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AN ORDINANCE <br />• CLOSING, VACATING, AND DISCONTINUING <br />A PORTION OF AN ALLEY, LOCATED OFF MONROE LANE, <br />ADJACENT TO PARCELS 123 AND 124 ON CITY TAX MAP 11 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville, the owner of property designated as Parcel 124 <br />on City Tax Map 11, and the University of Virginia, contract purchaser of property designated as <br />Parcel 123 on City Tax Map 11, have initiated a petition seeking to close a portion of an Alley <br />located between the properties; and <br />WHEREAS, the Alley which is the subject of this petition was created, circa 1893, by a <br />subdivision plat recorded in the City's land records at Deed Book 104, page 390, which created <br />an easement of right-of-way for public passage; and <br />WHEREAS, a joint public hearing by the Planning Commission and City Council was <br />held on October 8, 2002, following notice to the public and to adjacent property owners as <br />required by law; and <br />WHEREAS, after consideration of the factors set forth within the City's November 18, <br />1991 street closing policy as well as matters specified within § 15.2-2232 of the Code of <br />Virginia, this Council finds and determines that the petitioners' request should be granted; now, <br />therefore, <br />is BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that a portion <br />of an Alley located off Monroe Lane, between Monroe Lane and 15th Street, S.W., is hereby <br />closed, vacated, abandoned and discontinued, the portion to be vacated being more particularly <br />described as follows: <br />A fifteen (15) foot platted right-of-way, running approximately 89 feet east from <br />Monroe Lane toward 15th Street, S.W., and located between Parcels 123 and 124 <br />on City Tax Map 11, as shown on the attached plat, drawn by Thomas B. Lincoln <br />Land Surveyor, Inc., dated April 25, 2002. <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Clerk of the Council shall send a copy of this <br />ordinance with plat attached to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for recordation in the current street <br />closing book. <br />Approved by Council <br />December 2, 2002 <br />C-1 <br />C k of City Council <br />0 <br />