Resolution 250-1998
RESOLUTION NO. 250 -1998
Couniy Commission
AN RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA. CONCERNING THE ABANDONMENT OF RIGHTS-Of-WAY.
WHEREAS, a recent request for road abandonment requested on irregular portion of the end
of a street to be carved out and abandoned to the adjacent lot owner; and
WHEREAS, an irregularly shaped road would result; and
WHEREAS, Staff is concerned that abandoning irregular pieces of roads will result in confusion
in the future with respect to paving and maintenance, and that such an abandonment will prompt
numerous petitions to carve irregular sections out of roadways; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Section 1.
A road may be abandoned only at the terminal portion of the road and in its
full width unless the abandonment will comply with County Code requirements for road, turn-
arounds and fire-rescue access" and one or both of the following circumstances exists:
a) An adjacent lot owner has on the platted right-of-way or within a setback a
substantial structure which predates the Special Session Law 59-1578, pertaining to
rnaps, plats and rights-of-way; or
b) The abandonment is requested by a County department for a public purpose.
Section 2,
Buildings or structures of significant construction do not include wood or
metal fences. sheds or tiki huts.
P,A.SSED AI\lD ,A.DOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe coiv. fJori~. a;;;
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Mayor Jack London
,C;ommissioner Keith Douglass
COmmissioner Shirley Freeman
C'Qmmissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
tt?m'(nissioner Mary Kay Reich
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Attest: DAN!'N L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
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