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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ,THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF A PUBLIC ALLEY
BETWEEN BROADWAY AND KENTUCKY AVENUE, WHICH PORTION BEGINS AT A POINT 160 FEET
2 3/4 INCHES WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF TENTH STREET AND MURRELL BOULEVARD AND
EXTENDS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION, A UNIFORM WIDTH OF 16 FEET FOR A DISTANCE OF 107
FEET 2 2/7 INCHES AND AUTHORIZING THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO INSTITUTE IN THE
McCRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT A SUIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SAID ALLEY LEGALLY CLOSED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah does hereby authorize the closing of all
of that 16 foot public alley between Broadway and Kentucky Avenue beginning 160
feet 2 3/4 inches west of the west line of Tenth Street or Murrell Boulevard and
extending in a westerly direction of a uniform width of 16 feet for a distance of
107 feet 2 2/7 inches which is more particularly described as follows to -wit:
Beginning at a point at the northeast corner of a tract
of land conveyed to H. R. Owen by Wells Heath and pthers by
deed dated January 25, 1950, and recorded in Deed Book 2$4,
page 293, in the McCracken County Court Clerks office which
point is 160 feet a 3/4 inches west of the west line of Tenth
Street or Murrell Poulevard and 165 feet more or less north of
the north line of Kentucky Avenue and in line of Nahm lot (now
Fergarson); thence in a northerly direction toward Broadway
Street and along the line of what was formerly known as the
Nahm lot (now Fergerson) for a distance of 16 feet more or less
to the southeast corner of a lot now owned by H. R. Owen; thence
at a right angle and in a westerly direction along the north
line of the alley and the south line of H. R. Owen and parallel
with Broadway a distance of 107 feet 2 2/7 inches to the south-
west corner of a lot now owned by H. R. Owen; thence at a right
angle and in a southerly direction toward Kentucky Avenue a
distance of 16 feet more or less to the south line of the alley
and the north line of the tract of land conveyed to H. R. Ewem
by Wells Heath as aforesaid; thence at a right angle and in an
easterly direction parallel with Broadway and Kentucky Avenue
and along the south line of said alley and the north line of
said property conveyed to H. R. Owen as aforesaid a distance
of 107 feet and 2 2/7 inches more or less to the beginning.
SECTION 2. T,he.Corporation Counsel of the City of Paducah is hereby author-
ized, empowered and directed to institute, pursuant to the provisions of
of KRS 93.360, a suit for a decree ordering the closing of the said portion
of said alley.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect .fr om and
after its adoption.
Mayor /
Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 22, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 22, 1952.