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• . . x'��:;� <br /> � � - , .�,_y:����LMEp, <br /> • . �, <br /> ORDINANCE NO. ..- b <br /> ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF A STREET <br /> RIDGE AVENUE <br /> WHEREAS, a petition has been received from Albert H. Artze <br /> and Jessie M. Artze, the owners of property abutting thereon, <br /> requesting vacation of a portion of that certain street in the City � <br /> of Decatur, Illinois , commonly known as Ridge Avenue, said portion <br /> of said street being more particularly described as : <br /> Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 49 of Lake <br /> Park Addition as per plat recorded in Book 536 page <br /> 105 of the records in the Recorder' s Office of Macon <br /> County, Illinois ; thence East 60 feet to the East <br /> right-of-way line of Ridge Avenue; thence Northerly <br /> along the East right-of-way line to the South right-of- <br /> way line of East William Street; thence Westerly along <br /> the South right-of-way line of East William Street to <br /> the �aest right-of-way line of Ridge Avenue; thence <br /> Southerly along the West right-of-way line of Ridge <br /> Avenue to the point of beginning; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing 1I <br /> upon said petition on August 6 , 1981 and did thereafter recommend to � <br /> the Council that the prayer of said petition be granted and said , <br /> portion of said street be vacated as requested; and, <br /> WHEREAS , said portion of said street is no longer useful to the <br /> public or to the City or to the owners of property abutting thereon <br /> and the public interest will be subserved by vacating said portion of <br /> said street and the public will be relieved from any further burden or <br /> responsibility for opening, improving or maintaining said portion of <br /> said street. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> DECATUR, ILLINOIS: <br /> Section 1. That the above described portion of said Ridge Avenue <br /> be, and the same is hereby, vacated as a public street upon the � <br /> exceptions and conditions hereinafter provided inasmuch as the same is I <br /> no longer required for public use and the public interest will be ; <br /> subserved by such vacation, said portion of said street being shown on <br /> the plat thereof hereto attached and hereby made a part hereof. y <br /> Section 2 . That there is hereby reserved in, over, along and under <br /> the East 30 feet of the above described portion of said street, to the <br /> City of Decatur, Illinois , and to the public and to those utilities <br /> i <br /> � <br />