2001-188-RES REFERRING PETITION TO P&Z COMMISSION REQUESTING ABAONDMENT OF 20 FOOT ALLEY

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-188 I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, REFERRING A PETITION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF A TWENTY (20) FOOT ALLEY BEGINNING AT THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF 13TH STREET N.W. GOING WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF 14TH STREET N.W. LOCATED BETWEEN BONHAM STREET (U.S. HWY 82) AND MAPLE AVENUE IN CITY BLOCK 189, SUBJECT TO AND RESERVING THEREON A PERPETUAL TWENTY (20) FOOT UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT; SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is in receipt of a petition from adjacent property owners requesting that the twenty (20) foot alley be abandoned from 13th Street N.W. west to the east boundary line of 14th Street N.W. located between Bonham Street (U.S. Hwy. 82) and Maple Avenue; and, WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Paris has recommended the abandonment of said alley, subject to the reservation of a perpetual twenty (20) foot wide utility and drainage easement thereon; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that such request for alley abandonment be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Paris and that a recommendation be made to the City Council for final action; and, WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that a public hearing be set before the Planning and Zoning Commission at 5:30 p.m. on the 7th day of January, 2002, and before the City Council at 6:00 p.m. on the 10th day of January, 2002, in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the matter of abandoning the twenty (20) foot alley from 13th Street N.W. west to the east boundary line of 14th Street N.W. between Bonham Street (U.S. Hwy 82) and Maple Avenue, subject to and reserving thereon a perpetual twenty (20) foot utility and drainage easement, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Paris for its recommendation.