ITEM 8
Clearwater City Commission
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Meeting Date:
10/18/01
SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION: Approve the applicant's request to vacate the alleys and
easements as described in Exhibit "A" of the proposed ordinance and pass Ordinance No.
6839-01 on first reading subject to the applicant providing an easement over all existing and
proposed utilities and the applicant assuming the cost of relocation of public and private
utilities, (V2001-17 Church of Scientology Religious Trust),
1&1 and that the appropriate officials be authorized to execute same.
SUMMARY:
. The applicant proposes to vacate all alleys and easements on the subject property and proposes to
redevelop the property with a parking garage, an auditorium and emergency power building for the
Church of Scientology's training center currently under construction
. Verizon Media Ventures, Inc. and Time Warner have no objections to the vacation request.
. Florida Power Corporation has no objections if the applicant either dedicates a distribution easement or
pays for the relocation of their facilities.
. Verizon of Florida has no objections to vacation of a portion of the alley extending west from East
A venue to a point 297 feet west, otherwise either easements or payment for the cost of relocation will be
required.
· Pinellas County General Services, owner of Lot 1, Block 12, Magnolia Park, objects to the request
unless the County receives title to the north one-half of the alley and all of the three foot easement lying
along the west property line.
· The City of Clearwater has sanitary sewer, water and stormwater utilities in the areas to be vacated.
· Pubic Works Administration has no objections to the vacation request subject to the applicant providing
an easement over all existing facilities and assuming the cost of relocation of all public and private
utilities.
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VACATION 2001-17 Church of Scientology Religious Trust
ORDINANCE NO. 6839-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, VACATING THE 15-FOOT ALLEY LOCATED
ADJACENT TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINES OF LOTS 6
THROUGH 10, OF COURT SQUARE SUBDIVISION; THE
15-FOOT ALLEY LYING ADJACENT TO THE NORTH
PROPERTY LINES OF LOTS 11 THROUGH 14, OF SAID
COURT SQUARE SUBDIVISION; THE 15-FOOT ALLEY
LYING ADJACENT TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINES OF
LOTS 9 THROUGH 16, BLOCK 12, OF SAID COURT
SQUARE SUBDIVISION; VACATING THE 3-FOOT UTILITY
EASEMENT LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WEST
PROPERTY LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 12, OF MAGNOLIA
PARK SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING THAT PORTION OF THE
UTILITY EASEMENT WHICH EXTENDS SOUTH TO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 16, BLOCK 12, OF SAID
COURT SQUARE SUBDIVISION; AND VACATING THE
TRIANGULAR RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT LOCATED AT
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 16, BLOCK 12, OF
SAID COURT SQUARE SUBDIVISION; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, owner of real property
adjoining the alleys described herein, has requested that the City vacate the alleys, utility
easement and right-of-way easement depicted in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that said alleys, utility easement and right-
of-way are not necessary for municipal use and it is deemed to be to the best interest of
the City and the general public that the same be vacated; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The following:
see Exhibit "A" Legal Description, attached hereto
is hereby vacated, closed and released, and the City of Clearwater releases all of its right,
title and interest thereto.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall record this ordinance in the public records of
Pinellas County, Florida, following adoption.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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Ordinance No. 6839-01
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Approved as to form:
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Assistant City Attorney
Brian J. Aungst
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest:
Cynthia E. Goudeau
City Clerk
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Ordinance No. 6839-01
EXHIBIT "A"
Leqal Description
Areas proposed to be vacated:
(1) 15-foot wide alley shown on plat of COURT SQUARE, located northerly of Lots 9
through 16, Block 12, COURT SQUARE, according to the plat thereof recorded
in Plat Book 5, Page 53, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
(2) 15-foot wide alley shown on plat of COURT SQUARE, located northerly of Lots
11 through 14, COURT SQUARE, according to plat thereof recorded in Plat
Book 5, Page 53, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
(3) 15-foot wide alley shown on plat of COURT SQUARE, located westerly of Lots 1
through 5 and easterly of Lots 6 through 10, COURT SQUARE, according to plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 53, Public Records of Pinellas County,
Florida.
(4) Right-of-way easement in favor of City of Clearwater, granted in O.R. Book 5223,
Page 1487, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, over the following
property:
From the Northwest corner of Lot 16, Block 12, Court Square, as recorded in Plat
Book 5, Page 53, of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, for a point of
beginning; thence Easterly along the North line of said Lot 16, 12.0 feet to a
point, said point being Point A for reference; thence return to the P.O.B.; thence
Southwesterly along the West line of said Lot 16, 4.0 feet; thence Northeasterly
to Point A.
(5) 3-foot utility easement in favor of City of Clearwater, granted by resolution in O.R.
Book 6663, Page 202, of the Public Records of Pine lias County, Florida, over
property adjacent to Block 12, Magnolia Park Subdivision, which is more
particularly described as follows:
Begin at the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 12, Magnolia Park Subdivision as
recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 70, of the Public Records of Hillsborough County,
Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part; thence run Southwesterly
along the West line of said Block 12, and its southerly extension to the Northwest
corner of Lot 16, Block 12, Court Square Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 5,
Page 53, of said Public Records; thence run Westerly along the westerly
extension of the North line of said Lot 16, Block 12, Court Square Subdivision, to
a point on a line 3.0 feet West of and parallel to the West line of said Lot 1, Block
12, Magnolia Park Subdivision; thence run Northeasterly along said line to the
South right-of-way line of Franklin Street; thence run Easterly along said South
right-of-way line to the Point of Beginning.
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