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Introduced by Councilor Baldacci, Motu 24, 1980
CITY OF BANGOR
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(TUTEE,) a9rberg Accepting City, Engineer's -Report,,,- Establishing _.._
Parkview Avenue Extension as a Public Way
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BY w City C""ca Of the MY NBangor:
ORDERED,
THAT the attached Report of the City Engineer relative
to the extension of Parkview Avenue right -o£ -way for a
distance of 56 feet be and hereby is accepted, and be it
further
ORDERED, that said right-of-way extension be established
as a public way, to be named and Imown as Parkview Avenue,
and that it be added to the Official City Map.
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ORDER
IN CITY: COUNCIL -
March 24, 1980 180 BAB 18 P317
.Referred to planning Hoard - 'Title, _
Consider neat ' ting.
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CIT L6R1( Estab1...... ........ Avenue Extension
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April 14. 1960
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CITY C 1/•G w+� - .. ...... .
. cowcilman
CITY of BANGOR,
To the City Crowd:
Pumuant W an order of the City Council,OrdepE..._ 113_, AE.,, pmt_. February_ 251 1980s
directing the City Engineer W ley out. b7.29-tes. And_bounds._anrL o%tal Usb--z-- .._
right -of -wag for the extension of Parkview Avenue for a distance
City Eaninear begs lave W report:
That of his intention W lay out, 6W Parkview. Avenue_Fatension ____.....
the City Engineer gave written notice by padres attached W copies of said orderpoated for earned
date prior W the.IZ111 wag 02 CaCC I i. .. -_.._.... .. ..
in two public plaeea in the City of Eaagor and in the vicinity of said street, W wit:
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.. ..ane on$iS_Psle_NG._B3$03.._CASRI9Z'.--- oSAt,.89&e Ase.,__&_PbSkYi.W.w-Ave.;
One on BHE-Pole Wo j4. near end of Parkview Avenuea,.,._
and one gave notice by causing the more W be published in the Eawnog Eaai x Nam, newspaper
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printed in mid citr, for one week prior W the. .17 I -047 -of. 4Archs/pr of cud order and
notices, an pouted and published, is hereW ante i androids part of this report. ...... - ---------- __ .
And that the said City Engineer met at the time and place of meeting apeciOM in tbs unties¢
and proceeded W lay out sa2d Ppoirriew Avenue Fztcu aiou,__. as follows:
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Beginning at a point on the easterly right-of-way line of
Parkview Avenue located 920 feet north from the northerly right-
of-way line of Mount Hope Avenue, said point being the northerly
terminus of the Parkview Avenue right-of-way as laid out on
September 10, 1907 and recorded in City of Bangor Road Book
Vol. 3, Page 384; thence in a northerly direction along an
extension of the easterly line of Parkview Avenue for a distance
of 56.00 feet; thence in a westerly direction at right angles
to the last described line for a distance of 48.00 feet to a
point, said point being on a northerly extension of the westerly
right-of-way line of Parkview Avenue; thence in a southerly
direction along the extension of said westerly right-of-way
line of Parkview Avenue for a distance of 56.00 feet to a point,
being at the northwesterly terminus of the Parkview Avenue right-
of-way as originally laid out; thence in an easterly direction
along the northerly terminus of said Parkview Avenue right-of-
way as originally laid out for a distance of 48.00 feet to the
point of beginning.
Meaning and intending to describe an extension of the 48
foot wide right-of-way of Parkview Avenue for a distance of 56
feet in a northerly direction from its existing northerly terminus,
said ertension being on land now or formerly owned by Owen P. and
Jeanette A. Towne, as described in a deed recorded in Penobscot
Registry of Deeds, Volume 2318, Page 251.
There appeared at the time and place set for the hearing,
Mr. and Ere. Owen Towne of 295 Parkview Avenue; Mrs. Percy H.
Gallison of 287 Parkview Avenue; Mrs. Robert 0. Walls of 239
Palm Street; and Mrs. Leroy Grondin of 288 Parkview Avenue.
The City Engineer explained the purpose of the public
hearing: To comply with the provisions of the State Statutes
for laying out and acquiring the right-of-way for the street
extension. He further explained that the reason for extending
the right-of-way was to encompass the portion of the Parkview
Avenue roadway which is actually being used by the public and
by the neighborhood residents. The paved roadway has been
plowed and maintained as an unaccepted street for a distance
of approximately 56 feet beyond the actual terminus B the
public right-of-way, primarily as a result of the need for
access to the house of Mr. and MTs. Towne, located at 295
Parkview Avenue. It was also noted that a garage owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Gallison of 287 Parkview Avenue is actually beyond
the end of the existing right-of-way. It was explained that
the public maintenance of so-called "unaccepted Streets" is not
uncommon in Bangor, where houses had been built beyond estab-
lished right-of-way limits. The City Council has previously
established a policy of providing minimum maintenance on such
streets.
The City Engineer indicated that he would recommend no
payment of damages for the right-of-way acquisition, since
the right-of-way only encompasses the roadway area which has
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existed for many years, and will not encroach upon any private
improvements. He also stated his belief that the right-of-way
extension is actually a benefit to the properties which it abuts,
since it provides public right-of-way access, making their
properties more valuable.
Mrs. Towne asked if there were any plans to extend the
right-of-way further. The City Engineer indicated that there
were no plans, and he would recommend against any such extension,
since a further extension would intersect the front of the Towne
house, as well as other improvements to their property in front
of the house, there would be no practical benefit to the public
by such a right-of-way extension.
It is recommended that the extension of the Parkview Avenue
right -of -wag for a distance of 56 feet in a northerly direction
be accepted as a public way, and that it be added to the Official
Map, to be named and known as Parkview Avenue.
A Plan showing the Parkview Avenue right-of-way extension
is on file in the Office of the City Engineer.
Respectfully submitted,
JoLRrawley,
City Engineer
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Bangor. the awter of Maine—the Gateway to Maine's North Wdods and Seashore Return
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JOHN "I LORD n1np O"""
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INTE: April 8, 1980
TO: The Honorable City Cowell
mop; The Plawing Board -
SUBTBCT: Amending The Official dap
Addition of a 56 foot extension of
Parkview Avenue
Council Order 125 AH
The Planning Board at its regular meeting of April 7, 1980, held a
public hearing an the above addition to the Official tdap.
After careful consideration of the proposed addition, the Board voted
five in favor and none opposed to recommend the Official dAap amendment
contained in Council Order 125 Aft.
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