Placement: Second Reading of Ordinances
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 25-28, Abandoning a Portion of a Twenty (20) Foot Wide Side and Rear Utility and Drainage Easement Affecting Lot 35, Block 538, Port St. Lucie Section Thirteen, as Recorded in Plat Book 13, Pages 4, 4A through 4M, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida.
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Submitted By: Michelle Reid, Public Works
Strategic Plan Link: The City’s Mission to be responsive to our community.
Summary Brief: The owner of 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, is requesting to abandon ten (10) feet of the existing twenty (20) foot wide side and rear utility and drainage easement.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Ordinance abandoning ten (10) feet of the side and rear twenty (20) foot utility and drainage easement located at 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Ordinance abandoning ten (10) feet of the side and rear twenty (20) foot utility and drainage easement located at 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
2. Move that the Council not approve the abandonment and provide staff direction.
Background: The real property located at 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, was platted with a rear twenty (20) foot wide utility and drainage easement. The owner desires to abandon a ten (10) foot wide portion of the utility and drainage easement. The owner of the property has submitted a request for the abandonment to the City.
Issues/Analysis: The request to abandon a portion of the utility and drainage easement was evaluated by the Public Works Department, Utility Systems Department, and the Public Utility Companies (AT&T, FPL, Comcast, and Florida City Gas). The City Departments and Utility Companies have no objection to the abandonment of ten (10) feet of the twenty (20) foot rear utility and drainage easement at 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Financial Information: There will be no cost incurred by the City.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The property is located at 455 SE Whitmore Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Attachments:
• Ordinance
• Exhibit “A” to Ordinance (Boundary Survey)
• Location Map
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 25104-10
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
Reviewed by Margaret M. Carland, Senior Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.