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ORDINANCE NO._~____
(Series of 1957-}
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF EIGHTH STREET, A PORTION OF
~EST BLEEKER STREET, THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 6, THE ALLEY IN BLOCK
~, ~D THE ALL~£ IN BLOCK ll, ALL IN THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLO-
RADO, SUBJECT TO UTILITY EASE~NT RESERVATIONS.
WHEREAS, the following platted alleys mad portions of
streets lying within the City and Townsite of Aspen have for a
long period of time not been used by the public, to-wit:
All that part of Eighth Street in the City of
Aspen from its intersection with the southerly line
of Hallam Street thence sourtherly to its intersec-
tion with the northerly line of Bleeker Street, in
the City and Townsite of Aspen;
All that part of Bleeker Street in the City of
Aspen from its intersection with the westerly line
of Eighth Street thence westerly to the westerly
boundary of the City ~d Townsite of Aspen;
All alleys being within th~ exterior boundaries
of Blocks 6, ~, and ll, in the Uity ~d Townsite of
Aspen;
and,
~!EREAS, the property abutting said above described
streets and alleys is all under common ownership, and vacation
thereof will not deprive any person of access to his property.
WHEREAS, if the said streets and alleys be vacated,
substantial improvements can be constructed and thereby increase
the taxable value of the real estate; and
?~EREAS, the vacation of said streets and alleys will
be otherwise in the public interest; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY T~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT~ OF ASPEN:
Section One: That all that part o£ Eighth Street in
the City of Aspen from its intersection with the southerly line
of Hallam Street thence southerly to its intersection ~fth the
northerly line of Bleeker Street, in the City and Town slte of
Aspen, shall be, and the same hereby is, vacated as a public
street.
Section Two: That all that part of Bleeker Street in
the City of Aspen from its intersection with the westerly line of
Eighth Street thence westerly to the westerly boundary of the
City and Townsite of Aspen shall be, and the S~me hereby is, va-
cated as a public street.
Section Three: All alleys being within the exterior
boundaries' 'of' ~lbcks O, ~, and 11, City and Townsite of Aspen,
shall be, and the same hereby are, vacated.
Section Four: There is expressly reserved from the above
vacation of streets and alleys an easement for the use, operation
aa d maintenance of public utilities to be placed underground and
above surfac~, including, but not exclusively, power and telephone
lines, water lines, gas mains, sewer mains and other utility ease-
ments of a like nature, but excluding roads and surface easements,
upon and subject to the following terms and conditions which shall
consitute covenants running with the land and the use, by abutting
land owners, of Shy portion of the said streets and alleys hereby
vacated shall be c~nclusively presumed to constitute acceptance hereof:
1. That the City and its successors, and those who now
hold or may hereafter be granted franchises requiring easements in
streets and alleys Bhall have the right to enter upon such premises
for the purposes enmmerated in con~ ction with such easement reservations.
2. That such reservations of easements shall not be deemed
or construed to prevent or interfere with the free and uninterrupted
use of the vacated streets and alleys or the land abbutting thereon,
provided the ov~er thereof, his successors, heirs, and assigns, shall
comply with the following conditions;
Not less than thirty (~) days notice iD writing shall
be given to the landowner of record before construction or in-
stallation is commenced on any of such utilities, whereupon
the landov~ner can cause such utilities to be routed along a
course that will avoid present or comtemplated structures or
improvements by delivering to the City an easement therefor
along the most direct, practicable route that v~ll avoid such
improvements and structures, and upon tendering to the City
the amount of money established by the City's engineer, or in
event of disagreement by the City Council, resulting from the
change in location of such easement or easements as compensa-
tion to the utility affected, and also, in the event at the
time of construction, any of such utility easement~ structures
or improvements shall be located upon vacated streets or alleys
that will cause substantial interference with such easements,
then the same may bo routed and placed over the most direct,
practicable route that ~,~ll avoid such structures or improve-
ments, either upon the said streets and alleys or upon abuttiDg
property, and the !ando~wner shall pay the added cost occasioned
thereby upon completion of such easements.
.S.ection F~ve. Nothing ~ this ordinance shall be construed
to affect or interfere with easements or rights of way for ditches
as now constructed and in use over~rough and accross said streets
and alleys.
Section Six: An emergency is declared to exist a~ d the
immediate passage of this Ordinance is necossary for the public
peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the City of ~spen,
Colorado, and this O~dinance shall be in full force and effect
five (~) days after its final publication.
~ I~TROD~CED, READ g.~D ORDER~ published th ay
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Finally adopted ~d approved this ,,~"0,. ~day of
, 1957. / t /
MAYOH
'.Y.:::~':~:'~.,::":~:;' I Ethel M. Frost, City Clerk of the City of Aspen,
:'!.,~.t~:!~et~e'rado, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was in-
'.i~Oduced and read at.~ regular~m~eetir~ of the City Council of said
City held on the /~day of //~Y~ , 1957, and by order of the
said City Council was published as a proposed ordinance as the
law directs, and for more than ten !10) days prior to i~ passage
in the Aspen Times, legal Newspaper, and that on the~J~day of
~/ , 1957, the said proposed Ordinance wa? read and
Rassed by the City Council aforesaid, the said meetzn~ of said
Oity Council being a regular meeting and ordered publmshed in the
aforesaid newspaper as the law directs.
WITNESS m~zhand and fli~i~cial seal of the City of Aspen,
,Colorado, this ~,~y of ._~_~, 1957.
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