80-22 VACATING A PORTION OF STREET NORTH WOODFORD STREET

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� _ -, ` � � ��R�ILM� ORDINANCE NO. O �� ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF STREET NORTH WOODFORD STREET WHEREAS , a petition has been received from Horst H. Graesele, the owner of property abutting thereon, requesting vacation by the City Council of a portion of that certain street in the City of Decatur, Illinois, commonly known as North Woodford Street, said portion of said street being more particularly described as : Beginning at an Iron Pin at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of No . 2 Huston Commercial Park as per plat recorded in Book 1575, page 118 of the records in the Recorder 's Office of Macon County, Illinois; thence westerly 87 .53 feet along the south line of said lot 9 extended westerly to a drill hole; thence deflecting to the Right 109° 39 ' 19" for a distance of 100 .00 feet to an Iron Pin; thence deflecting to the Left 1° 06 ' 08" for a distance of 58 .72 feet to an Iron Pin on the North line of said Lot 9 extended westerly; thence Easterly 39 . 83 feet along said north line of Lot 9 extended to an Iron Pin at the Northwest corner of said Lot 9 ; thence Southerly a recorded distance of 150 .00 feet and a measured distance of 149 .94 feet along the west line of said Lot 9 to the Iron Pin at the Place of Beginning, and all being situated in the City of Decatur, County of Macon and State of Illinois, and containing in all 0 .218 acres , more or less ; and, WHEREAS, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing upon said petition on February 7, 1980 , and did thereaftsr recommend to the Council that the prayer of said petition be granted and said portion of said street be vacated as requested; and, WHEREAS, said portion of said street is no longer useful to the public or to the City or to the owners of property abutting thereon as a street; and, WHEREAS , the public interest will be subserved by vacating said portion of said street and the public will be relieved from any further burden or responsibility for opening, improving or maintaining said portion of said street.