Official:Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 387 and 402 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the westerly thirty-two feet wide and variable width portion of Island Avenue from a point approximately nine-hundred one feet south of Penrose Avenue to a point approximately one-hundred two feet south of Escort Street and by placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of the portion of Island Avenue being stricken from the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance.
Sponsor: Council President Verna
Introduced: November 15, 2007
Vetoed: December 13, 2007
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Vetoed
This bill would change the City Plan by removing a portion of Island Avenue and creating new utility easements. This change affects a specific area around Island Avenue.
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