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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF TICHENOR'S LANE, AS LAID OUT, TWENTY (20) FEET IN WIDTH AND BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF MILLER STREET TO ITS TERMINUS, PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40:67-1 (EAST WARD).
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") does possess Right-of Way through all public streets located within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-1 et seq. to establish, change the grade of or vacate any public street, highway, lane or alley, or any part thereof at the discretion of the City; and
WHEREAS, Miller St. Property, LLC owns the properties located at 175 Tichenor Lane and 139 Tichenor Lane, and 203 Miller St, LLC owns the property located at 199-201 Miller Street, which are commonly known on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Block 1178, Lots 15, 16, and 17 ("Private Properties"); and
WHEREAS, a portion of Tichenor Lane ("City Property") is a right-of-way owned by the City, is abandoned and adjacent to the Private Properties; and
WHEREAS, Ronald Conklin, the Sole Managing Member of Miller St. Property, LLC and 203 Miller St, LLC, owners of the Private Properties has been maintaining the City Property and as a result submitted a request to the Department of Engineering to vacate the City Property, a portion of Tichenor Lane and obtain a lot line adjustment; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the aforementioned portion of Tichenor Lane, City Property, as set forth in Exhibit "A", is no longer needed for public purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to vacate the portion of Tichenor Lane, City Property, pursuant to the request and as illustrated in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, part of the City Property to be vacated touches the adjacent property located at 195 Miller Street and commonly known on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Block 1178, Lot 14, which is owned by Mario Vega San...
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