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Council approves easement dedication and right-of-way vacation in Persimmon Grove to regularize encroaching house
Summary
Council approved Ordinance No. 24-12-02 dedicating an electric easement and Ordinance No. 24-12-03 vacating about 168 feet of right-of-way in the Persimmon Grove addition so a house built partially on city right-of-way can be brought into conformance with R-1 zoning; Ameren provided easement language and Planning Commission recommended approval.
The City Council on Dec. 2 approved measures to remedy an old encroachment in the Persimmon Grove subdivision that left a house partially on public right-of-way.
Planning consultant Doug Hermes told the council the property in question dates to early 20th-century plats: the Persimmon Grove addition was platted in 1910 and the subject house was built about 1930, partly on…
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