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Ordinance No. 1534
AN ORDINANCE
Vacating part of an east-west alley lying
between Lots 26 and 27 in Nathan Jones'
Addition to the City of Canton, Fulton County,
Illinois.
WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Canton,
Illinois, that 65 ILLS 5/11-91-1 provides in pertinent part that
whenever the corporate authorities of any municipality in the State
of Illinois determine that the public interest will be subserved by
vacating any street or alley, or part thereof, within their
jurisdiction in any incorporated area, that said municipality may
vacate that street or alley, or part thereof, by ordinance; and
WHffi2EAS, the corporate authorities of the City of Canton,
Fulton County, Illinois, have determined that the public interest
will be subserved by vacating a part of an east-west alley lying
between Lots 26 and 27 in Nathan Jones' Addition to the City of
Canton, County of Fulton, State of Illinois, all as more
particularly described and designated on the attached Exhibit A,
which is a plat thereof, the vacated portion of said alley being
described in yellow therein; and
WHEREAS, the alley described herein and the properties
contiguous thereto are wholly within the jurisdiction and corporate
limits of the City of Canton, Illinois; and
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WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the City of Canton,
Illinois, have determined that the relief to the public from
further burden and responsibility of maintaining the alley
described herein constitutes a public use or public interest
authorizing the vacation;
NOW THEREFORE AND BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Canton,
Fulton County, Illinois, hereby finds the foregoing recitals to be
fact.
Section 2. That the following portion of the east-west
alley lying between Lots 26 and 27 in Nathan Jones' Addition to the
City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, shall be and the same is
hereby vacated:
An alley which is 16 feet in width, more or less, and
described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner
of Lot 26 in Nathan Jones' Addition to the City of
Canton, thence West 181.5 feet, more or less, to the
Southwest corner of Lot 26 in Nathan Jones' Addition to
the City of Canton, thence South 16 feet to the Northwest
corner of Lot 27 in Nathan Jones' Addition, thence East
181.5 feet, more or less, to the Northeast corner of Lot
27 in Nathan Jones' Addition, thence North 16 feet, more
or less, to the point of beginning, situated, lying and
being in the City of Canton, County of Fulton and State
of Illinois.
Section 3. That the aforesaid vacation is specifically
made subject to an easement or easements that lay across the
aforesaid vacated alley for the purpose of maintaining,
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constructing or reconstructing public utilities now existing
therein, if any.
Section 4. The City Clerk of the City of Canton, Illinois,
is hereby directed to cause a certified copy of this Ordinance to
be filed with the office of the Fulton County Recorder of Deeds
immediately upon the passage and approval of this Ordinance.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its passage by a three-fourths (3/4)
majority vote of the aldermen holding office in the City of Canton,
Fulton County, Illinois, at a regular meeting thereof on the 4th
day of March , 1997, upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Molleck, Hartford, Sarff, Phillips, Nidiffer,
Meade, Shores, May.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
AP RO D:
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Donald E. Edwards, Mayor
A EST:
ancy S. bites, City Clerk
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