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STREET VACATION - BETWEEN SOUTHEAST 3RD AVENUE AND SOUTHEAST 4TH AVENUE AND SOUTHEAST 14TH STREET AND SOUTHEAST 15TH STREET (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-135, Petition 19SVA-06PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon and close a certain portion of an alley located between Southeast 3rd Avenue and Southeast 4th Avenue and between Southeast 14th Street and Southeast 15th Street, as more specifically described in this Ordinance; reserving a public and private utilities easement; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT
The purpose of this request is to vacate a portion of right-of-way running from Southeast 14th Street to Southeast 15th Street, north of Southeast 4th Avenue. The approximately 0.13 acre right-of-way to be vacated was platted as 15 feet wide per the Williams Subdivision, Plat Book "D", page 1 of the Public Records of Alachua County, Florida. The alley is not paved and at times is overgrown with vegetation. The adjacent property owners have had to maintain the alley and would like to gain the property. The right-of-way property is an unimproved "paper street." There is no physical access to the alley and it serves no public use.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on October 3, 2006. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on October 4, 2006. The Plan Board held a public hearing October 19, 2006.