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City Council Meeting Minutes • December 20, 2011 Page 10 of 18 City Attorney Light read Ordinance Nos. 1607 and 1608, Series 2011. He noted the staff presentation would include both ordinances. Mayor Muckle opened the public hearing and requested the staff presentation. Planning Director Russ explained Ordinances No. 1607 and No. 1608, Series 2011, if authorized, approve the partial vacation of the Main Street ROW adjacent to Lots 14 and 15, Block 8, and Lots 5 and 6, Block 7, Murphy Place Subdivision, in the City of Louisville. It also allows the City to enter into separate agreements with the home owners of 224 Roosevelt Avenue and 224 Main Street concerning a right-of-way (ROW) vacation for the south end of Main Street, adjacent to Community Park. Staff and both home owners propose a City ROW vacation of approximately four hundred fifty (450) square feet (9'x 50') to 224 Main Street and a ROW vacation of five hundred fifty (550) square feet (11' x 50') to 224 Roosevelt. The vacations would extend from the existing property lines to a line equal to the back of the public sidewalk north of their property. In this agreement, the City, at the Owner's expense, agrees to construct a basic landscape for the remaining 40 feet of public ROW, including: 1. Remove existing gravel. 2. Install Kentucky bluegrass sod with an appropriate extension of the City's Community Park irrigation system. ID 3. Relocate the existing park split-rail fence to the new end of Main Street. The City retains the right to install other improvements on the remaining 40 feet of ROW subject to the following: 1. The City landscape standard will maintain sight lines of no less than fifty percent (50%) of the adjoining property. 2. Lighting will be limited to downcast pedestrian scale light fixtures. 3. The City shall prohibit parking of private vehicles on the remaining 40 feet of ROW. 4. The City design and programming for the remaining 40 feet of ROW will only accommodate passive recreational activities. The property owners agree to install improvements on the vacated ROW subject to the following: 1. The area of the vacated ROW qualifies toward private property's zoning and development calculations of applicable lot coverage, floor area or similar yard and bulk requirements. 2. Landscape the vacated ROW to a minimum standard with a combination of Kentucky bluegrass sod, low level shrubs, and trees which at maturity maintain sight lines of no less than fifty percent (50%) of the City's Remaining 40 feet of ROW. ID