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Resident tells council Blair Bend right-of-way has been 'missing' twice; requests city action or purchase, threatens litigation
Summary
Charles Black (who prefers 'Charlie') told Loudon City Council a 100-foot Blair Bend right-of-way shown in his family’s deeds and an ordinance was encroached by a tank farm, leaving properties landlocked; he asked the city to restore or buy the property and warned he would pursue litigation if delayed.
Charles Black, speaking during public comment at the Loudon City Council meeting on Dec. 15, described a decades-long dispute over a 100-foot right-of-way at Blair Bend that he says appears in his family’s warranty deeds and a city ordinance.
Black said the right-of-way was first contested in 1980 when his family sold riverfront land under eminent domain, and that later owners of adjacent property built a tank farm that…
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