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WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City ofParis likewise conducted a public hearing on the 7th day of March, 2002, to receive comments from citizens and members of the general public for and against the proposal to abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way; and, WHEREAS, the City Council, having received the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission, hereby determines thatitis in the bestinterests ofthe citizens ofthe City ofParis to abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way, reserving thereto drainage and utility easements coterminous with the original boundaries of the aforesaid street and subject to the rights and the interests of the City of Paris in preserving and utilizing the aforesaid easements; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the forty (40) foot street known as W. Price Street, beginning at the west boundary line of N. Main Street (LJ. S. Hwy 271) going west to the east boundary line of 1 st Street N.W., described in Exhibit A, attached hereto, is found to be ofno use as a streetto the City ofParis or its citizens, but is of use and necessary to the City of Paris and its citizens for drainage and utility easement purposes; therefore, such street is hereby abandoned, with the City of Paris retaining drainage and utility easements. Section 3. That the drainage and utility easements hereby reserved and preserved from abandonment shall extend the length and breadth of the current street right-of-way so abandoned and shall be conterminous with the original boundaries of said street right-of-way, the same being forty (40) feetwide and beginning atthe westboundary line ofN. Main Street(LJ.S. Hwy 271) westto the east boundary line of 1 st Street N. W. Section 4. That the drainage and utility easements so reserved by the City of Paris shall be held unto the City of Paris in full and fee ownership, with the right and privilege at any and all times to enter said premises, or any part thereof, for the purposes of maintaining, constructing, reconstructing, relocating, or otherwise performing wark or service upon or in the utility facilities placed and located therein, and provided further, thatno beneficiary or subsequentowner ofthe street right-of-way abandoned herein shall erect or place any building, driveway, or other permanent sh-ucture on the perpetual easements reserved herein, and such person or persons shall not otherwise use the aforesaid easement premises in a way that would interfere with the construction, maintenance, repair, inspection, or operation of the utilities or other facilities placed in the aforesaid easements.