Title
Resolution Closing a Portion of Boston Road
Body
Department: Planning
Council District: District #4
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: June 8 and 15, 2017/ City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
The abutting property owners have requested the closing of a portion of Boston Road. Staff requests that City Council hold a public hearing to receive public comment and to consider adoption of the street closing resolution.
BACKGROUND:
This request involves the right-of-way for Boston Road from a point 40 feet north of the centerline of Norwalk Street northward a distance of approximately 500 feet.
The petition was signed by the property owners bordering 1,000 feet (89%) of the 1,125 feet of total frontage along the right-of-way. The remainder of the frontage is along a lot owned by the City of Greensboro.
This street was dedicated as part of the "Shady Banks" subdivision as recorded in Plat 15 on Page 14 (1946).
The closing is being requested so that the land can be added to the abutting property to aid future development.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There will be no impact on the current or future budgets.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED: The Technical Review Committee (TRC) feels circumstances here allow the City to make the two required determinations for a street closing: (1) that closing the street to vehicular traffic is not contrary to the public interest, and (2) that no property owner in the vicinity is deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress.
In order to maintain "reasonable means of ingress and egress," the applicant has been advised that the two resultant lots would need to be recombined so that each lot has frontage and direct vehicular access to a public street.
Therefore, the Technical Review Committee (TRC) recommended the closing with six conditions:
1. That there be a continuous right-of-way of 40 feet from centerline of Norwalk Street/Boston Roa...
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