Placement: First Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 25-25, Public Hearing, Abandoning a Portion of a Fifteen (15) Foot Wide Rear Utility and Drainage Easement Affecting Lot 26, Block 543, Port St. Lucie Section Ten, as Recorded in Plat Book 12, Pages 49, 49A through 49G, 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 898 SE Seahouse Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, is requesting to abandon five (5) feet of the existing fifteen (15) 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 five (5) feet of the fifteen (15) foot rear utility and drainage easement located at 898 SE Seahouse Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve to abandon five (5) feet of the fifteen (15) foot rear utility and drainage easement located at 898 SE Seahouse Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
2. Move that the Council not approve the abandonment and provide staff direction.
Background: The real property located at 898 SE Seahouse Drive, Port St. Lucie, Florida, was platted with a rear twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement. In 1984, the City abandoned five (5) feet of the twenty (20) foot wide rear utility and drainage easement via Ordinance 84-44 recorded in Official Records Book 786, Page 2626, of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida. The current owner desires to construct a pool, deck, and screen enclosure. Prior to construction, an additional five (5) foot wide portion of the rear utility and drainage easement will need to be abandoned. The owner of the property has submitted a request for the abandonment to the City.
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