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File #: 2014-0009    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 1/14/2014 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: Final action: 1/28/2014
Enactment date: 1/28/2014 Enactment #: 29
Effective date: 1/30/2014    
Title: Resolution vacating an Unnamed, unopened, 30 foot wide street, off East Sycamore Street in the 18th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
Indexes: VACATING A STREET
Attachments: 1. 2014-0009.doc
Presenter
Presented by Mrs. Kail-Smith
 
Title
Resolution vacating an Unnamed, unopened, 30 foot wide street, off East Sycamore Street in the 18th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
Body
WHEREAS, Said Unnamed, unopened 30 foot right-of-way is not serving a public right-of way purpose.
 
WHEREAS, this vacation allows 2 adjacent property owners to provided rear property access they can improve and control behind their property on Sycamore Street.
 
WHEREAS, The City can add the remaining vacated street to become part of the Emerald View Park.
 
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
 
Section 1.      Now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the proper officers of the City of Pittsburgh are hereby authorized to approve the vacation of the following property in the 18th Ward:
 
BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly line of East Sycamore Street on the Northeast corner of Block 4 G, Lot No. 274; thence South 1º12' West a distance of 137.61 feet to a  point; thence continuing South 17º15' West a distance of 101.22 feet to a point at its terminus; thence North 72º45' East along this terminus a distance of 30.0 feet to  point' thence North 17º 15' East along the Eastern line of unnamed 30.0 foot wide street a distance of 100.46 feet to a point; thence continuing along said Easterly line of unnamed street North 1º12' East a distance of 139.63 feet to a point on East sycamore Street; thence South 70º 18'19" West  along East Sycamore Street a distance of 30.24 feet to a point on the Northeast corner of Block 4 G, Lot No. 274 at the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
 
Containing 6,409 Square feet of area.
 
Section 2:  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said conveyance shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
A.      The two private adjacent owners have separate reversionary rights which included the relinquishment of the City's half of the vacation.
4-G-274, 20 Sycamore Street, 75'X30" or 2,250 square feet of area.
4-G-275-276, 22 Sycamore Street, 35'X30' or 1,050 square feet of area.
B.       The remaining 3,109 square feet of the vacation will become part of the Emerald View Park and should be assigned a Block & Lot Number.
C.      Parcel 4-G275 & 276 have the same owner, they would have the 30 foot width of the vacated street but they would still require access across the vacated 30 feet of Parcel 4-G-274 to achieve access to Sycamore Street.  Therefore this resolution will require that there will be ingress and egress right of entry across this 30 foot vacation 4-G-274 to permit legal access to Sycamore Street for 4-G-275.
D.      Once this vacation is approved the two private adjacent owners will install a simple perimeter fence along their new property line of 110 feet and continuing along the Southern line of 4-G-276 for 100 feet so that there would be no future encroachment into the adjacent Park property.