HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION NO. 11-07-184STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
RESOLUTION NO. 11-07-184
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ABANDON PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
ON ROXBURY ROW
WHEREAS, The City of Milton, Georgia desires to abandon Roxbury Row (the "Road"), which
is situated in Land Lot 617 of the 2nd District, 2nd Section of Fulton County, Georgia; and,
WHEREAS, a plat and a legal description have been tendered and are attached hereto as Exhibit
"A" showing the location of the Road which has been requested to be abandoned; and,
WHEREAS, Section 32-7-2(c) of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated authorizes a City to
abandon a section of the City road system when in the best public interest after notice to property
owners located thereon; and,
WHEREAS, said Georgia Code Section provides that upon the certification by the City, recorded
in its minutes, accompanied by a plat or sketch, after notice to property owners located thereon, the
City may declare that section of road to no longer be a part of the City road system, and the rights
of the public in and to the section of road as a public road shall cease; and,
WHEREAS, the owners of all property that abuts the Road sought to be abandoned have received
actual notice of the proposed abandonment described herein, and no other legitimate objection thereto
has been made.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council, and it is hereby resolved and
certified by the authority of the same, as follows:
That abandonment of the Road, as shown on the attached legal description and copy of plan, is
in the best public interest.
2. That the abandonment of the Road herein described be and is approved.
That the best interest of The City of Milton, Georgia would be served by conveyance of said
property to the property owners along said road pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 32-7-4(a) so that it may
thereupon be subject to taxation by The City of Milton, Georgia.
That a deed of abandonment, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit `B," therefore be executed
by The City of Milton, Georgia conveying the City's interest in the Road as shown on the
attached legal description and copy of plan to the owners of all property that abuts the Road,
their assigns, transferees and successors in interest.
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THIS RESOLUTION is hereby adopted this 18'' day of July, 2011, the public health, safety and
general welfare demanding it.
Approved:
Joe Lockwood, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sudie AM 6ordon, Ci Clerk
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