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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 23-1963 MICROFILMED �.,:. 343-30 ORDINANCE NUMBEh 23- 63::: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT , LOCATION, CHANGE, OR DISCONTINUANCE OF PUBLIC STREETS BY THE CITY- COUNCIL', AND PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE THEREFORE WHEREAS , Section 167.09, Florida Statutes 1961, grants 'unto the city council authority to "lay off. . . . streets, avenues, lanes, highways as may: seem necessary and expedient for the public health' or interest" and may "discontinue any . . . . street , avenue, highway or any other way which has been . . . laid out" and, ' WHEREAS, neither the general law of this State, nor the special laws applicable to this City provide the procedure by which this city council may discontinue streets, avenues, and highways, and, WHEREAS , Chapter 336, Florida Statutes 1961 , does pro- vide the procedure by' which the respective Boards of County Commissioners may establish, locate , change or di'scont'inue pub- lic roads, and, WHEREAS , this .council deems it advisable that .the. public rights of citizens of the City of Cape Canaveral be 'pro- tected to the same extent as if their rights were before another authority, therefore, the said Chapter .336, Florida Statutes 1961 , is used as a guide for the-following ordinance. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL,. FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS : SECTION I. RELOCATION OR. CHANGE OF STREETS The city council may establish, locate, change or dis- • continue public streets by resolution. SECTION II. CLOSING ANDABANDONMENT OF STREETS; AUTHORITY (1) ' The city 'council, with respect to property under its control May in its own discretion, and of -its own motion, of upon the, request of any agency of thea state, county, or. of the federal government , or upon petition of any person or persons , ishereby authorized and empowered to : , MICROFILMED 0 3-13-80 (a) Vacate, abandon, discontinue and close any existing public or private street , alleyway, road, highway, or other place used for travel, or any portion thereof, other than a state, county, or federal highway or road, and to renounce and disclaim any right of the city and the public in an to any land in connection therewith; (b) Renounce and disclaim any right of the city and the public in'and to any land, or interest therein, acquired by purchase, gift , , devise, dedication or prescription for street , alleyway, road or highway purposes, other than lands acquired for state , county and federal highway; and (c) Renounce and disclaim any right of the city and, the public in' and to land, other than land constituting, or acquired for, a state, county or federal highway, delineated on any recorded map or plat as a street , alleyway, road or high- way. (2) The city council, upon such motion, request , or • petition, may adopt a resolution declaring that at a definite time and place a public hearing will be held to consider the advisability of exercising the authority granted in this section SECTION III. CLOSING AND ABANDONMENT OF STREETS ; PUBLICATION OF NOTICE Before any such street shall be closed and vacated, or before any right or interest of the city or public in any land delineated on any recorded map or plat as a street shall be renounced and disclaimed, the council shall hold a public hearing, and shall publish notice thereof, one time, ina news- paper of general ':• circ,ulation. in such. city,'at least two weeks • prior to .the date- 'stated thereinfpr such hearing. After such public hearing, any action of the council , as herein authorized, _shall be evidenced by a 'resolution duly adopted and entered upon the minutes of the city council. The request of any agency of the state, county, or of the United States, or of any person, -2- 01,1 0 - MICROFILMED _ 3-13-81r to the city councilto take such action shall be in writing and' shall be spread upon the minutes of the city council ; provided, however, that the city council of its own motion and discretion, may take action for the purposes hereof. Notice of the adoption of such a 'resolution by the city council shall be published one • time, within thirty days following its adoption, in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The proof of publication of notice of public hearing, the resolution as • adopted, and the proof of publication of the notice of the adoption of such resolution shall be recorded in the deed records • of the county. SECTION IV Article 1. All ordinances in conflict herewith are • repealed. Article 2. This ordinance shall take effect immedi- ately; upon its adoption. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral , Florida, on this /7 , day of 1963. it • • ca • ayor (-• • ;4-6eR•bli; • 7 • ., • •// • •-• - /• ." •4-, ' ' • • y-OIp "I st-ped'aing - 2nd •a.nd Final eading e/- 7•:- Posted on City Bulletin Board at City Hall on ' 1, /7-- gt • - • Approved for fox : 40'; it ,tt. e. y •