1945.
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/s/ John Fields _
recorder pro tam
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Approved by the Mayor thi;
12th day of April 1945.
/s1 Earl L. McNutt
Mayor
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