Vacations - Houchins, Robert D_9/20/2007, � .
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SEP 2 0 2007
ORDINANCE YO. 2007- Oq
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GIBSON COUNTY AUDITOR AN ORDINANCE VACATING STREET
�VHEREAS, Robert D. Houchins and Andrea J. Houchins pursuant to IC 36-7-3-
12 have filed a petition ���ith the Town Council of the Town of Fort Branch, Indiana; to
vacate a�0 foot platted street abutting the east side of Lots 32 and 47 and abutting the
west side of Lots 31 and 48, all in the Hillcrest Addition to the Town of Fort Branch,
Indiana, and
WHEREAS, The street, which is named Eastview Street, is a piatted 50 foot strip
of land abutting the east side of Lots 32 and 47 and abutting the w=est side of Lots 31 and
48; and bounded on the south by Ulen Street and bounded on the north by Sinclair Street,
all in the Hillcrest Addition as sho�vn on the plat of Hillcrest Addition recorded in Plat
Book 2, Page 45; Office of the Recorder of Gibson County, Indiana, and the street is
located wi[hin the corporate limits of the Town of Fort Branch; Indiana, and
WHEREAS, the street is not opened and is noi needed. Vacation of the street
would not hinder orderly development of the neighborhood in which it is located or to
�vhich it is contieuous, �vould not make access to any lands difficult or inconvenient.
���ould not hinder the public's access to a church, school or other public building or place,
and would not hinder the use of a public way by the neighborhood in which it is located
or to which it is contiguous, and
IVHEREAS, there are electric overhead utility lines in the platted street, and in
accordance with IC 36-7-3-16, vacation of the street will not deprive the public utility of
the use of all or part of the vacated street, and vacation of the street will have no effect on
any public utility that has utilities in the vacated street, and there aze no water or sewer
utilities in the street, and
WHEREAS, Town of Fort Branch has a water line in the platted street; and
vacation of the street shall not deprive the Town of Fort Branch of the use of all or part of
the vacated street, and vacation of the street shall have no effect on the Town of Fort
Branch for any water line in the vacated street, and the Town of Fort Branch shall have a
twenty (20) foot H�ide easement for the water line in the vacated street being ten (]0) feet
on each side of the center of the water line.
�VHEREAS, a public hearing has been held on the Petition, and
WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing on the Petition was pubiished in the
South Gibson Star-Times in accordance with IC >-3-1-2, and
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WHEREAS, notice of the public heazing on the Petition was given by ceRified
mail to all owners of land that abuts the street.
WHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Fort
Branch, as follows:
Section 1: The street, which is named Eastview Street, and which is a platted 50
foot strip of land abutting the east side of Lots 32 and 47 and abutting the wesi side of
Lots 31 and 48, and bounded on the south by Ulen Street and bounded on the north by
Sinclair Street, all in the Hillcrest Addition as shown on the plat of Hilicrest Addition
recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 4�, Office of the Recorder of Gibson County, Indiana, be
and hereby is vacated.
Section 2: In accordance with law, ownership of the vacated alley reverts ro the
abutting lot o�vners with the ���est half of the vacated street belonging to the owners of
Lots 32 and 47 �i�hich abut the west side of said vacated street and the east half of the
vacated street H�ould belonging to the otimers of Lots 31 and 48 �vhich abut the east side
of the ��acated street, all in the Hillcrest Addition to the Town of Fort Branch.
Section 3: In accordance with IC 36-7-3-16, vacation of the street will not
deprive the public utility having electric utility lines in the vacated street of the use of all
or part of the vacated street, and vacation of the street will have no effect on any public
utility that has utilities in the vacated street.
Section 4: Vacation of the street �vill not deprive the Totim of Fort Branch
of the use of all or part of the vacated street for a water line located in the vacated street,
and vacation of the street shall have no effect on the Town of Fort Branch for any �vater
line in the vacated street, and the To�tim of Fort Branch shall have a twenty (20) foot wide
easement for the ���ater line in the vacated street being ten (10) feet o� each side of the
center of the �vater line.
Section 5: In accordance with IC 36-7-3-12, u�thin 30 days of the adoption of
this ordinance, a copy of this Ordinance shall be fi(ed with the Auditor's Office of Gibson
County, Indiana, and a copy of this Ordinance shall be recorded in the Office of Recorder
of Gibson County, Indiana.
Section 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on this � day of September, 2007, by the Town
Council of the To�tim of Fort Branch, �vhose respective signatures appear below.
ATTESTED TO:
STACY E RS, C erk/Treasurer
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
TOWN OF FORT BRANCH
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GERALD L. BLEDSOE, President
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I aPffrm, under �he penalues lor perjury,
thai I have takcn reasonable care to redact
each Sceul Securita number in this
dc�umeni unless required by law.
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THIS INSTftUMENT PREPARED
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