HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-133 - Procedure for Vacation of any Public AreaBILL N0. 133 ORDINANCE N0. 133
AN ORDID?AP1CE PROVIDIRrC PROCE,DUriE FOR T:~E VACATIOIv Oi" APiY
PUBLIC S~,UA=.E, PUBLIC PARK, STREET, AVr'~IUE, ALLEY OR OTIIER .iIGI-1WAY
OR PART Tli~REOF IN THE CITY OF I,IVERSIDE, T~iISSCURI.
BE IT ORDAIT?LD BY TI3E BOAP,D OF' AL~DEl~~`-ETv OF TriE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, I~iISSOURI, A.S FOLLOWSt
SEC`1'ION 1. Whenever deemed necessary or expedient, the
Board. of Aldermen shat 1 vacate or discontinue any public square,
public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway or part thereof
in tlieCity of Riverside, Missouri, in accordance with the provisions
of this ordnance.
SECTION 2. Any person or corporation owin azy property
fronting: or abutting on any public squar e, public park, street, avenue,
alley or other highw<<^.y or part thereof proposed to be vacated, may
petition the Board of A]::. ermen for the vaca.t.~ on of the same.
Such petition must ~•ive a correct description of that part of the
public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway
sought to be vacated ar_d also the names of the persons or corpora-
tion owning or clai-rnin" the property fronting on the part to be
vacated, and such petition shall be v erified by affidavit. Any
such petition for the vacation of any such public square, public,
park, street, avenue, alley or other highway or part thereof, shall
be filed ~~rith the City Clerk prior to any action b ein~; taken thereon
by the Board of Aldermer, a.nd shall ha°e either incorporated therein
or annexed thereto the written consent to such proposed vacation
of the o:•rr_ers of a sufficient number of feet of the property fronting
or abuttin_ on the part so to be vacated to constitute three-fourths
(3/4) of the tota_1 number of feet of property fronting; or abutting on
such part proposed to b e v acated, which such consents to such vacation
shall be acknowledged by affidavit. After such petition for vacation
shall have beer_ filed, notice of the p~dency of such petition shall be
given bar the City Clerk by publication of such notice in a weekly
newspaper pr3_nted and published within Riverside, I~Tissouri., or if there
be no newspaper printed and published in Riverside, Missouri, then in
the nearest weekly newspaper printed ar~d published in Platte County,
T~:issouri, for two (2) consecutive insertions in such newspaper, the
-~a.st insertion of such notice in such newspaper to be not more than
one Ureek nor less than two days prior to the date on which said Board
of Aldermen will consider said petition, and said notice shall contain
a description of the public square, public park, street, a"1ley, avenue
or other highway or part tl~iereof sou ht to be vacated or discontinued
and shall state the time at which the Board of Aldermen will consider
said petition. The person or corporation seekin. such vacation shall
pay all costs and expenses which raay be incurred by the city by
reason of said proceedings.
SECTION 3. At the time referred to in Section ~ shove for
conside~~ation of such P=tition for vacation, the Board of Aldermen may
enact an ordinance for the vacation or discontinuance of any such
designated public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other
hiF;hway or part tinereof or such Board of Alderrr~en may in its discretion,
place such ordin~e on its first reading; for subsequent readings,
considera-t ion and p~.ssa_~e or rejection.
Sr;C'I'IOI~T L}.. '~dhenever any such public square, public park,
street, avenue, alley or other highway or part thereof shall be
vacated, the same shall revert according; to law.
:ECTIODT 5. Every ord:i.nance vacating such public square,
public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway or part thereof
shall be acknowled_~ed by the City Clerk as deeds are acknowledged in order
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to entitle them. to be recorded and such ordinance so acknoialed::ed
and the consents of property owners herein required shall be filed
for record in the o'fice of recorder of deeds in Platte County,
~issouri, by the City Clerk.
Passed. this 2nd day of February, 1951.
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