File #: ORD. 2024-258    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 9/24/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action: 11/12/2024
Title: To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by Hull Street, East 20th Street, Decatur Street and East 21st Street, consisting of 1,320? square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney (By Request)
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2024-258, 2. Staff Report, 3. Public Comment_Council
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To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by Hull Street, East 20th Street, Decatur Street and East 21st Street, consisting of 1,320? square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That an alley in the block bounded by Hull Street, East 20th Street, Decatur Street and East 21st Street, consisting of approximately 1,320 square feet, is hereby closed to public use and travel as a right-of-way of the City of Richmond, as shown enclosed with bold lines on a drawing prepared by the Department of Public Works, designated as DPW Drawing No. N-29118, dated August 13, 2024, and entitled "Proposed Closure and Vacation of the 10' Public Alley Bound by E 21st Street, Hull Street, E 20th Street and Decatur Street," a copy of which drawing is attached to this ordinance.
? 2. That this ordinance, as to the closing of the right-of-way identified above, shall be in force as provided in section 4.09 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, and shall become effective only when, within twelve months from the day this ordinance is adopted:
(a) The applicant obtains consent to the closing from each of the owners of land, buildings or structures from whom consent is required under section 24-314 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, which consents shall be in writing, approved as to form by the City Attorney, and filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(b) The applicant makes arrangements satisfactory to public utility or public service corporations whose properties or facilities are in the right-of-way area to be closed either for the removal, relocation or abandonment thereof or for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair thereof, evidence of which shall be in writing, approved as to form by the City Attorney, and filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(c) The applicant bears all costs associated with the closing, inclu...

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