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Council discusses abandoning alleyway at Parcel 05497-500; staff to return with surveys and costs
Summary
City staff and councilors reviewed the legal and practical implications of abandoning an alley identified as Parcel 05497-500, including how ownership would vest to adjoining property owners and the likely costs and title-search requirements.
The City of Perry City Council discussed whether to pursue an abandonment—and potential sale—of an alley identified as Parcel 05497-500 during its March 11 meeting.
City staff explained that the city does not own the alley in fee simple but holds it as a dedicated access strip. Under the title-search findings described to the council, abandoning the alley would transfer a half interest of the dedicated strip to each adjoining property owner (including a nearby church, which would receive the south half). Staff said the city itself…
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