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Seneca County tables Fort Seneca alley vacation hearing pending legal review
Summary
A public hearing on a petition to vacate an abandoned alley in Fort Seneca was tabled so the board can obtain a prosecutor opinion and clarify township trustees' position; petitioners say the alley has been unused for decades and supplied signatures exceeding the 12-freeholder requirement.
FORT SENECA, Ohio — The Seneca County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 heard a public petition to vacate an alley adjacent to a Fort Seneca property but postponed a decision to gather additional legal guidance and confirmation of the township trustees’ stance.
The petitioners, represented at the hearing by Jay Diane West, said the alley has been unused for decades and that they submitted the required documentation and signatures. “We have filed the petitions, the paperwork, the plats, the whole thing,” West said, adding she could present 24 signatures…
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