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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF COLUMBIA STREET. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Lewis Chevrolet Corporation has made appli- <br />cation to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter de- <br />scribed portion of columbia Street; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, by resolution of this Council, adopted <br />December 21, 1971, viewers were appointed pursuant to Section <br />15.1-364 of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, to view <br />the hereinafter portions of the said street and to report in <br />writing whether in their opinion, any, and if any, what in- <br />convenience would result from discontinuing the below de- <br />scribed street; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the <br />that in their opinion <br />ing and discontinuing <br /> <br />said viewers have reported in writing <br />no inconvenience would result from clos- <br />said street. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that that portion of Columbia <br />Street hereinafter described be closed and vacated as a public <br />street. <br /> <br />That portion of Columbia Street which is bounded <br />on the West by the Western right-of-way line of <br />Columbia Street (formerly Eighth Avenue) and the <br />Eastern boundarY line of Lot 33 as shown on the <br />Plat of Property of John J. Phillips, recorded in <br />the Clerk's Office of the Court of Hustings for <br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, in Map Book 2, <br />page 41; and bounded on the East by the Eastern <br />boundary line of Lot 71, as shown on said plat, <br />if extended from its Southeastern corner South <br />33° 30' East to the Southern right-of-way line <br />of Columbia Street. <br /> <br /> AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this street closure <br />shall be made expressly subject to a sewer easement retained <br />by the City of Portsmouth, which easement is described as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> Beginning at the intersection of the south- <br />ern right-of-way line of Turnpike Road and the <br />western right-of-way line of Columbia Street; <br />thence South 33° 30' OO" East a distance of 255.00 <br />feet to the TRUE'POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North <br />56° 30' 00" East a distance of 520.00 feet to a <br />point; thence South 33" 30' OO" East a distance <br />of 30.00 feet to a point; thence South 56" 30' <br /> <br /> <br />