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Nappanee Vacation

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO PETITION TO VACATE

PUBLIC WAY IN INCORPORATED CITY OF NAPPANEE, INDIANA

    A Petition has been filed with the City of Nappanee, Indiana seeking to have vacated a certain public way within the incorporated area of the City of Nappanee, Indiana, which public way is more particularly described as follows:

    A part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 35 North, Range 4 East of the Second Principal Meridian, Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana being a 0.29 acre parcel prepared by Lang, Feeney & Associates, Inc., Terance D. Lang, Indiana Professional Surveyor #80040523 being more particularly described as follows:

    Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 22 Ringenberg’s 1st Addition to Nappanee; thence South along the West line of Lots 22 & 23 in Ringenberg’s 1st Addition, a distance of 132 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 23; thence East along the South line of said Lot 23, a distance of 66 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 23; thence South, a distance of 16.5 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 24 in said Ringenberg’s 1st Addition; thence West along the North line of said Lot 24, a distance of 66 feet to the Northwest corner of said Lot 24; thence South along the West line of Lots 24, 25 & 26 in said Ringenberg’s 1st Addition, a distance of 188 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 26; thence West along the South line of said Lot 26 projected West, a distance of 31.1 feet to the East line of the Secondary Plat of Section II of Miller’s Orchard Addition to the City of Nappanee; thence North along the said East line, a distance of 336.5 feet to the North line of said Lot 22 projected West; thence East along said North line projected West, a distance of 36.7 feet to the place of beginning.  Containing 0.29 acres more or less.

    Commonly known as a portion of Metzler Drive and located south of Reed Street and north of W. Indiana Avenue.

    The Nappanee Common Council will meet on Monday, May 18th, at 7:00 PM. Due to the coronavirus and the Indiana Governor’s Executive Orders 20-08 and 20-09, this meeting will be a virtual meeting. The tentative agenda will be posted by Friday, May 15th. If you would like to observe the meeting or wish to comment on any item, please email or call City Clerk-Treasurer at jknight@nappanee.org or 574-773-2112 at least one (1) hour before the meeting. "Request to speak" cards can be found at www.nappanee.org.

    A public hearing has been scheduled before the Common Council of the City of Nappanee, Indiana with regard to such Petition on the 18th day of May, 2020 at 7:00 o’clock P.M. during the virtual meeting. The Common Council of the City of Nappanee, Indiana will conduct a public hearing with regard to such Petition and will consider all public comments with regard to the requested public way vacation.  All persons interested in, or affected by, said proposed vacation of said public way may observe the virtual meeting and the public hearing, may speak in favor of said Petition, or may remonstrate against the Petition, as provided by law in accordance with the instructions above for the virtual meeting.  Following the public hearing, the Common Council of the City of Nappanee, Indiana may act upon the Petition.

    Dated this 4th day of May, 2020.

CITY OF NAPPANEE, INDIANA

By: Jeff Knight, Clerk-Treasurer

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