File #: 18-0541R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/3/2018 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 7/16/2018 Final action: 7/16/2018
Title: RESOLUTION VACATING THE ENTIRE TWENTY-FIVE-FOOT-WIDE BUILDING LINE EASEMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERLY 150.84 FEET OF LOTS 9, 10 AND 11 IN THE ENDION DIVISON OF DULUTH.
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1, 2. Attachment 2
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RESOLUTION VACATING THE ENTIRE TWENTY-FIVE-FOOT-WIDE BUILDING LINE EASEMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERLY 150.84 FEET OF LOTS 9, 10 AND 11 IN THE ENDION DIVISON OF DULUTH.

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CITY PROPOSAL:

RESOLVED, that:
(a) The city council finds a sufficient petition was filed with the city requesting the vacation described in (d) below; and
(b) Pursuant to Section 100 of the City Charter and Section 50-37.6 of Chapter 50 of the Duluth City Code, as amended, such petition was duly referred to the city planning commission and such commission gave due notice of public hearing and did consider same in a public hearing and the city planning commission found that this portion of the street easement is not needed for public street purposes; and
(c) The city planning commission, at its Tuesday, July 10, 2018 regular meeting, recommended approval of the vacation petition; and
(d) The city council of the city of Duluth approves the vacation of the platted easement as described below:
BUILDING LINE EASEMENT TO BE VACATED:
All that part of the 25-foot-wide building line easement lying over, under and across the Southeasterly 25 feet of Lots 9, 10 and 11, Block 34, ENDION DIVISION OF DULUTH, according to the recorded plat thereof, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Said building line easement vacation contains 3,771 Sq. Feet or 0.09 Acres.

(e) That the city clerk is, pursuant to Section 100 (b)(7) of the Home Rule Charter of the city of Duluth, 1912, as amended, authorized to record, with the register of deeds and/or the registrar of titles of Saint Louis County, Minnesota, a certified copy of this resolution showing the platted easement to be vacated.

Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution vacates a twenty-five-foot-wide building line easement across the southeasterly 150.84 feet of Lots 9, 10 and 11 in the Endion Division of Duluth. This easement is not for utilities or public access, and is an outdated form of legal requirement for setbacks t...

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