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File #: 2026-021    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: First Reading
File created: 12/15/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/12/2026 Final action:
Title: Ordinance 26-08, Public Hearing, Abandoning a Portion of a Twenty (20) Foot Wide Rear Utility and Drainage Easement Affecting Lot 15, Block 1550, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Plat Book 14, Pages 10, 10A through 10I, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida.
Attachments: 1. Abandonment_of_Esmt-Ordinance_12.15.25_McElrose 1 - Copy.pdf, 2. Approved Survey_McElrose (1) - Copy.pdf, 3. Location Map _McElrose - Copy.pdf
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Placement: First Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing                     

Action Requested: Motion / Vote                     

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Ordinance 26-08, Public Hearing, Abandoning a Portion of a Twenty (20) Foot Wide Rear Utility and Drainage Easement Affecting Lot 15, Block 1550, Port St. Lucie Section Thirty, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Plat Book 14, Pages 10, 10A through 10I, 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 owners of 2365 SE Leithgow St., Port St. Lucie, Florida, are requesting to abandon ten (10) feet of the existing twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement for a pool, deck, and screen enclosure.

 

Presentation Information: N/A

 

Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Ordinance abandoning ten (10) feet of the twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement located at 2365 SE Leithgow St., Port St. Lucie, Florida.

 

Alternate Recommendations:

1.                     Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Ordinance abandoning ten (10) feet of the twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement located at 2365 SE Leithgow St., Port St. Lucie, Florida.

2.                     Move that the Council not approve the abandonment and provide staff direction.

 

Background: The real property located at 2365 SE Leithgow St., Port St. Lucie, Florida, was platted with a twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement. The owners desire to construct a pool, deck, and screen enclosure. Prior to construction, a ten (10) foot wide portion of the easement will need to be abandoned. The owners of the property have submitted a request for the abandonment to the City.

 

Issues/Analysis: The request to abandon a portion of the 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 easement at 2365 SE Leithgow St., 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 2365 SE Leithgow St., 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: 25321-02

 

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW: 

Reviewed by Margaret M. Carland, Senior Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.