Official:Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 266 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Jefferson Street and Heston Street, each from 52nd Street to Paxon Street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Paxon Street from Jefferson Street to Columbia Avenue; and by reserving and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for gas main purposes, water main purposes and drainage purposes within the beds of the streets being stricken by this ordinance, if necessary, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: December 22, 2005
Signed: February 9, 2006
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill revises City Plan No. 266 by removing three streets from the city map: Jefferson Street and Heston Street between 52nd and Paxon Streets, and a portion of Paxon Street between Jefferson and Columbia Avenues. The bill also sets aside space for future utility infrastructure.
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