Ord 503-44 ORDINA~CE NO. ~
AN ORDINANCE OF TILE CITY COUNCIL OF ~ CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, VACATING AI~D ABAI~DOhrING TP~AT ~0RTION OF
LOVelY STREET (NOW KNOV~I~ AS NORTHEAST FIRST STREET) LYING
NORTH OF T~ SOUTHEP~ BOUh~DARY OF LOT ~0, BLOCK ~09
EXTE~[DED WEST TO BOYNTON STREET, (NOW K2~0~%~ AS NORTHEAST
FIFTH AVE~TU£) AND LYING EAST OF THE V~ST LI~ OF BLOCK 107
E]fTEEDED SOUTH TO ITS INTERSECTION %~5[TH SAID SOUTH LINE OF
LOT £0, BLOCK 107, AS EXTE~!DED.
V,TIEREAS according to the map of the town of ~.inton (now city
of Delray Beach, Florida) recorded in Plat Book 1 at page 5 of the
public records of Palm Beach County, Florida there appears a railroad
'Y" extending to and covering a smsll portion of what would have been
the ~outhwest corner of block 10? of the Town of Linton if said South-
west corner had been a right angle; and whereas a portion of said
railroad "Y" according to said plat, was shown to be located in Lowry
Street (now Northeast First Street) and whereas said railroad "Y" was
never actually constructed as sho~wn by said plat of the Totem of Linton,
and the City of Delray Beach has never used that portion of said Lowry
Street (now Northeast First Street) lying North of a line formed by
projecting the South line of Lot 20, Block 107 West to Boynton Street
(now Northeast Fifth Avenue), but such property has always been main-
tained and used by the owner ~o r owners of Lot 10, Block 10?, which
is adjacent thereto; and whereas that said portion of Lowry Street
is of no benefit or value to the City of Delray Beach or its inhab-
itants as a public street or thoroughfare.
NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by the City Council of the City of
Delray Beach, Florida as follows:
Section 1. That the City of Delray Beach, Florida does hereby
vacate and abandon that portion of Lowry Street (now Northeast First
Street) in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, lying North of a line
formed by pro~ecting the South line of Lot 20, Block lC? West to
Boynton Street (now Northeast Fifth Avenue) and lying East of a line
formed by projecting the West line of Block 107 South to its intersec-
tion with the projection of the South line of the said Lot 20, Block
107 ·
Section 2. This Ordinance sh~ll take effect thirty days after
its passage, upon second and final reading.
Passed on second and final reading on this the ~u~.day of May,
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