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AN ORDINANCE • CLOSING, VACATING, AND DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS CEDAR LANE. WHEREAS, Brasco Bay Corporation, owner of,properties locatedat 835 and,841West Main Street(Parcels 183 and 175, City Tax Map 32) has iiiitiated a petition see] ng to`close.a dedicated right-of-way 18 feet in width and known as Cedar Lane; located between these two properties; and WHEREAS, the northern portion of property dedicated for use' as Cedar Lane was.closed in the 1960's when the: Charlbttesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority built.the Westtiaven Apartments, but for unknown reasons, the southern portion of Cedar Lane, running 241 feet from its intersection with West Main Street, was never formally closed, and the adjoining property owner would like to obtain clear title; and WHEREAS, for many years the City's Tax Maps have not reflected the existence of any public easement in this location, nor is there any indication that this portion of Cedar Lane (which would have been created years ago by subdivision plat) was ever constructed or accepted by the City into its streetsystem; and WHEREAS, a joint public hearing by the Planning Commission and City Council was held on September 10, 2002, following notice to the public and to adjacent property owners as required • by law; and WHEREAS, after consideration of the factors set forth within the City's November 18, 1991 street closing policy as well as matters specified within § 15.2-2232 of the Code of Virginia, this Council finds and determines that the petitioners' request should be granted; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the 18 -foot wide right -of --way known as "Cedar Lane, is hereby closed, vacated, abandoned and discontinued, the right-of-way to be vacated being more particularly described as follows: An eighteen (18) foot right-of-way, running approximately 241 feet north from West Main Street to its terminus at Westhaven Apartments, and located between Parcels 183 and 175, City Tax Map 31, as shown on the attached plat and map, drawn by the City Department of Neighborhood Development Services. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Clerk of the Council shall send a copy of this ordinance with plat attached to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for recordation in the current street closing book. Approved by Council November 4, 2002 C er of City Council