File #: ORD. 2023-340    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Withdrawn
File created: 9/26/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/25/2024 Final action: 3/25/2024
Title: To close, to public use and travel, an unimproved portion of West 20th Street located between Semmes Avenue and Sioux Falls Alley, consisting of 10,486 ? square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney (By Request)
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2023-340 - Withdrawn 20240325, 2. Public Comment
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To close, to public use and travel, an unimproved portion of West 20th Street located between Semmes Avenue and Sioux Falls Alley, consisting of 10,486 ? square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That an unimproved portion of West 20th located between Semmes Avenue and Sioux Falls Alley, consisting of approximately 10,486 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-29057, dated September 8, 2023, and entitled "Proposed Closing to Public Use and Travel of a Portion of W 20th Street Located South of Semmes Avenue and North of Sioux Falls Alley," hereinafter referred to as "the Drawing," 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 24 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. If the applicant submits to the Chief Admini...

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