CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

 Ordinance No. 2973

 VACATING A PORTION OF SHORT LANE

BETWEEN F1/2 ROAD AND MIDWAY AVENUE,

RETAINING THE ENTIRE RIGHT-OF-WAY AS A MULTI-PURPOSE EASEMENT

Recitals.

 The owner of Taylor Minor Subdivision has requested that a portion of Short Lane between F 1/2 Road and Midway Avenue be vacated. This street has never been improved and is overgrown with trees and vegetation. Adjacent property owners do not want the street to be opened in the future. The vacated street will be incorporated into the lots on both sides of the street, providing access to the remainder of the unvacated street which will be renamed Deer View Lane. All remaining lots will have access per the Grand Junction Zoning and Development Code. Leaving a street stub reduces conflict with the existing addresses assigned to these lots.

 At its December 10, 1996 hearing, the Grand Junction Planning Commission recommended approval of the street vacation with the condition that the entire right-of-way be retained as a multi-purpose easement for existing and future utilities.

 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 City Council finds that the vacation meets the criteria set forth in Section 8-3 of the Grand Junction Zoning and Development Code and in accordance therewith the following described portion of Short Lane is hereby vacated, with the entire right-of-way being retained as a multi-purpose easement:

 Commencing at the W1/4 corner of Section 1, T.1S., R.1W., Ute Meridian, that when aligned with the W1/16 corner of said Section 1 is recorded as bearing N89°49’E in Plat Book 9, Page 47, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office and all bearings contained herein to be relative thereto; thence N89°49’00”E 552.93’ to a point intersecting the center line of F 1/2 Road and Short Lane; thence N00°21’37”W along the center line of said Short Lane 167.08’ to the Point of Beginning; thence S89°38’23”W 25.00’ to the West right-of-way line of said Short Lane; thence N00°21’37”W 164.28’; thence along the arc of a curve to the right 110.19’ with a radius of 109.10’, central angle of 57°52’02” and whose long chord bears N28°34’10”E 105.56’; thence N57°30’21”E 18.19’: thence along the arc of a curve to the left 44.77’, with a radius of 59.10’, central angle of 43°24’12” and whose long chord bears N35°48’15”E 43.71’ to a point intersecting the West right-of-way line of said Short Lane and the West right-of-way line of Budlong Street; thence S07°35’57”W 86.59’ to a point intersecting the South right-of-way line of Midway Avenue and the East right-of-way line of said Short Lane; thence along said East right-of-way of Short Lane along the arc of a curve to the left 62.72’, with a radius of 59.10’, central angle of 60°48’29” and whose long chord bears S30°02’18”W 59.82’; thence S00°21’37”E 164.28’; thence S89°38’23”W 25.00’ to the point of beginning, Mesa County, Colorado;

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to retention by the City of the entire right-of-way being vacated herein as a multi-purpose easement for the use and benefit of the City, the public and the public utilities.

INTRODUCED for FIRST READING and PUBLICATION this 18th day of December, 1996

PASSED on SECOND READING this 15th day of January, 1997

ATTEST:

/s/ Stephanie Nye            /s/ Linda Afman    

City Clerk              President of City Council