HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-12 12-023 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 12 023
Date: December 12, 2011
Item/Subject: Order, Accepting Whisper Drive in Whisper Meadow Subdivision
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary:
This Order will accept Whisper Drive, located in Whisper Meadow subdivision as a City Road.
Whisper Meadow Subdivision is located off of Grandview Drive and was approved by the Bangor
Planning Board on October 20, 2009 and recorded in the Penobscot Registry of Deeds on
November 10, 2009, Plan #2009-97. The City Engineer has inspected Whisper Drive and
determined that it has been adequately constructed to City standards.
This Order was reviewed by the Infrastructure Committee on December 6 and unanimously
recommended for approval.
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information: Order, Associated Maps
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
Introduced for CONSENT
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First Reading
Referral
Arthur B. Morgan
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Assigned to Councilor - Blanchette December 12, 2011
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Order, Accepting Whisper Drive in Whisper Meadow Subdivision
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 meds
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 Whisper Meadow Subdivision, Final Subdivision Plat, prepared
by GES, Inc., dated May 22, 2009 and approved by the Planning Board on October 20, 2009
and recorded at the Penobscot Registry of Deeds on November 10, 2009, Plan #2009-97;
and
WHEREAS, there exists on the above referenced plan a certain way identified as Whisper Drive to be
used by the public to access properties in this subdivision; and
WHEREAS, said public way on the above referenced plan have been inspected by the City Engineer and
has 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 a Public Ways and Streets by the City of Bangor:
Whisper Drive
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, THAT the name of the accepted Public Way shall be as listed above and
said way be added to the Official City Map, and the City is authorized to accept a deed to Whisper Drive
in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor or Assistant City Solicitor.
IN CITY COUNCIL
December 12, 2011
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# 12-023
ORDER
(TITLE,)_ Accepting Whisper Drive in
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