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BILL NO. 3 q
® INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN: WILLCOXON
ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON MISSOURI, ESTABLISHING
THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THE �ACATION OF ANY PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A public right of way for any street,
alley, avenue, drive, boulevard or other public thoroughfare
shall not be vacated except in accordance with the following
procedure :
1. A written petition signed by each owner
of property abuting upon the right of
-way sought to be vacated, accompanied by
a description of the involved right of way
and a certified check in the sum of $100.00
to defray all expense relating to the
proposed vacation, shall be filed with the
city clerk.
2. The petition shall be referred to the Street
Committee, City Engineer and City Attorney
for consideration and recommended action
to the City Council.
3. If the Council, upon receipt of the re-
commendation of the Street Committee, Engineer
and City Attorney, finds that the petition
for vacation should be approved, the proposed
vacation shall be further conditioned upon
the passage and approval of an ordinance
vp declaring the involved right of way vacated
and discontinued for public purposes.
4. Any easement which is, or which may reasonably
be, required for city sanitary sewer or surface
water drainage facilities, or for any gas,
water, electrical, telephone or telegraph
facilities or services, whether or not such
facilities or services exist or will be
constructed, shall be reserved to, and retained
by, the City in any ordinance authorizing and
approving the vacation of all, or any part,
of the involved right of way.
5. The property owners proposing the vacation
of the involved right of way shall have
prepared, at their expense, any quitclaim
deed or other legal instrument required to
confirm title to the vacated right of way
in them and such quitclaim deed, or other
legal instrument, shall reserve to the city
any easement that may be required for the
purposes mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
6. The quitclaim deed, or other legal instrument,
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the City Attorney prior to the execution
thereof by the Mayor and the City Clerk.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed: --� Approved: -Q
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Attest:
Uty/Clerk
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