9808-07 Vacation - Street - portion of Lafayette from Ireland - District 6

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ORDINANCE N0. ~ ~~ 0 - ~ AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THE STREET TO BE VACATED IS A PORTION OF LAFAYETTE BLVD. FROM THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF IRELAND ROAD NORTH APPROXIMATELY 261 FEET WITH A VARIED WIDTH LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA IN THE 6TH COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT 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: A PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF IRELAND ROAD AND LAFAYETTE BOULEVARD, BEING A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER SECTION 25, T. 37N., R 2E. CENTRE TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA. BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF IRELAND ROAD AND THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE LAFAYETTE BOULEVARD; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF IRELAND ROAD FOR A DISTANCE OF 6.67 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE CONTINUING NORTHWESTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 31.99 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE NORTH FOR A DISTANCE OF 113.60 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE 129.09 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LAFAYETTE BOULEVARD; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR A DISTANCE OF 261.01 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. hereby determines that it is desirable to vacate said property. SECTION II. 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.