HomeMy WebLinkAbout007 - 09/07/1951 - VACATING A PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 1, SWETT'S ADDITION (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE) ORDINANCE NO* 7 1951
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 10
SWETTtS ADDITION TO THE, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORnDO, ACCORDING TO
FLAT FILED MARCH 9, 1910,
WHEREAS., the plat of Block 1, Swettts Addition to the City of
Fort Collins, Colorado, filed on March 9, 1910, shows an alley opening
on McKinley Street, and
WHEREAS, a portion of said alley has never been opened to
the public and has never been used as an alley, and for many years last
past has been abandoned and has been closed to public travel, which said
portion of said alley is more particularly described as follows, to wit
Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 8, Block 1,
Swettts Addition to-the City of Fort Collins, Colorado,
running thence Est along the North side of said Lot 8
to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8, running thence
South along the East side of Lots 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 of
said Block 1 to the Southeast corner of Lot 4 of said
Block 1, running thence East 20 feet along the South
line of said Lot 4 extended to the East line of said
alley, thence North along the East line of said alley
to the Southeast corner of Lot 9 of said Block 1,
runm.ng thence West along the South line of Lots 9, 10
and 11 of said Block 1 to the Southwest corner of said
Lot ]l, running thence South 18 feet to the point of
beginning,
AND, WHEREAS, the owners of the lots abutting on said portion
of said alley have petitioned the City Council to cause the same to be
vacated, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that it wi11 be to
the best interests of the City to vacate said portion of said alley
THEREFORE, BE IT ORIAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS:
Section to That that portion of the alley in Block 1, Swettts
Addition to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, according to plat filed
March 9, 1910, more particularly described as follows, to wit
Commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 8, Block 1,
Swettts Addition to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado,
running thence 'i.st zlong the North side of said Lot 8
to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8, running thence
South along the East side of Lots 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 of
said Block 1 to the Southeast corner of Lot 4 of said
Block 1, running thence East 20 feet along the South
line of said Lot It extended to the East line of said
alley, thence North along the Fast line of s^id alley
to the Southeast corner of Lot 9 of said Block 1,
running thence West along the South line of Lots 9, 10
and 11 of said Block 1 to the Southwest corner of said
Lot 11, running thence South 18 feet to the point of
beginning,
be and the same is hereby vacated, abolished and abandoned.
Section 2 That rights of way or easements are hereby
reserved for the continued use of existing sewer, gas, water or similar
pipelines and appurtenances, and for electric, telephone and similar lines
and appurtenances,
Section 3 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency
exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and
this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of
the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter.
Introduced, read at length, and adopted by the unanimous vote
of all members of the City Council, at a regular meeting held this 7th
day of September, A. D. 1951.
Mayor
ATTEST
city Clark
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I, MILES F, HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins,
do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance, consisting
of three sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular
meeting of the City Council, held on the 7th day of September, A. D.
1951, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins
Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and official newspaper of the City of
Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council,
as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections
6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on, to-wit
the 1� day of September, A. D. 1951s, said Ordinance No, 7
was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper
published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
IN WITNESS WHERrDF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said City, this L1th day of September, A. De 1951.
City Clerk
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