HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8843
ORDINANCE N0. 88l~3
i
An ordinaee to vacate certain street and alleys in the City of Eugene
I~VHEREAS, heretofore the Common Council and the Board of directors of School
District have negotiated for the vacation of certain streets and alleys running
through property which has been acquired by the School Board for the purpose of estab°
lishing a school property which Rill not oe traversed by traffic, thus endangering the
students.
and Whereas, the Common Council has caused the City Recorder to file in his
office a certificate shoti~i.ng that all city liens and all taxes have been paid on the
lands covering by the plat or portions thereof to be vacated, and
Whereas, the said proposed vacation has been submitted and approved by the
Planning Commission of the City of Eugene,
Therefore,
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN hS FOLT,OVd'S:
Section 1. The Common Council of the City of Eugene hereby initiates vacation
pr oceedings on its own authority, without petition or consent of the property oavners,
excepting as provided by statute, of the follovring described property inrthe City of
Eugene . to-wit
High street from 19th to 20th avenue; Mill street from 15th to 21~th avenue
Ferry street from 19th to 2l~th avenue; 20th avenue from Pearl to High street.
The folla~ring streets to be vacated from the West line of Driverton Addition to
Patterson street.
Twentieth avenue, twentyfirst avenue, twenty second avenue, twenty third avenue
alleys to be vacated;
Blocks 7 and 8, Teshners Addition
Blocks ~,~ 1L~, 17, 18, 23, 2~, 27, 2S, 33, 3~+. Driverton Addition
reserving to 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 hearin g shall be held on the 8th day of October,
191.i.5 at the council chambers of the City Hall in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, at 7:30
ofclock P.M. of said day, at irhich time all persons will be heard upon objections or
suggesti ens with reference to the vacation of said streets and alleys, and at said time
the Council will provide far the vacation of said premises or deny such vacation, and
in case the vacation is made will make provisions for any damages sustained.
Section 3. The Ci~,~ recorder be and he is hereby required to i~nedia.tely publish
for four consecutive weel.s i,. w nevrsraYer publiohed in Eugene Lane County, Oregon
notice of the proposed vacation. Such notice shall give the description of the streets
and alleys to be vacated as herein set out, and state the date when this ordinance was
passed; the name of any petitioners petitioninp~ for said vacation; the date when the
3~9
I
3~0
said petition, together with any objsetion or remonstrances which may be made in writing
and filed with the City Recorder prior tc the date of said hearing will be heard and
considered.
Section 1.~.. The, City Recorder shall forthwith and within five days after the
first publication of said notice, post or cause to be posted at or rear each end of said
vacation, a copy of the foregoing notice, which shall be headed "Notice of Alley and
Street Vacation", and which notice 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 hoaring.
Section 5. Whereas it is necessary for the safety of the student body of the
Eugene public schgol that these vacation shall be made, and
Vuhereas, the work of improving the sohool property is about to be advanced, and
it is r_ecessary that the streets be closed at once, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and it is necessary for the immediate preservation of 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 apprcval by ;;'_:c ::aycr, and it is so ordered.
Passed by the Common Couneil
this 13th day of Augus t, 1~5.
Approved by the Mayor this
lt.~th day of August, 1945•
~s~ John Fields, City Recorder
~s~ Earl L. R4cNutt, Mayor