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QpC State of Illinois�' , ,I Hereby \G�.� <br /> �' '� "} ' . �'�i,��,��(J� �:�Lr��� C�Qd��J� Macon County ss• Ce�tif <br /> Y V` � <br /> �' . ' , ORDINANCE NO, 5387 That This �r�;-�n��.+,�Was Filed For J�L- <br /> ' ' ' 1Zecord At...9�.,3�...1�., <br /> (Jn Ailu <br /> ��, NOV 2 1 0 <br /> J AN ORDINANCE VACATING ALLEY Recorded In Book�6��.Rage..,�1;,2 <br /> . � 200 block North Broadway �� �/L+R <br /> � �F� �'1 <br /> �'��-- !,� lteco:uer oY lleedg � <br /> 1 � <br /> � WHEREA there exists in the City of Decatur, Illinois, an <br /> easement for a public alley which has not been used or improved or <br /> � otherwise opened to vehicular traffic for many years and the same <br /> - could be made useful only by the expenditure of large sums of money; <br /> � and <br /> WHEREAS, sa id alley extends easterly from North Broadway ` <br /> Street about 100 feet north of and parallel with East Prairie Street <br /> and terminates at private property, which private property along with <br /> aIl other property abutting said alley is owned by Decatur Newspapers, <br /> Incorporated, which company has petitioned this Council for the vaca- <br /> tion of said alley described as: <br /> Commencing at the northcvest corner of Lot 7 in Block <br /> 10 of prather, Martin & Gatling's Subdivision as pez <br /> Plat recorded in Book O, page 553 of the Records in <br /> the Recorder's Office of Macon County, Illinois; thence <br /> � East to the northeast corner of said Lot 7; thence north <br /> 16 feet ; thence west to the west line of said Block 10; <br /> thence South 16 feet to the place of beginning; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, said portion of said alley is no longer useful to <br /> the public or to the City .or to the owners of property abutting thereon <br />� as an alley; and . <br /> WHEREAS, the pu blic interest will be subserved by vacating said <br /> alley and the public will be relieved from the further burden and res- <br /> ponsibility of opening up, impro ving or maintaining the same and no pro- <br /> perty will be damaged by the vacation thereof. <br /> � <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> DECATUR, ILLINOIS: � <br /> , . Section 1. That the above described alley be, and the same is <br /> hereby, vacated as a public alley or w�ay subject to the exceptions and <br /> reservations hereinafter set out, inasmuch as the same is no longer re- <br /> quired for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such _ <br /> � vacation and the public will be relieve� from the further burden and re- <br /> sponsibility of opening, improving and maintaining said alley, the same <br /> being shown on the plat thereof hereto attached and hereby made a part <br /> hereof. <br /> Section 2. That there is hereby reserved in, over, along and <br /> under the street hereinabove vacated, to the City of . �kcatar, Illinois, <br /> _ and to the public and to those utilities and companies, as the case may <br /> be, owning public service facilities , mains, sewers, telephone and elec- <br /> trical or other public utilities, such property, rights-of-w�ay and ease- <br /> ments as are or may be necessary or desirable for continuing public ser- <br /> vice by means of such facilities and for the maintenance, and rene�val, <br /> and reconstruction thereof with the right of ingress and egress for such <br /> purposes. <br />