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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING A PORTION OF COLUMBIA STREET. WHEREAS, Airline Development Company, L.L.C. and Presbyterian League of Presbytery of Eastern Virginia, Inc. have made application to close and vacate a portion of Columbia Street as hereafter described; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, at a meeting held on June 2,1998, recommended approval of the closing and vacating of said portion of said street; and WHEREAS, notice of the proposed closure has given adjoining property owners in accordance with Section 15.2-2006 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that the portion of said street be closed and vacated as a public street, as follows: All that certain portion of Columbia Street located in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, described as follows: Beginning at an iron rod at the southeast corner of the intersection of Loudon Avenue and Columbia Street, thence continuing along the southern margin of Columbia Street S. 89 59' 13" E. 120 feet to an iron rod being the POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence continuing along said southern margin of Columbia Street S. 89 59' 13" E. 60;00 feet; thence N, 00 00' 47" E. 50.18 to a nail in the northern margin of Columbia Street; thence along the northern margin of Columbia Street N. 89 59' 13" W. 60.00 feet; thence S .00 00' 47" W. 5018 feet to an iron rod being the said point of beginning, be closed and vacated as a public right-of-way and street. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a perpetual easement is hereby reserved unto the City of Portsmouth in the area of Columbia Street hereby closed and vacated for the installation, operation, maintainance and replacement of public utilities, which said easement may be closed and vacated by the City Manager as he may in his discretion deem appropriate, and in the best interest of the City of Portsmouth.