ORD 2017-13 Adopted ORDINANCE NO. 2017-13
ABANDONING A PLATTED, BUT UNOPENED, UNIMPROVED ROAD RIGHT-
OF-WAY SHOWN ON A PLAT OF THE MEALING ESTATE DATED
DECEMBER, 1941 IN THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA
WHEREAS, at its regularly scheduled meeting of August 17, 2017, the North
Augusta Planning Commission considered the request of property owners, Carol Ann
Bostick, Marsha Blandenburg, Patricia Kinard, and Dorothy P. Kitchens, for the City to
abandon a section of a platted but unopened and unimproved road right-of-way adjoining
their properties; and
WHEREAS, the road right-of-way requested to be abandoned is described as
follows:
An unnamed strip of land between Lots 5 & 6 of Block A on a plat of the
Mealing Estate by Walton Flythe, C.E., dated December, 1941, and recorded in
the RMC Office for Aiken County, in Misc. Book 22 at Page 131. Said strip,
while not named as such, appears to have been reserved as a possible extension
of Atlantis Avenue shown on said plat. Said strip is+60 feet in width and runs a
total distance of+375 feet. Said strip of land extends from Clay Avenue to W.
Martintown Road; and
WHEREAS, THE Planning Commission, after reviewing the request, determined
that the subject right-of-way has never been opened, never named, and never used as
regular access to adjoining properties; that the City has never maintained the subject
right-of-way; that the right-of-way did not have a tax parcel number nor was anyone
paying taxes thereon; and that the road abandonment would not conflict with the City's
Comprehensive Plan. Therefore, abandonment of the road right-of-way would be
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of their review, the Planning Commission
unanimously recommended to the City Council that the subject right-of-way be
abandoned; and
WHEREAS, City Council held a duly advertised public hearing on the requested
abandonment on September 18, 2017 for the purpose of receiving input from the public
on the requested abandonment; and
WHEREAS, following consideration of the recommendation from the Planning
Commission and any input received at the public hearing, Mayor and Council have
determined that it is appropriate that the City abandon any interest in the identified road
right-of- way.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and City Council in
meeting duly assembled and by the authority thereof, that the section of platted but
unopened and unnamed road right-of-way described herein is hereby abandoned.
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Ordinance No. 2017-13
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS z DAY
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