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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN <br />PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH U~DER E~NENT DOMAIN <br />PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CSLAPTER 258 OF THE ACTS OF <br />ASSEMBLY OF 1958, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR <br />IMPRO~ OF A PORTION OF PORTSMOUTH BOULEVARD, <br />ROUTE 337~ PARCEL ~11. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it to be <br />necessary to widen and otherwise improve a portion of Portsmouth <br />Boulevard, Route 337, under a Federal Urban Aid Program whereby it <br />is the responsibility of the said City to acquire all necessary <br />additional property; and <br /> <br /> W-~ERF~S, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to <br />purchase certain property necessary to this project because the <br />owners thereof ha~e refused to sell the same to the City at the <br />price set by appraisers employed to value said property; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, advancement of the work will be delayed un- <br />reasonably if the said property is not made available as soon as <br />possible° <br /> <br /> NOW~ THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Attorney is directed <br />to institute e~linent domain proceedings, employing counsel for <br />that purpose, against the property hereinafter described, in <br />accordance with and pursuant to Section 23-f of the Charter of <br />the City of Portsmouth (Chapter 258 of the Acts of Assembly of <br />1958), and that the sum of $423.75 be deposited to the credit of <br />the court as provided by law to compensate the owners thereof: <br /> <br />(a) The owners of record are as follows: <br /> william Thomas Harrell and Jessie Credte Harrell. <br />(b) The interest to be acquired is the fee simple <br /> estate in and to the property hereinafter described. <br />(c) The approximate area is 900 square feet. <br />(d) The description of the property is as follows: <br /> <br /> That certain parcel of land situate in the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, more particularly described <br />as follows: <br /> <br /> That part of Lot No. 6, on a plat entitled '~Ports- <br />mouth Heights, Norfolk County, Virginia", made by <br />S. W. Armistead, C. E., recorded in the Clerk's Of- <br />lice of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake <br />(formerly Norfolk County), in Map Book 27, at page <br /> <br /> <br />