PLACEMENT: Public Hearings - Quasi-Judicial
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REQUEST ABANDONMENT OF PORTIONS OF UNOPENED RIGHTS-OF-WAY CONDITIONED UPON THE CONVEYANCE OF COMPARABLE RIGHT OF WAY LYING WITHIN GOMEZ GRANT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request for the Board to consider an application for the abandonment of two portions of rights-of-way and a waiver of the required privilege fee in conjunction with the abandonment. The request includes conveying right-of-way in consideration for the privilege fee.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Thomas Walker, Jr., PSM
Title: County Surveyor
REQUESTED BY: Loblolly Community Service Corporation
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PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The application for this petition for abandonment, as submitted, is attached to this agenda item. It includes Letters of No Objection from the abutting property owners and those utility companies and municipalities with interest within said rights-of-way.
As the rights-of-way proposed for abandonment provide direct access to navigable waters in Martin County, this abandonment must meet the criteria set forth in Section 155 of the Martin County Code of Ordinances. Specifically, Loblolly Community Service Corporation, hereinafter called the Petitioner, is requesting the Board allow the abandonment without the approval of a majority of electors participating in a referendum election, as established in 1974 under Section 155.3.A.
"155.3.A. No public road, street, or thoroughfare in unincorporated Martin County that gives direct access to any navigable waters shall be closed, vacated, or abandoned without the approval of a majority of the electors participating in a referendum election, as provided, except in those instances wherein the person or persons petitioning the Board of County Commissioners for such closing, vacating, or abandoning of such public roads, streets, or thoroughfares giving direct access to any na...
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