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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF SOUTHERN AVENUE. WHEREAS, Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission has made application to vacate, close and discontinue the herein- after-described portion of Southern Avenue; and WHEREAS, by resolution of this Council adopted April 24, 1984, viewers were appointed pursuant to ~15.1-364, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, to view Lhe hereinafter- described portion of said street, and to report in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any, what inconvenience would result frcm discontinuing said street; and WHEREAS, said viewers have reported in writing that in their opinion no inconvenience would result from the closing and discontinuing of said street. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that the hereinafter-described portion of Southern Avenue be closed and vacated as a public street. SOUTHERN AVENUE Ail that portion of Southern Avenue as shown on the plat of "Pinners Point Waterfront Company", which is described as beginning at the west side of Hill Avenue and running a width of 60' for a distance of 100' wes% to the previous- ly closed portion of Southern Avenue. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City of Portsmouth re- serves unto itself a perpetual easement, privilege and right- of-way to install, maintain, operate and replace sanitary sewers and lines and electric power lines, together with the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of maintaining, operating, and replacing a sanitary sewer suction well, over, under and across the hereinabove-described portion of Southern Avenue. This ordinance shall become effective from the date of its adoption. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held May 8, 1984. Teste: City Clerk