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ORDINANCE f • The East/West Alley between LaSalle Street and Colfax Avenue lying rest of Sycamore Street, Portage Township, City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Pursuant to Indiana Code Section 36- 7 -3 -12, the Common Council is charged with the authority to hear all petitions to vacate public ways or public places within the City. The following Ordinance vacates the above described public property. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend having held a Public Hearing on the petition to vacate the following property: The first East/West alley North of Colfax Avenue, from Sycamore Street to the St. Joseph River for a distance of 257.4 feet and a width of 14 feet. Being a part of Miller's Subdivision and also being a part of the Original Town of Lowell, Portage Township, City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. hereby determines that it is desirable to vacate said property. SECTION ll. The City of South Bend hereby reserves the rights and easements of all utilities and the Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, to construct and maintain any facilities, including, but not limited to, the following: electric, telephone, gas, water, sewer, surface water control structures and ditches, within the vacated right-of-way, unless such rights are released by the individual utilities. SECTION Ill. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacating: 01 8- 5003 -0041 018- 5003 -0040 018- 5003 -0056 Section IV. The purpose of the vacation of the real property is so that the East Bank