5901 VACATING FLOOD EASEMENT (LEO G. HEISE AND CAROLINE HEISE)

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.< t , ✓ . , � ' „ ORDI NANCE NO. `j 9 D I �~ ORDINANCE VACATING FLOOD EASEMENr WI-�REAS, on November l, 1973, the Decatur City P].an Com- mission held a public hearing upon the petition of LEO G. HEISE and CA�20LINE HEISE, owners of the land encumbered thereby, requesting vacation of flood right easement owned by the City of Decatur, Illinois, over Iand in the City described as: Commencing at a point on the South line of Sectio n 24, T. 16 N, R. 2 E. of the 3rd P.M. , 1142 feet West of the Southeast corner of said Section 24; thence N. 28 degrees, 34 minutes East 34.16 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning on the North right-of-v+ray line of Lost Bridge Road; thence N. 28 degrees, 34 minutes East, 30.34 feet; thence N. 48 degrees, 43 minutes West 216.14 feet, more or less, to a point that is 60 feet dis tant at right angles Easterly from the property line of Decatur Water Supply Company and the City of Decatur; thence Sout h 5 degrees, 27 minutes West, 170.02 feet, more or less, to a point on the said North right-of-way line of Lost Bridge Road; thence East 164.06 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, and contain- ing 0.39 acres, more or less; and; WHEREAS, said City Plan Commission has recommended that the p�rayer of said petition be granted and said easement be vacated; an d, WHEREAS, since said easement was acquired by the City more than fifty years ago, the topography of the surrounding lands has been ; changed and various drainage structures and streets have bee1; oY are in the process of being, constructed so that the necessity for and use- fulness of said easement has ceased; and, WHEREAS, said easement is no longer useful to or needed for a public purpose by the public and it is on the other hand an encum- brance upon the land owned by petitioners.