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Introduced by Councilor wheeler, September e, 1985
CITY OF BANGOR
(MLEJ Mrbgrr, Dieconti¢uance of,. East Broadway -,Lancaster Avenue_.
By be City Cowman of the Oily ofBaeaur:
ORDERED,
THAT the attached report of the City Engineer pertaining to
the discontinuance of a portion of East Broadway between Clark
Avenue and Lancaster Avenue be and hereby 1s accepted; and be it
further
OHDF.ItED,
THAT said dbdicated way be vacated and discontinued in whole,
with no retention of a public easement..
In City council September 9,1985 85-315
Passed } 0 R b B R
Title,
Cit c ark
. Discontinuance ot. East Broadway
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Lancaster son.; to Clark Ave.
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ad ed and a by
_ Councilman
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CITY of BANGOR,
To the City CaWI:
Percent to an order of the City CWncil,orden._Nca,._85, „288.,,,_, ppoeseadi_Augdet_k2tit_ 1985
directing the City Engineer to -discontinue_. end...vacats.the..portioa.nY_
East Broadwaybetween Leominster Avenue and Clark Avenue;
City Engineer begs leave to report:
That of his intention toYapLmt. discontinue..and._vacate..seid._portion .. of....._
East Broadway,
the City Engineer gave written notice by notices attached to copies of said order posted for seven
days poor to the..._. 5th day of Sept ember,1985,
in two public platy in the City of Bangor and in the vicinity of said street, to wit:
One HOJlted... on..Eulletin Board at City,Hall
Ana...posted..on..Pole_#fi-at..intersaotion. ef_East..Broadtmy_ and ._:.
Lancaster Avenue;
Cne posted. _on_Pole #°j et_intersectioa of East.Broadinq and __ _ _ _
Clark Avenue;
and also gave notice by cawing the same to be published in the BAwcna Door News, newspaper
September, 1985,
printed in said city, for pe week prior to the ...$th_da —G.I.../................copy of Wit order and
naives, m posted and Whitened, is hereto annexal ordinate part of this report.
And that the avid City Engineer met at the time and place of meeting specified in the notirw
and proceeded to bq;x mt disnontinue and uac ste..said dedicated right„ oY. __
Weir, as rollowst
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sixty (60)footwide right-of-way extending north from the
northerly igh way line of Lancaster Avenue to the southerly
right -o£ -Way line Of Clark Avenue, a distance of 374 feet, more
or less, being an extension of that portion of East Broadway as
laid out and accepted as a public way by the City Council on
October 13, 1914, as recorded in City of Bangor Road Book Vol.
4, Page 35•
There appeared at the time and place set for the meeting
Mr. Kenneth F Hendersom,.Jr., a resident of 152 East Broadway,
whose property abuts a Small portion of the right -o£ -way to be
discontinued. Mr. Henderson was advised that research by the
City Engineer has determined that a portion of the right-of-way
in question had previously been discontinued by the City Council
on March 141 1923 as recorded in City of Bangor Road Book Vol. 4,
Page 68, berng that portion extending 300 feet north from the
northerly sight -o£ -way line of Lancaster Avenue, and crossing
property presently owned by Ralph W. and Lillian W. Hand. The
remaining 74 feet from the northerly line of the Hand props
to the southerly line of Clark Avenue has not been discontinued.
Mr. Henderson spoke in favor of the proposed discontinuance of the
remaining portion abutting his propertyy, and indicated that Mr.
James E. Givren of 105 Clark Avenue, Mae property abuts the
easterly side of said right-of-way for a distance of 74 feet
south from the south line of Clark Avenue. is also in favor of
Since the right -of -may serves no public purpose, and since
all of the abutting property owners between Clark Avenue and
Lancaster Avenue are in favor of its discontinuance, it is
recommended that said right-of-way be discontinued and vacated
in whole in accordance with the provisions of 23 M.R.S.A.,
Section 3027, and that the land contained in said dedicated
right-of-way revert to the abutting property owners in accord-
ance with the provisions of 23 M.R.S.A., Section 3026, as follows:
Kenneth F Jr.d Suman A Henderson, 152 Et Broadway.
A portion of the westerly half of said right-of-way,being
a strip of land 30 feet wide and extending south from the south-
erly right-of-way line of Clark Avenue for a distance of 74 feet,
more or less, to the northerly line of land owned by Ralph W. and
Lillian W. Hand.
James B. and Mary P. Givran, 105 Clark Avenue.
A portion of the easterly half of said rigbt-of-way, being
a strip of land 30 feet wide and extending 74 feet, more or less,
south from the southerly right -o£ -way line of Clark Avenue to the
northerly line of laud owned by Ralph W. and Lillian W. Hand.
Ralph W. and Lillian W. Hand, 327 Pine Street.
That portion of said right-oS-way, being 60 feet wide and
extending 300 feet, more or less, north from the northerly
right-of-way line of Lancaster Avenue to the northerly line
of said Hand property.
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It is further recommended that no public easement be retained
along the above described right-of-way. Since the right-of-way
does not appear on the Official City Map at the present time it
is not considered necessary to refer the question of discuut;nuance
to the Planning Hoard.
Respectfully submitted.
Cohn T.Frawley,
En
City Engineer
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