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Council backs ordinance to abandon portion of Burton Street for police security
Summary
City staff introduced an ordinance to abandon about 14,047 square feet of Burton Street east of Delaware Avenue so the police department can secure the area; council indicated consensus to move the ordinance forward after police described safety and trespass incidents.
City staff presented an ordinance to abandon and close a roughly 14,047-square-foot portion of Burton Street east of Delaware Avenue so the city can secure and incorporate the right-of-way into police department property.
Captain John Phelps of the Salisbury Police Department said the segment has not been used for public ingress or egress for many years, is fenced at the rear of the Save A Lot parking lot and is currently used for police ingress and egress. Phelps said the closure would allow the department to fence and secure the area and potentially place storage or vehicle sheltering facilities on the property. "The only thing it's used for is ingress and egress to the police department at this point," Phelps said.
Phelps described security and nuisance incidents, including assaults on civilian employees and at least one reported suicide in the rear lot. Phelps said the owner of the adjacent Salisbury Plaza Shopping Center and Save A Lot had been contacted and raised no objection to the abandonment.
Councilmembers expressed support for moving the ordinance forward. There was consensus to proceed to draft legislation to abandon the identified section of Burton Street for the purpose of securing and repurposing it for police use; the matter will return in ordinance form for a legislative vote.
