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DATE: September 19,
2011
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request to abandon a 5' utility easement on either
side of an interior lot line between Lots 6 and 7, Block 3, Leroy
Addition, Unit 2
FILE: 788-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
condition:
1. The street light and service line must be removed or
relocated at the property owner=s expense and with
permission by the City.
Jeremy Mitchell, representing the property owner, has requested
the abandonment of a 5 foot wide easement that equally straddles
the adjoining property line between Lots 6 and 7, Block 3, Leroy
Addition, Unit 2. The property is located at 5360 Laverna
Drive.
Mr. Mitchell states that Walter and Judy Bettis purchased the
two lots in 2008 with the intention of building a new home in
the center of the two lots. Recently, after the completion
of the design of the home, it was brought to the Bettis=s
attention that a 5' utility easement straddles the property
line between the two lots. The easement is currently being
used to bring power to a street light located between Lots 6
and 7.
This item was sent to all interested parties. Entergy states
that it has a overhead service line in the easement that powers
a street light at the street. The street light and service
line can be removed or relocated at the property owner=s expense
and with permission by the City.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 1 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being a 5' x 93' general utility easement that straddles the
adjoining lot line between Lots 6 and 7, Block 3, Leroy Addition,
Unit 2, beginning at the north side of a 15' drainage and utility
easement that runs along the south property line of said Lots
6 and 7 and ending at the south right-of-way line of Laverna
Drive, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing
0.010 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Jeremy Mitchell for Faust
Engineering and Surveying, Inc.
PROPERTY OWNER: Walter and Judy Bettis
LOCATION: 5360 Laverna Dr.
EXISTING ZONING: RS (Residential Single
Family Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.010 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: Shaded A X @ - Areas determined to
be within the 500-year
floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District
EAST: Vacant RS
SOUTH: Vacant RS
WEST: Residential RS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Growth Unit
STREETS: Laverna Drive - Local street with a
60' wide right-of-way and an 18'
pavement width
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 2 1/4" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 6" and 8" sanitary sewer lines
PROPERTY OWNERS
Walter Bettis