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Council moves to sell small unusable Joyner Street strip to adjacent owner
Summary
Covington officials approved an ordinance allowing the mayor to sell a small, unusable portion of Joyner Street that was largely taken by a decades-old road-widening project and is not serving public access, citing planning and zoning findings and an easement history.
The City Council adopted an ordinance on May 6 authorizing the mayor to sell a small portion of Joyner Street that officials and staff described as unused and unsuitable for public street standards. Council discussion and city attorney remarks said a 50-foot strip was taken decades earlier during the widening of Collins Boulevard, leaving a narrow segment unable to meet setback, parking and landscaping zoning requirements.
Council members noted that Public Works had identified no public need for this segment, that no utilities run through the strip, and that the petitioner owns adjacent property and has a purchase agreement with a contiguous neighbor. City Attorney Rod Roderick confirmed the historical expropriation and explained the petitioner’s intent to incorporate the revoked street segment into private parcels to allow commercial construction. The council closed the public hearing and adopted the ordinance by roll call vote.
The ordinance was presented as a way to return an otherwise unusable piece of land to commerce; the motion passed on the consent/ordinance vote recorded at the meeting.
