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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PARTIAL VACATION OF COLLEGE AVENUE BETWEEN
HANNA STREET AND OLIVE STREET LOCATED IN THE CITY OF GREENCASTLE,PUTNAM
COUNTY, INDIANA
WHEREAS,the Petitioner DePauw University,is the owner of certain real estate which is located in an area
under the jurisdiction of the Common Council of the City of Greencastle;
WHEREAS,there exists a 43.5 foot wide right-of-way of College Avenue located between the south right-of-
way line of the Hanna Street to the north right-of-way line of Rowlett Street(currently known as Olive Street)as shown
on the Sellers Subdivision Plat,dated May 2, 1879,in the City of Greencastle,Putnam County,Indiana. (See attached
site map.)
WHEREAS,the Petitioner requests that the City of Greencastle vacate the above described roadway,and that
the adjacent land owners own the property to the centerline of the alleyway;
WHEREAS,the only abutting or nearby landowner to the public way to be vacated is DePauw University,the
Petitioner.
WHEREAS,all of the public way to be vacated lies wholly within the jurisdiction of the Common Council of
the City of Greencastle,Indiana;
WHEREAS, the adjoining property owner has been notified and has consented pursuant to statute as to the
vacation of the right-of-way;and
WHEREAS,the Common Council of the City of Greencastle,Indiana,after holding a public hearing March 14,
2019, has determined that justice requires the closing of the following described public way in that vacation is in the
public and economic interest of the City of Greencastle,such closing will not unreasonably interfere with the flow of
traffic on the City of Greencastle road system,that vacation of the land will facilitate the ability for improvements to the
City's stormwater system,and that the relief requested in the Petition should be granted and that the portion of the public
right-of-way located in the City of Greencastle,Indiana, should be vacated.
NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle,Indiana,that the portion
of the public right-of-way located in the City of Greencastle,Putnam County,Indiana,and more particularly described as
follows:
A 43.5 foot wide right-of-way of College Avenue located between the south right-of-way line of the Hanna
Street to the north right-of-way line of Rowlett Street(currently known as Olive Street)as shown on the Sellers
Subdivision Plat,dated May 2, 1879,in the City of Greencastle,Putnam County,Indiana. This shall include
the entire width of the College Avenue right-of-way. (See attached site map which is incorporated herein.)
is hereby vacated as a public way of the City of Greencastle,Putnam County,Indiana and that such land shall cease to be
a public street,right-of-way or alleyway and that title to such vacated land shall revert pursuant to law to the adjoining
property owners to the middle of the alleyway.
The City of Greencastle shall retain a perpetual easement in the vacated right-of-way together
with the right to erect, lay construct,inspect,repair,remove,or replace water lines, sanitary sewers,storm sewers and
other municipal utilities in said vacated right-of-way with modern equipment. No permanent structure may be
constructed upon said easement without the written permission of the City.
This Ordinance shall have full force and effect upon passage of the Greencastle Common Council and its
approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle, Indiana this 1 Stay of
,2019.
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Adam Cohen Mark Hammer
Stacie Langdon Steve Fields
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Approved and signed by me this (S day of A-p w L ,2019,at $:3 Z o'clock f.m.
illiam A. Dory,Jr.,Mayor
ATTEST:
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Synopsis: This ordinance vacates the following public right-of-way in the City of Greencastle,Indiana:
A 43.5 foot wide right-of-way of College Avenue located between the south right-of-way line of the Hanna Street to the north right-
of-way line of Rowlett Street(currently known as Olive Street)as shown on the Sellers Subdivision Plat,dated May 2,1879,in the
City of Greencastle,Putnam County,Indiana.(See attached site map.)
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