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Council moves alley-vacation ordinance to third reading after neighbors, engineer disagree
Summary
Davenport City Council advanced second consideration of an ordinance to vacate part of an alley north of Locust Street in Ward 5 after opponents told the council the Planning & Zoning Commission had overwhelmingly recommended denial and an engineering survey showed a retaining wall lies in the public right-of-way.
Davenport City Council on April 9 advanced to third consideration an ordinance (WO ROW 25-01) that would vacate a portion of the alley north of Locust Street between Bell Avenue and Double B Street in Ward 5, after residents and a consulting engineer told the council they opposed the vacation or raised concerns about ownership and future access.
The ordinance moved forward on a 10-0 roll call after council members said they wanted more time to pursue a compromise and to share correspondence staff sent to neighbors. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of the vacation by an 8-1 vote earlier this year, and multiple residents and an attorney representing an adjacent owner urged the council to follow that recommendation.
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