Title
Resolution Closing a Portion of East Terrell Street (Evonik Corporation / James Reittenger and Patsy Reittenger)
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Department: Planning
Council District: District #1
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By: January 4 and 11, 2018/ City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
The property owners have requested the closing of a portion of East Terrell Street. Staff requests that City Council hold a public hearing to receive public comment and to consider adoption of the street closing resolution.
BACKGROUND:
A request has been received to close the portion of East Terrell Street from a point approximately 200 feet east of its intersection with South Elm-Eugene Street eastward a distance of approximately 235 feet to its terminus.
The right-of-way for this portion of street was dedicated to the City of Greensboro as part of the Elm Industrial Area Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 27 on Page 57 (January 1959).
The applicants/owners are Evonik Corporation / James Reittenger and Patsy Reittenger.
The petition has been signed by the owners having frontage along 470 feet (100%) of the 470 feet of frontage along the portion of street to be closed.
The closing is being requested so that the land can be added to the abutting property to improve vehicular access and create the ability to provide cross access for vehicles in the future.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There will be no impact on the current or future budgets.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED: At their December 5, 2017 meeting, the Technical Review Committee (TRC) felt that circumstances here allowed 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. Therefore, the TRC recommended the closing of the above-specified portion o...
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