Subject: 9744 1992-076 City of Chattanooga
Date: Wed, 27 May 1992 10:31:00 -0500


              	   	     	       	    1992-076
              	   	     	       	    City of Chattanooga
        
        
                   	     ORDINANCE NO. 9744
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING OF SHEPHERD
                   ROAD LOCATED SOUTHWEST FROM SHALLOWFORD ROAD,
                   SOUTHEAST OF NOAH REID ROAD,  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 Shepherd Road located southwest from Shallowford
         Road, southeast of Noah Reid Road, more particularly described
         herein, and as shown on plat attached hereto and made a part
         hereof by reference:
                Shepherd Road, a 50 foot wide unopened right-of-way
                beginning on the southwest line of the proposed
                Shallowford Road right-of-way some 125 feet
                southeast of the intersection of the southwest line
                of the proposed Shallowford Road right-of-way with
                the southeast line of Noah Reid Road (if extended),
                said point being the intersection of the southwest
                line of said proposed right-of-way with the
                northwest line of the existing Shepherd Road
                right-of-way, thence southeast some 52 feet with
                the proposed Shallowford Road to the southeast line
                of the existing Shepherd Road, thence southwest
                some 430 feet with the southeast line of the
                existing Shepherd Road to the southeast line of the
                proposed Shepherd Road right-of-way, thence
                northeast and northwest some 163.5 feet with the
                southeast and northeast line of the proposed
                Shepherd Road right-of-way to the northwest line of
                the existing Shepherd Road right-of-way, thence
                northeast some 262.25 feet with the northwest line
                of the existing Shepherd Road to the southwest line
                of the proposed Shallowford Road right-of-way, the
                point of beginning.  Tax Map No. 138O-B-2.5 and
                148C-A-3.1.
               
               
              	   SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this closure
         and abandonment is made subject to the following conditions:
                1. The Electric Power Board of Chattanooga has
                   distribution facilities located within said
                   right-of-way which must be maintained for the
                   use and benefit of its customers and an easement
                   the width of the entire right-of-way is reserved
                   for the operation, maintenance, rebuilding, and
                   replacement of these distribution facilities.
                  
                2. The reservation for the Tennessee-American Water
                   Company of an easement the width of the
                   right-of-way for the purpose of operating and
                   maintaining their facilities located within the
                   right-of-way.
               
                3. Resubdivision of the adjacent tracts to prevent
                   any land-locked parcels; said resubdivision
                   shall be approved by the City Traffic Engineer.
               
                4. Reservation of an easement the width of the
                   right-of-way for South Central Bell for the
                   purpose of operating and maintaining its
                   facilities in said right-of-way.
               
                5. The reservation of an easement the width of the
                   right-of-way for Chattanooga Cable TV Company
                   for the purpose of operating and maintaining its
                   facilities in said right-of-way.
               
                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
         completion of Condition #3 in Section 2 above.
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         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading June 23, 1992.	       
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              	   	     	       	    	   CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______
        
              	   	     	       DATE:________________ _______, 1992.
        
        
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              	   	     	       	    	      MAYOR
        
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