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1987-94 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING PORTIONS OF MARYLAND AVENUE AND CHAUTAUQUA AVENUE. WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission has made application to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter-described portions of Maryland Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue; and WHEREAS, by resolution of this Council adopted September 22, 1987, viewers were appointed pursuant to Section 15.1-364, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, to view the hereinafter-described portion of said streets and to report in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any what, inconvenience would result from discontinuing said street; and WHEREAS, the said viewers have reported in writing in their opinion no inconvenience would result from the closing and discontinuing of said streets. that NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the hereinafter-described portions of Maryland Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue be closed and vacated as public streets. Maryland Avenue That portion of Maryland Avenue beginning at the northern line of Lots 1885 and 1964 as shown on the plat of Port Norfolk Land Company, recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, in Map Book 4, pages 70 and 71, which said point is apDroximately 259 feet north of the northern side of Commerce Street and continuing in a northerly direction to the north side of Hartford Street. Chautauqua Avenue The western 10 feet of Chautauqua Avenue beginning at the northern line of Commerce Street and extending in a northern direction 1,166.80 feet to the southern line of the property now or formerly belonging to Seaboard Coastline Railroad. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City of Portsmouth hereby reserves unto itself a perpetual easement, privilege and right-of-way to install, operate, and replace water mains and lines and electric power lines over, under and across the