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AN ORDINANCE TO PRO%rIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN <br />PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUT~ U~DER F~INENT DOMAIN <br />PROCEEDI~GS PURSUANT TO CPLAPTER 258 OF T~E ACTS OF <br />ASSEMBLY OF 1958, SAID PROPER%~f BEING NECESSARY FOR <br />IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF PORTSMOUTH BOULEVARD, <br />ROUTE 337, P~CEL 112. <br /> <br /> W~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it t~ 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 /> WHEREAS~ the City of Portsmouth has not been able to <br />purchase ~ertain property necessary to this project because the <br />owners thereof have 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 eminent 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 $444.80 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 /> George Mo Dupree and Grace C. Dupree. <br /> 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. 7, on a plat entitled "Ports- <br />mouth Heights, Norfolk County, Virginia", made by <br />S. Wi Arm2istead, C.E.~ recorded in the Clerk's Of- <br />fice of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake <br />(foZl~erly Norfolk County), in Map Book 27, at page <br /> <br /> <br />