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Council votes to vacate Sunset Park right-of-way despite sustained neighborhood opposition
Summary
After hours of testimony on competing title claims, stormwater access and public access to a small waterfront green space, Tampa City Council voted to vacate a small platted right-of-way in Sunset Park and to preserve a stormwater easement. Neighbors said the city was abdicating public access; applicants presented title insurance commitments and surveys asserting private ownership.
Tampa City Council voted to vacate a portion of a platted right-of-way in the Sunset Park neighborhood after a lengthy, emotionally charged public hearing in which neighbors urged the council to preserve the land as public access and applicants asserted title.
Neighbors repeatedly told council the narrow parcel functions as a neighborhood green and historic waterfront access and that the city previously rejected similar requests.…
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