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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THE FOLLOWING STREET: A PORTION OF GIBBS ROAD. WHEREAS, the Estate of E. L. Boyce, Sr. has made appli- cation to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter- described portion of a certain street; and WHEREAS, by a Resolution of this Council adopted January 9, 1979, viewers were appointed pursuant to Section 15.1-364, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, to view the hereinafter-described portion of said street and to report in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any, what inconvenience would result from discontinuing the below- described street; and ~ WHEREAS, the 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 that portion of said street hereinafter-described be closed and vacated as a public street. GIBBS ROAD Ail that certain piece or ~rcei of land situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, being known as Gibbs Road, a paper street, being 40 feet in width, and lying between Victory Boulevard and Da~lgren Avenue, a distance of approximately 213 feet, more or less. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the same is hereby closed and vacated as a public street, that the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, reserves unto itself perpetual easements, rights and priviliges to install, maintain, operate, and replace sewer mains, sewer drains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, water mains and laterals within, over, under and across those portions of the hereinabove-named street. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- ginia, at a meeting held February 13, 1979. Teste: City Clerk