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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF AN UNNAMED ALLEY ON THE WEST SIDE OF RODMAN AIFENUE. WHEREAS, Robert C. Barclay, III, attorney for Thor~s C. Culpepper and others, has made application to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter-described portion of a certain public right-of-way and alley; and WHEREAS, by a resolution of this Council adopted January 10, 1984, viewers were appointed pursuant-to ~15.1-364, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, to view the hereinafter-described portion of said public right-of-way and alley, and to report in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any, what in- convenience would result from discontinuing said public right- of-way and alley; and .< WHEREAS, the said viewers have reported in writing that in their opinion an inconvenience would result in regards to the collection of the trash and garbage; however, the Director of Public Works had indicated that such services are provided at the front of these properties along Western Branch Boulevard and use of the subject alleyway for such service is not con- templated; and WI{EREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended approval of the application. NO~'~, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the hereinafter-described portion of a certain alley located on the western side of Rod/nan Avenue be closed and vacated as a public right-of-way and alley. S-83-15 That portion of the alley 10' in width shown on the plat of "~Taterview" duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, in Map Book 17, pages 58 and 59, running through the center of Block 4 and along the western boundary of Block 4 (A) on said plat which lies between the line drawn parallel to and distant 300' S 34° 04' West from the eastern line of Rockbridge'Road {formerly Loudoun Street) which line is the prolongation northward of the dividing line between Lots 13 and 14 in Block 4 of said plat of "Waterview", and the west side of Rodman Avenue as the same now exists after being recently widened 10'. Said portion of the afore- said alley is bounded by Parcels 5 and 9 on Tax Map 355, Parcel 1 on Tax Map 354, and an unnunf0ered parcel marked "City of Portsmouth" on both maps.