is owned by the heirs of Ruben Drew and it is necessary to condemn the property to get a clear title. The land
<br />is necessary as Interstate 264 is taking part of our present land fill area.
<br /> As the r~w incinerator will not be available until November, 1962, we would like to
<br />purchase this land to eliminate the necessity of burning this sum~er."
<br />
<br />Om motion of Mr. Dillon the following resolution was adopted:
<br />
<br />"B% it Resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br />that it is necessary for the City to acquire fee simple title in and
<br />to the following described tracts of laud situate in the City of
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia, for use as the site of a sanitary landfill, the
<br />record title to said property being in the name of Reuben Drew:
<br />Those certain lots or tracts of land know~, numbered and designated
<br />as lots (8) and ten (10), eleven (11) and twelve (12) on the plat of
<br />the~property of Hodges and Grice near Smokeytown, filed in the chancery
<br />cause of Hodges' Executors vs. Grice's Executors, in the Court of
<br />tings for the City of Portsmouth, a copy of said plat being duly recorded
<br />in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, Virginia,
<br />in Deed Book 1114, page 310~ less that part of lots eleven (11) and twelve
<br />(t2) the title to which has been oK will be acquired by the State of Vir-
<br />ginia in eminent domain proceedings now pending in the Court of Hustings
<br />for the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, in Chancery Docket No. 5345; it
<br />being a portion of the property conveyed to the said Reuben Drew by deed of
<br />F.E.C. Rach and wife, dated August 23, 1899, and duly recorded in the
<br />Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, Virginia, in Deed
<br />~ook 227, at I~ge 580.
<br />Be it further resolved tl~at the City Attorney ia authorized and instructed
<br />to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the aforesaid property
<br />for the purposes of the City."
<br />
<br /> 62-67 - "I submit the attached resolutio~ and recommead its adoption. Thi~ authorizes
<br />the condemnation of approximately one acre of land owned by the heirs of Nat Brown and is also to be used in con-,
<br />nectionwith the land fill operation." [
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<br /> 'On motion of Mr. Leery, the following resoluttom was adopted without dissenting vote~
<br />
<br /> "~e it Resolved by the Council of the City ofPortsmouth, Virginia, ]
<br /> that it is necessary for the City to acquire fee simple title in and
<br /> to the following descrived tract of land situate in the City of
<br /> Portsmouth, Virginia, for use as the site of a sanitary landfill, the
<br /> recbrd ti-tlc to said property being in the name of Na~haniel Brown:
<br /> A parcel of land' containing one acre, bounded on the northeast by
<br /> LimcoIn Street, now Ponderosa Street; on=the r~rthwest by,a twenty (20)
<br /> foot road; on the southw~st by the property ~hownon the plat of Modges
<br /> a~d Grice, a zopy of which is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the
<br /> Circuit Court of Norfolk County, Virginia~ in Deed Book 1114, page 310;
<br /> and on the southeast by property now or formerly in the name of Terra
<br /> Corporation; it being the same property conveyed to the said Nathaniel
<br /> Brown by deed of C~eo. W. Fauth and Israel Ketcham, dated March 28, 1895,
<br /> and duly recorded in the Clerk's office last aforesaid indeed Book 193,
<br /> page.226~
<br /> Be it further resolved that the City Attorney is authorized amd instructed
<br /> to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the aforesaid property for
<br /> the purposes of the City.
<br />
<br /> 62-68 - "I submit the attached ordinance appropriating $10,000.00 from the Capital
<br />Improvement Fund and recommend it be placed on first'reading. This is to purchase the property for the land
<br />fill operation."
<br /> On motion of Mr. Knight the following ordinance was approved on first reading:
<br />
<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $10,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL
<br /> CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR TH~ PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF
<br /> PROVIDING A SANITARY LANDFILL."
<br />
<br />taken up ~nd read:
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<br />-- UNFINISHED BUSINESS --
<br />
<br />62-48 - The following ordinance approved on firs~ reading a~ last meeting was
<br />
<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SUBSECTION (d) OF SECTION 3-19 OF THE
<br />ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1961, RELATING TO PARKING
<br />SPACES, DRIVEWAYS AND CURB.CUTS~FOR PARKING ,LOTS."
<br />
<br />On motion of Mr. Dillon, the ordinance was adopted, and by the following yore:
<br />
<br />Ayes: Smith, Atkinson, Barnes, Dillon, Knight, Leery, Walker
<br />Nays: .None.
<br />
<br />62-49 - The .following ordinance, approved on first reading a~ last meeting, was
<br />
<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, 1961~ BY ADDING TO SECTION 4-3 THEREOF A NEW SUBSECTION
<br />NUMBERED SECTION 4-3 (235.A), PROVIDING FOR BULLETI~ BOARDS AND
<br />ANNOUNCEMENT SIGNS FOR CHURCHES, LODGES, FRATERNAL AND SOCIAL
<br />ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS."
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