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Council holds Harper Street abandonment, approves Old Quaker Lane partial abandonment after easement change
Summary
After public hearings, the council held the Harper Street abandonment to allow city staff and petitioners to reconcile a disputed permanent utility easement; a separate Old Quaker Lane partial-abandonment was passed in amended form with a city easement clause removed.
The Warwick City Council opened public hearings on two separate street-abandonment petitions from the Public Properties, Land Use and Community Affairs Committee and took different actions on each.
Harper Street: the council held the Harper Street abandonment petition until the May 5 meeting after petitioners and city staff identified a disagreement over a recommended perpetual utility easement that engineering had asked to retain. Attorney John C. Revans, representing the abutters, told the council the petitioners had paid an appraised fee based on a clean fee simple appraisal and that a perpetual easement would reduce the property’s value and “we wouldn't be interested in the property with that kind of a restriction on it.”…
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