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

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. , � ` . � � F . ,. 949812 ��u •,�� ooK179i FAGE 571 �` � � ORDINANCE NO. 5901 � ORDINANCE VACATING FIAOD EASENLNT t�REAS, on November 1, 1973, the Decatur Ci�y Plan Com- mission held a public hearing upon the petition of LEO G. HEISE and CAROLINE HEISE� owners of the land encumb�red th�reby, requesting vacation of flood ric�ht ease�nt owned by the City of Decatur, Illinois, over land in the City described as: Comneenci;�g at a point on the South line of Section 24, T. 16 N, R. 2 E. of the 3rd P.M. , 1142 fest West of the Southeast corner o� said Section 24; thence N. 28 c�egrees, 34 minu�es East 3A�.i� feet, more or les5, to the point of beginni�zg on the I�orth right-of-way line Qf Los� Bxidge Road; thence N, 2F3 degrees, 34 minutes E.�st, �0.34 feet; thence N. 48 degreess 43 minutes WesL• 27.6.1� fee�t, more ar less, to a point that is 60 fe�t dis tant at right angles Easterly from the property Iine of Decatur Water Supply Cs�i�ipany and the City o� Decatur; theizce South 5 degrees, 27 mi_nut�s West, 170,02 feet, more or less, �o a poin� on the said North right-of-way line ca�' I�os�t B.ridgc� Road; th��ce East 164,U6 feet, ITiOi� ^vi i:.':S."., �.^. +::c^, r,`J�::t ��f }+�yil:y?S2+`�; 3.�2;1 r�Q?1t.3;.n-e ing 0.39 acr�s, �orn or less; and; L•,1f-iLREAS, said City Plan Commisva.on has recorimencle� that the ��eayer of said petition be granted and said easem�nt be Vacat�d; anci, WHEREAS, sir�.:e said eas�m�r�� was acquired by the C?ty more than fifty years ago, the tapoc�raphy oF� the surrounding lands has been changed anci v�xious drai.na�� s;;r5a�+a��s an? �treets have 1�eo(� ox axe in the pz�ocess of beirlg, constxuc�ted so �:i�at tf�� necessity fcr and use- fulness of said easem��t has ceased; and, Wf-iE1tEAS, said �as�zr�nt is no long�r usefu� t;o or ne�ded for a public pur_gosP by th:� pu�l.ic and it is an tha other hand an encum- hrance upon tlze land o�-med by petitioner�.