81-62 VACATING AN ALLEY BETWEEN NORTH WOODFORD AND NORTH JORDAN STREETS

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r . , . � � �� ORDINANCE NO . ��- �p�--- AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN ALLEY - BETWEEN NORTH WOODFORD AND NORTH JORDAN STRELTS - WHEREAS, a petition has been received from L. V. Taylor and others , the owners of a11 property abutting thereon, re- questing the vacation by the City Council of an alley in the City of Decatur , I1linois , described as : Beginning at the �outhwest corner of Lot 8 of S . S . Jack ' s Subdivision of Lots 4, 5 an d 6 of S . S . Jack ' s Addition, as per plat recorded in Book 149 , page 273 of the records in the Recorder ' s Office of Macon County, Illinois ; thence east along the south line of lot 8 and lot 7 of said S . S . Jack ' s Subdivision to the southeast corner of said Lot 7 ; thence south ten feet to the north- east corner of lot 7 of S . S . Jack ' s Addition, as per plat recorded in Book 50 page 378 of the records in the Recorder ' s Office of Macon County, I1linois ; thence West along the north line of lots 7-12 of said S . S . Jack ' s Addition to the northwest corner of said Lot 12 ; thence north ten feet to the point of be;inning . and, WHEREAS , said petition was referred to , and a public hearing thereon was held by, the City Plan Commission, which Commission did recommend that the prayer of said petition be granted; and, WEiEREAS , said alley is no longer useful to the public or to the City or to the owners of the property abutting thereon as an alley, an d, WHEREAS , the public interest wi11 be subserved by vacating said alley and .the public will be relieved from the further burden and responsibility of maintaining the same . NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS : Section 1 . That the above described a11ey be , and the same is hereby, vacated as a public alley effective and upon the exceptions and conditions hereinafter provided, inasmuch as the same is no longer required for public use and the public