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ALL that lane or alley lying in the block bounded by Wavy (formerly Harrison) Street Randolph Street and Ruth Brown Avenue (formerly Second Street), and First Street and being parallel to First Street. ALL that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, sometimes described as a lane, which lane is a strip of land approximateIy 12.586 feet in width located in the center of the block bounded on the north by Wavy (formerly Harrison) Street, on the east by Ruth Brown Avenue (formerly Second Street), on the south by Randolph Street and on the west by Third Street, said parcel or strip of land being parallel to Ruth Brown Avenue and Third Street, and running from the southern right-of-way line of Warty Street, south to the northern right-of-way line of Randolph Street. ALL that portion of Wavy (formerly Harrison) Street bounded on the east by the western right-of-way line of First Street and on the west by the eastern right-of-way line of Ruth Brown Avenue (formerly Second Street). BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the City of Portsmouth hereby reserves unto itself a temporary easement, right and privilege to operate, maintain and replace water mains, over, under and across the hereinabove described portions of streets, lanes and/or alley, for the purpose of removing the aforesaid as it may have within said right-of-way(s), including but not limited to those set forth herein, and to include all pavement and curbs. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this vacation and closure is conditioned upon the commencement of development of a proposed business on land adjoining said streets, lanes or alley within a period of sixty (60) days of the adoption of this Ordinance. Failure to commence said development within such period, may render the vacation and closure of the portions of the streets, lanes and/or alley as described herein, null and void at the option of the Portsmouth City Council.