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Council approves closing of dead‑end alley between 291 and 295 Franklin Street, requires private shared access agreement
Summary
Council voted to close an undeveloped, dead‑end alley serving 291–295 Franklin Street and to have the adjacent property owners establish a private shared‑access agreement; staff recommended the closure with a condition that records show the agreement and future access rights.
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The City Council voted June 10 to close an undeveloped alley that runs between 291 and 295 Franklin Street and to authorize the city to relinquish the public access easement subject to the creation of a private shared‑access agreement among the three affected property owners.
City staff explained the parcel’s complex legal history: the alley had been dedicated in the early 1900s, vacated by adjacent owners in 1907 but re‑established as a public access easement, and later became a dead end when the Ash Tree Lane extension to Ott Street was closed in the 1990s. Staff…
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