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<br />~}anuWtCE NOl007-39 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE A PORTION OF SCOTT STREET. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Center for Community Development, Inc. has requested the <br />closure of a portion of Scott Street, as hereafter described; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, at a meeting held on August 1,2006, <br />recommended approval of the closure and vacation of a portion of Scott Street; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, notice of the proposed closure and vacation has been given the <br />adjoining property owners in accordance with Section 15.2-2006 of the Code of Virginia, <br />as amended. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that a portion of Scott Street be closed and vacated as a public street <br />and right of way in the City of Portsmouth. Virginia, as follows: <br /> <br />SCOTT STREET - All that certain portion of a street known as Scott Street from <br />its point of intersection with the west right of way line of Elm A venue in a westerly <br />direction 105', more or less, to its point ofterrnination and having a width of32', said <br />street being shown on the PLAN OF PRENTIS PLACE which said Plan is duly recorded <br />in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court ofthe City of Chesapeake in Map Book 3, at <br />page 65. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City of Portsmouth hereby reserves an <br />easement in the portion of Scott Street hereby closed and vacated for the installation, <br />operation, maintenance and replacement of public utilities of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, which said easements may be released and vacated by the City Manager of the <br />City of Portsmouth as he may in his discretion deem appropriate and in the best interest <br />of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to <br />execute such deeds or other documents as he may deem appropriate and necessary to <br />convey such rights as the City may have in said closed street as may be required by the <br />adjoining property owners. <br /> <br />Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on <br />March 27, 2007. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />