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City Council Meeting Minutes February 21, 2006 Page 9 of 13 ORDINANCE No. 1485, SERIES 2006 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF A 10-FOOT BY 125-FOOT ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING BETWEEN LOT 19, BLOCK 6 AND LOTS 20-24, BLOCK 6, JEFFERSON PLACE SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE - 2nd reading - public hearing (advertised Daily Camera 2/11/06) Mayor Sisk requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1485, Series 2006. Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Planning Director Wood explained the requested alley vacation is located south 720 Jefferson Avenue and north of properties at 701 and 717 Pine Street. The property owner at 720 Jefferson initiated the application however the two Pine Street property owners also support the request. The alley was dedicated to the City on the Jefferson Place subdivision plat, approved and recorded in October 1880. The alley is unpaved and platted at a width of 10 feet, which is smaller than downtown area's primary alleys, which were platted at a 20 feet width. The smaller alleys were dedicated for service and utility access, and given their width, have not proved useful for vehicular access. The alley functions as a utility corridor for overhead and underground public and private utilities. Because the east-west alleys have not been used for vehicular access, there have been numerous requests for alley right of way vacations, conditioned by an inclusion of utility easement. Portions of this alley, both east and west of this location have been vacated, with utility easements reserved for public and private utilities. The zoning code encourages and in some instances requires alley right of ways be used for vehicular access to garages and off-street parking in the Old Town residential areas. Staff referred this application to various City departments and utility companies providing service in the City. The Public Works Department as well as Xcel Energy both stated a need to maintain a utility easement in place of the alley. The ordinance reserves a public utility easement in place of the alley right of way. If approved, legal title to the vacated alley right of way shall vest in the manner provided by Colorado State Statutes. The Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation of approval of the alley vacation, with one condition requiring a utility easement be reserved in place of the vacated alley. The ordinance reserves a standard public utility easement in place of the alley right of way. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested public comment. There were no comments.