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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 459, Ordinance Number 68-2-9459 / ORDINANCE NO. 68-2-9 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A RELEASE OF EASEMENT TO PEARL KARNES, RUDOLPH TAYLOR AND JO LEE TAYLOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute a Release of Easement to Pearl Karnes, Rudolph Taylor and Jo Lee Taylor in words and figures as follows: "THIS RELEASE OF EASEMENT made and entered into this 8th day of February, 1968, by and between the CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, a municipal corporation, and the COUNTY OF McCRACKEN, STATE OF KENTUCKY, hereinafter called Grantors, and PEARL KARNES, a widow, of Marshall County, Kentucky, and RUDOLPH TAYLOR and JOE LEE TAYLOR, his wife, of Royal Oak, Michigan, hereinafter called the Grantees, WITNESSETH WHEREAS, by instrument designated "Approach Zone Easement", dated July 11, 1955, and recorded in Deed Book 364, page 55, McCracken County Court Clerk's office, P. T. Karnes (now deceased) and Pearl Karnes, his wife, Rudolph Taylor and Jo Lee Taylor, his wife, granted and conveyed to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and the County of McCracken, State of Kentucky, a perpetual easement for glide path pur- poses over real estate owned by them in the immediate vicinity of the southwest end of the northeast -southwest runway located on Barkley Field, McCracken County, Kentucky; and WHEREAS, the said northeast -southwest runway is being extended, and the City of Paducah, Kentucky and County of McCracken, State of Kentucky is being conveyed by the said Pearl Karnes, Rudolph Taylor and Jo Lee Taylor, title in fee simple to approximately ninety (90) acres of land to be used in said runway extension, and in addition, another easement for glide path purposes, which includes a major portion of the 460 land held subject to the aforementioned "Approach Zone Easement"; and WHEREAS, the acquisition of the additional land and easement completely remove the necessity of the City of Paducah, Kentucky and the County of McCracken, State of Kentucky retaining L any of the "Approach Zone Easement" as previously granted to them under the conveyance dated July 11, 1955, and said easement is of no present or future public benefit to the City of Paducah, Kentucky or County of McCracken, State of Kentucky; and WHEREAS, the retaining of the obsolete easement works an unnecessary and undue hardship on the present and future use and develoyment of said land; I NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and One ($1.00) Dollar and other good and valuable considera- tion, this day cash paid to the Grantors by the Grantees, the receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged by the Grantors, the Grantors do hereby bargain, sell, convey and release unto the Grantees, Pearl Karnes, Rudolph Taylor and Jo Lee Taylor, his wife, equally and jointly, for and during their natural lives, with the remainder to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns, the following easements over property owned by the Grantees in McCracken County, Kentucky, which easements are more particularly described as follows: A clearance zone, hereinafter referred to as the "Glidepath" and being a fan -shaped zone which begins 200 feet southwest of the southwest end of the northeast -southwest runway of Barkley Field, if same is extended 1000 feet (or to a total length of 5000 feet), and the base line or beginning of said zone is 1000 feet wide and is at right angles to the center line of said runway extended and 500 feet wide on each side of said center line; thence extending in a southwesterly direction in fan shape as aforesaid, the sides of said Glidepath having an interior angle of said baseline of 98 degrees 32 minutes, and the plane of said Glidepath rising from said base line a distance of one foot for each 50 feet of horizontal distance traveled in a southwesterly direc- tion as measured along the center line of aaid runway if extended. Beginning at a base line 1000 feet long, centered on and at right angles to the center line of the northeast -southwest runway at the southwest end thereof when same is extended 1000 feet (or to a total length of 5000 feet); thence extending in a southwesterly direction with 461 the sides of said rectangle an equal distance from, and parallel to, the center line of said runway, if extended, a distance of 2,640 feet, it being the object of the Doolittle Recommen- dations to keep the area hereinabove described free of all structures intended for human habi- tation or assembly. Being in all respects the same easements granted to the Grantors herein by instrument dated July 11, 1955, and recorded in Deed Book 364, page 55, McCracken County Court Clerk's office. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted easements and rights granted thereunder, unto Pearl Karnes, Rudolph Taylor and Jo Lee Taylor, his wife, equally and jointly, for and during their natural lives, with the remainder in fee simple to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns forever. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness the hands of the Grantors this day and date first above written." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Mayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 13, 1968 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 13, 1968.