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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD07510 BILL N0. � �--- INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEN : Willcoxon and Scrivner ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI DISCONTINUING AS A RIGHT OF WAY FOR A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE AND VACATING A PART OF A 20 FOOT ALLEY IN BLOCK 20 OF RENNS ADDITION, PER PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 2, COLE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE, 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 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 a twenty (20 ) foot alley in Block 20 of Renns Addition described in Section 1 of this ordinance, have petitioned the City Council to discontinue as a right of way for a public thoroughfare and vacate the said portion 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 i citizens of this city to discontinue as a right of way for a public thoroughfare and vacate that portion of a twenty (20) foot alley 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 that part of a twenty (20) foot alley in Block 20 of Renns Addition that is bounded on the east by Lot 131 Block 20, and on the west by Lot 8, Block 20, as a plat of Renns Addition appears of record in Plat Book 21 at Page 2, 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 confirmed, and the Mayor and the Clerk of the city are hereby authorized and directed to execute in writing all 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: N(, VA Do Approved: ® �Iesident o ounce Mayor Attest : ty Clerk