Subject: 9543/1989-180/Abandonment (Wiehl Street)/Erlanger
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


              	   	     	       	    1989-180
              	   	     	       	    City of Chattanooga
        
        
                   	     ORDINANCE NO. 9543
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING PORTIONS
                   OF BLACKFORD STREET AND WIEHL STREET SOUTHEAST
                   OF HAMPTON STREET NORTHEAST OF EAST 3RD STREET,
                   MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, UPON
                   CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
                  
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              	   SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
         CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That there be and is hereby 
closed
         and abandoned portions of Blackford Street and Wiehl Street
         southeast of Hampton Street northeast of East 3rd Street, more
         particularly described herein, and as shown on plat attached
         hereto and made a part hereof by reference:
                Part of Blackford Street and part of Wiehl Street. 
                To find the true point of beginning of said parts
                of streets, start on the southeast line of Hampton
                Street some 470 feet northeast of the intersection
                of the southeast line of Hampton Street with the
                northeast line of East 3rd Street, said point being
                the intersection of the southeast line of Hampton
                Street with the southeast line of the existing
                Blackford Street, thence northeast some 62 feet
                with Blackford Street to the southeast line of the
                proposed relocated Blackford Street, the true point
                of beginning, thence northeast some 193 feet with
                the proposed Blackford Street to the northeast line
                of the existing Blackford Street, thence southeast
                some 280 feet with Blackford Street to the
                northwest line of Wiehl Street, thence northeast
                some 174 feet with Wiehl Street to the southwest
                line of the proposed Blackford Street, thence
                southeast some 65 feet with said proposed street to
                the southeast line of Wiehl Street, thence
                southwest some 165 feet with Wiehl Street to the
                northeast line of the existing Blackford Street,
                thence southeast some 273 feet with the existing
                Blackford Street to the southwest line of the
                proposed relocated Blackford Street, thence
                southeast some 100 feet with the proposed Blackford
                Street to the southwest line of the existing
                Blackford Street, thence northwest and southwest
                some 863 feet with the existing Blackford Street to
                the southeast line of the proposed relocated
                Blackford Street, the true point of beginning.  Tax
                Map No. 1360-B-40 & 45, and 146A-J-1 & 6.
               
               
              	   SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this closure
         and abandonment is made subject to the following conditions:
                1. The reservation for Jupiter Industries, Inc.,
                   d/b/a Chattanooga Gas Company, of an easement
                   the width of the streets for its gas main, lines
                   and other distribution facilities located within
                   the petitioned rights-of-way, which must be
                   maintained for the use and benefit of its
                   customers.
               
                2. The Electric Power Board of Chattanooga has
                   distribution facilities located within said
                   rights-of-way which must be maintained for the
                   use and benefit of its customers and an easement
                   the width of the entire rights-of-way is
                   reserved for the operation, maintenance,
                   rebuilding, and replacement of these
                   distribution facilities.
               
                3. The City of Chattanooga has a sewer located
                   within said rights-of-way and reserves an
                   easement the width of the rights-of-way for the
                   purpose of maintaining said sewer.
               
                4. The reservation for the Tennessee-American Water
                   Company of an easement the width of the
                   rights-of-way for the purpose of operating and
                   maintaining their facilities located within the
                   rights-of-way.
               
                5. The review and acceptance by the City Engineer
                   of the design and construction of the relocation
                   of Blackford Street.
               
                6. The areas reserved for utility easements must be
                   kept free and clear of all structures.
               
                7. All existing easements are retained.
               
              	   SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this 
Ordinance
         shall take effect two weeks from and after its passage as 
provided
         by law, provided that this Ordinance shall not be operative 
until
         the City Traffic Engineer has accepted the construction of
         Blackford Street as relocated.
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading April 23, 1991.       
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              	   	     	       	    	   CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______
        
              	   	     	       DATE:________________ _______, 1991.
        
        
              	   	     	       _/s/________________________________
              	   	     	       	    	      MAYOR
        
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