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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEN : Hogg and Cline
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ORDINANCE N0. 24--e-21
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI DISCONTINUING
AS A RIGHT OF WAY FOR A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE AND VACATING i
A PART OF BERRY STREET IN THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI ,
AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK OF
THE CITY TO EXECUTE IN WRITING ALL INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY
OR REQUIRED TO CONFIRM IN THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT LAND i
THEIR REVERSIONARY RIGHTS IN AND TO THE VACATED AREA.
WHEREAS, it has been shown to the City Council of
the City of Jefferson, Missouri, that the owners of land,
abutting on that portion of Berry Street described in
Section 1 of this ordinance, have petitioned the City Council
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to discontinue as a right of way for a public thoroughfare
and vacate the portion so described, and
WHEREAS, it has further been shown that the area
petitioned to be vacated is not used by the public, and that
any prospective use thereof would be of no benefit to the
public, and that it would not inconvenience the public or
the citizens of this city to discontinue as a right of way
for a public thoroughfare and vacate that portion of Berry
Street described in Section 1 of this ordinance, now, therefore :
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS : '
Section 1 . The City Council of the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, hereby declares it necessary, reasonable and proper
to discontinue as a right of way for a public thoroughfare
and forever vacate the following-described property:
All of that part of Berry Street in the
City of Jefferson, Missouri, which is
bounded on the east by Lot 6 in Block 13
of Lower Jefferson Addition and on the west
by Lot 16 in Block 14 of Lower Jefferson
Addition, as said Lower Jefferson Addition to
the City of Jefferson, Missouri, appears per
plat of record in Plat Book 1 at Page 16,
Cole County Recorder's Office.
Section 2. The statutory right of reversion in the
owners of the property abutting on the area vacated above,
as provided by the laws of Missouri, is hereby expressly
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confirmed, and the Mayor and the Clerk of the city are
hereby authorized and directed to execute in writing all
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instruments necessary or required to confirm in the abutting
property owners their reversionary rights in the land
described above and hereby vacated.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and approval .
Passed: (\\PrA Approved: (-�qr,�' —) Iq 6,
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r s ent of o ncil Mayor
Attest:
i.ty Clerk