HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-130 - Public Need to Widen Public RoadwayBILL N0. 97- i3~ ORDINANCE N0. 97- / '%
AN ORDiN:vNCE FINDING A PUBLIC NEEll 'I'O WIDEN
A PUBLIC ROADR'AY AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
COtiIMENCE1viENT OF AI` ACTION TO ACQL!IRE PROPERTY BY COiYDEMNATION
WHEREAS, pursuant tog 88.667 RSMn., the City is authorized to acquire private
properly for pubiic use for arry necessary public aurpose, including for the purpose of opening,
widening, extending, or altering any street; and
WIiEREAS, the City has d_termined that it is necessary to construcr and widen High
Drive in the manner and at the location as depicted on the map, attached hereto as E?chibit "A";
and
WHEREAS, m order to properly construct, widen, anal maintain High Drive, it is
necessary to acquire certain property; and
WHEREAS, the Cit, made bonafide otfers to the owners of the properties necessary to
construct, widen, and maintain High Drive; and
WHEREAS, the City was unable to agree as to the proper compensation to be paid to
die owners of certain properties necessary for the construction, widening, and maintenance of
High Drive so that the City has been unable to acquire said properties.
NO~r, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Alderman of the City of Riverside,
M:SSOllrl aS tOllOwS:
Section 1. The Board of Aldermen hereby finds and declares that there exists a need
which is in the pubiic interest to construct, widen, and maintain the public roadway known as
H~,gh Drive iu the manner and at the location as depicted on Exhibit "A" attach;x! hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
ection 2. The Board of Aldermen hereby finds and declazes that in order to properly
construct, widen, and maintain the public roadway known as High Drive, iC is necessary to
acquire by condemnation that property that has not been voluntarily transferred (collectively
referred to herein as the "Acquisition Property").
Section 3. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to commence an action in the Circuit
Court of Platte Couary, b9issouri to acquire the Acquisition Yroperty by condemnation,
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SectiotL4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
Passed tY~isi ~ day of /V'.-~e~i~. 199 _ ~ ~ ~~ ,
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