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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON STREET <br />AND EDWARDS STREET. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has made application <br />to close a portion of Jefferson Street and Edwards Street between the west right of way line of <br />PortCentre Parkway and the east right of way line of Fifth Street; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of POrtsmouth, at a meeting held on <br />October 3, 2000, recommended approval of the closing and vacating of said portions of said <br />streets; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, notice of closure has been given adjoining property owners in accordance <br />with Section 15.2-2006 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has determined that closure and <br />vacation of the portions of Jefferson Street and Edwards Street should be approved. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that portions of Jefferson Street and Edwards Street be closed and vacated as a public <br />street and right of way, as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br /> JEFFERSON STREET <br /> All that portion of Jefferson Street, located in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and lying <br />between the west right of way line of PortCentre Parkway and the east right of way line of Fifth <br />Street. <br /> <br /> EDWARDS STREET <br /> All that portion of Edwards Street, located in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and lying <br />between the west right of way line of PortCentre Parkway and the east right of way line of Fifth <br />Street. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTI-IER ORDAINED that the City of Portsmouth hereby reserves an <br />easement in that portion of Jefferson Street hereby closed and vacated for the installation, <br />operation, maintenance and replacement of public utilities of the City of Portsmouth and private <br />utilities, <br /> <br /> <br />