HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-10-12 16-371 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 16-371
Date: October 12, 2016
Item/Subject: Order, Accepting Streets in Sunny Hollow Subdivision- Dana Drive, Doe Drive,
Fawn Court
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary:
Sunny Hollow Subdivision was approved by the Bangor Planning Board on August 17, 1987 and
recorded in the Penobscot Registry of Deeds on September 10, 1987, Plan #D97-87. This
residential subdivision is located off Ohio Street and is served by Sunny Hollow Place. The City
Engineer has determined that Dana Drive, Doe Drive, and Fawn Court have been satisfactorily
completed.
The Infrastructure Committee has reviewed and recommended approval on September 27, 2016 to
accept. The attached Order is a routine action to formally accept these streets as a public way.
John M. Theriault, PE, PTOE
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
ManagerCity
Associated Information: Order, Associated Maps
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
City Solicitor
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CITY OF BANGOR
16-371
OCTOBER 12, 2016
(TITLE.) Order, Accepting Streets in Sunny Hollow Subdivision — Dana Drive, Doe Drive, Fawn Court
WHEREAS, pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A. §3025, property may be dedicated for highway purposes only upon
certain conditions, among which are the "property owner has filed in the Registry of Deeds
an approved subdivision plot plan which describes property to be appropriated for public
use" and that title to any such property accepted by a municipality shall be fee simple; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A. §3031 (1), "the public acquires rights of incipient dedication to
public use of the ways laid out on the plan" from "the date of recording of a subdivision plan
in the Registry of Deeds" and that such public rights expire if the municipality does not
accept said way within 20 years from date of recording of the subdivision plan; and
WHEREAS, the subdivision plan entitled Sunny Hollow Subdivision, Final Subdivision Plat, prepared by
Plisga and Day Land Surveyors and approved by the Planning Board on August 17, 1987 and
recorded at the Penobscot Registry of Deeds on September 10, 1987, Plan #D97-87; and
WHEREAS, there exists on the above referenced plan certain ways identified as Dana Drive, Doe Drive,
and Fawn Court to be used by the public to access properties in this subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the above referenced ways were retained as a paper streets under Council Order 97-404,
dated September 22, 1997; and
WHEREAS, said public ways on the above referenced plan have been inspected by the City Engineer
and have been found to meet the City's standards and requirements for such public
improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT, pursuant
to 23 M.R.S.A. §3025 and §3031, (1) the ways referenced and depicted on the subdivision plan listed
as follows is hereby accepted as Public Ways and Streets by the City of Bangor:
Dana Drive
Doe Drive
Fawn Court
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, THAT the name of the accepted Public Ways shall be as listed above and
said ways be added to the Official City Map, and the City is authorized to accept a deed to Dana Drive,
Doe Drive, and Fawn Court in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor or Assistant City Solicitor.
IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 12, 2016
CO 16-371
PASSED
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16-371
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