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ORDINANCE NO. 2008- �
FEB 1 9 2008
,� � AN ORDINANCE VACATING ALLEY
GiBSON CON7v AN6H�EAS, Ralph Hillyard, Jr. and Linda L. Hillyard pursuant to IC 36-7-3-12
have filed a petition with the Town Council of the Town of Fort Branch, Indiana, to
vacate a 10 foot alley to the South of Lots 38, 39, 40, and 41 and to the NoRh of Lots 47,
4S, 49, and �0 in the Holcomb Addition to the To���n of Fort Branch;
\t�I-IEREAS, the alley� is a platted 10 foot strip of land to the South of Lots 3S, 39,
40 and 41 and ro the \'orth of Lots 47, 4S, 49, and 50 in the Holcomb Addition to the
Town of Fort Branch, and the alley is located within the corporate limits of the To�i�n of
Fort Branch, Indiana (See attached Exhibit "A");
\VI-IEREAS, the alley is noi used, is not needed, and ��acation of the alley would
not hinder orderly de��elopmeni of the neighborhood in which it is located or to which i[
is contiguous, and ���ould not make access to any lands difficult or inconvenient, would
not hinder the public's access to a church, school or other public buildin� or place and
��•ould not hinder the use of a public �vay by the neighborhood in �vhich it is located or to
��'hich it is con[iguous;
1VHERE.AS, there are electric utility lines in the platted alley, and in accordance
�� ith IC 36-7-3-16, � acation of the alley �� ill not depri��e the public utility of the use of all
or pan of the ��acated alley, and � acation of the alley will have no effect on any public
utility that has utilities in the ��acated alley;
\\rH ERE.AS, To���n of Fort Branch resen es an easement for any �� ater or sewer
lines «ithin the ��acated alley;
�\rHEREAS, a public hearing has been held on the petition;
\1%HEREAS, notice of the public hearing on the Petition �vas published in the
South Gibson Star-Times in accordance �vith IC 5-3-1-2; And
\�'HEREAS, notice of ihe public hearin� on the Peti[ion �vas given by ceRified
mail ro all o�� ners of land that abut the alley.
NO��' THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAI�rED by the To���n Coimcil of the To�vn of
Fort Branch, as follo���s:
Section 1: The platred 10-fooi alley to the South of Lots 3S, 39, �0, and 41 and to
the \onh Lots 47, 4S, �9, and �0 in the Holcomb Addition to the To��m of Fort Branch
be, and hereby is, vacated.
Section 2: In accordance �vith law, ownership of the vacated alley re�•erts to the
abutiin� lot o�vners �vith the north half of the vacated alley belonging to the owners of
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Lots 33, 39, 40, and 41 �vhich abut the north side of said vacated alley, and the south half
of the vacated alley belonging to the owners of Lots 47, 48, 49, and 50 which abut the
south side of the cacated alley, all in the Holcomb Addition to the Town of Fort Branch.
Section 3: In accordance ���ith IC 36-7-3-16, vacation of the alley will not deprive
the public utility having lines in the vacated alley of the use of all or part of the vacated
alley, and vacation of the alley ���ill ha��e no effect on any public utility that has utilities in
the vacared alley.
Section 4: Vacation of the alley �vill not depri��e the Town of Fort Branch of the
use of all or part oFthe vacated alley for any water or sewer lines located in the vacated
alley, and the To���n of Fort Branch shall ha��e an easement for any water or se�aer lines in
the ��acated alley.
Section �: In accordance «ith IC 36-7-3-12, within 30 days of the adoption of this
ordinance, a copy of this Ordinance shall be filed ���ith the Audiror's Office of Gibson
County, Indiana, and a copy of this Ordinance shall be recorded in the Office of Recorder
ofGibson County, Indiana.
Section 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and afrer the date
of passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 13th dav of February, 200S, by the Town
Council of the Town of Fort Branch, whose respective signatures appear below.
COtJ�'CIL OF THE TO\1'N
TO�VN OF FORT BRANCH
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HAROLD �V"OLF, President
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���pRRE\rFLEET�VOOD, �4ember
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GERALD L. BLEDSOE, �4ember
�TTESTED TO:
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