Title
Resolution Closing a Portion of East Meadowview Road from a Point Approximately 732 Feet East of its Intersection with Mcarthur Drive Eastward Approximately 291 Feet to its Terminus.
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Department: Planning
Council District: District #1
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: August 8 and 10, 2017/ City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
Norris Family Investments, LLC has requested the closing of a portion of East Meadowview Road from a point approximately 732 feet east of its intersection with Mcarthur Drive eastward approximately 291 feet to its terminus. Staff requests that City Council hold a public hearing to receive public comment and to consider adoption of the street closing resolution.
BACKGROUND:
The petition was signed by the property owner bordering 584 feet (100%) of the 584 feet of total frontage along the right-of-way.
The closing is being requested so that the land can be added to the abutting property to aid future development and changes to vehicular circulation.
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 the City shall retain 20-foot utility easements over existing utility lines until such time as the lines are no longer needed for pub...
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