Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 75 -Vacate Portions Elliott Point — reading text

206 ORDINANCE #75 : ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE vacating portions of the plats of Elliotts Point and First Addition to Hlliotts roint, being each subdivision of portions of Lot 4, Section 18, Township 2 South, Renge 23 West, Okalcosa County, Florida, according to plats of seme recorded respectively in plat book l, at pages 98 and 98-a, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Okaloosa Ccunty, Florida; and vacating portion of plat of T. w. Coleman of Elliotts sroint, a Subdivision of a portion of Lot 4, Section 18, Township 2 South, hange 26 west, whether or not filea or recorded. WHEREAS, C. L. Germany, Georgia V. Germany and James A. Abbott have made application for an Ordinance of the Town of Fort walton, vacating s portion of the plats of slliotts Foint and first addition to alliotts Foint, being each sub-divisions of portions of Lot Your (4), Section 18, Township 2 South, Range 23 West, Okalooss County, Florida, secording to plats of ssme recorded, respectively, in Plat Book 1, at pages 98 end 98-4, in the office of the Clerk of the Cireuit Court of Okaloos2 County, Florida, which portion sought to be vacated lies within the corporate limits of the Town of Fort Walton, Florice, and is more perticularly described hereinafter; and, WHEREAS, seid petitioners have further reguested the Town of Fort Walton to vecete a portion of plat of T. W. Coleman of slliotts Point, Okaloosa County, Florida, according to said plat dated Februery 24, 1948, (whether or not filed or recorded }) as te all of Blocks One (1), Nine ($), Ten (10), Twelve (12), end Lots One (1) to Twelve (12), both inclusive, snd Lots Seventeen (17) and Eighteen (18) or Block Eleven (11), and the streets comprehended and lying between and adjacent to said Blocks and Lots, except zlliott Road from Oak Street to the westerly extension of the south line of said Block One (1): and, WHEREAS, it has been proven conclusively to this Town Council that said petitioners are the owners in fee simple of all of the property sought to be vacated herein; that all of the taxes on said property due the Town of Fort Walton, Floride, to and including the year 194%, have been paid; that the streets, rights of way and alleys included on the portions of the said plats sought herein to be vecated are not improved streets, rights of way or alleys, but to the contrary all of the property included in the portions of plats sought to be vacatea is unimproved property, and that no roads or rights of way have actually been established or laid out upon the ground, and thet none heve become highways necessary for use by the traveling public; that the vacation of the portions of said plets sought herin will not affect the ownership of persons owning other parts of said subdivision, nor will it infjurious-~ ly affect the rizhts of any other person or parties; ana thet it is to the best interest of the Town of Fort Walton, Floride,,and its inhabi- tants, to vacate the said plet as requested; NOW, THEREFORE, the Town cf Fort Walton; Florida, does ordsin tnat the portion of the plat cf Liliots roint Subdivision according to Plat Book 1, page 98, of the Public Records of Okaloosa Sounty, Florida, lying and situated in Fort Walton, Florida, be and it is hereby vacated as regards Block One (1), end that part of Elliot Road west of said Block One (1); and, The Town of 1 «wt Walton does further ord. .n that ell of the plat of the First Addition to Blliotts Point, a subdivision according to plat of same recorded in Plat Book 1, at page 98-4, lying and being in Fort Walton, Florida, except portion lying south of Lots Six (6) and Twelve (2, in Block Eleven (11), and west of west line of Lot Seventeen (17) of said Block, and the northern extension of said line, and except Elliott Rosd south of Block Eleven (11) and south and east of Block Twelve (12), be and it is hereby vacated: and, The Town of Fort Walton does further ordain that the plet by T. . Coleman of Elliotts Point, a Subdivision of 9 portion of Lot Four (4), Section 18, Township 2 South, Renge 23 West, Okaloosa Goutny, Florida, dated February 24, 1948, (Whether or not filed or recorded) be and it is hereby vacated as to all of Blocks One (1) Nine (9), Ten (10), Twelve (12), and Lots One (1) to Twelve (12), both inclusive, and Lots Seventeen (17) and Eighteen (18) of Block Eleven (11), and the streets comprehended and.lying between end ad- jacent to said Blocks and Lots, except Llliott Road from Oak Street to the westerly extension of the south line of said Block One (1}; and, sy The Town of Fort Walton does further ordain. that any and all streets, rights of way, roads and alleys, including protions of Oak Drive, Bayou Drive, Blliott Road and North Street lying within the portions of property covered by the vacation of plats above described, be and they are hereby vacated as public streets, rights of way, roeds and alleys; and, The Town of Fort Walton does further ordain that the property covered by each of the above descriptions, and the respective plats above described, be and they are hereby completely vacated as to the portions above described for any and all purposes, ana such vacated portions are henceforth to be considered as acreage for taxation and any other purpose, the same as if never subdivided heretofore. This Ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days aftér the date of its final passage, and shall be published one (1) time, in synopsis form, as required by Law. te Passed at first meeting on January 19, 1950 Fassed at second Meeting on February 6, 1950 Passed at third meeting on Februery 8, 1950 APFROVED: Mayor