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Paul & Carol Zedek. The Allens and Zedeks each own the eastern most lots (Lots 8 & 9) in Hickory Sands Subdivision. The ROW in question was platted as a part of Hickory Sands Subdivision and is a half -street ROW that is 35 feet wide and runs the length of both lots for a distance of 152 feet. The half -street ROW was dedicated in anticipation that the future road alignment for 10th Avenue would abut Lots 8 & 9. The petitioners are requesting that the County abandon these two. parcels of. ROW since the subsequent pattern of platting has rendered the two parcels of right-of-way as non-functional. The petitioners would continue to maintain and fill the two parcels to eliminate water stagnation and insect breeding if the ROW is aba-ndoned. The petition was reviewed by all County divisions and utility providers having jurisdiction within the right-of-way, as per guidelines established by the Board of County Commissioners for processing right-of-way abandonment applications. All reviewing agencies,, which included the Public Works Division, the Utilities Division, Florida Power and Light and Southern Bell, recommended approval of the petition for abandonment. However, the County Public Works and Utilities Departments as well as several other utilities providers have requested that these portions of right- of-way proposed for abandonment be granted to the County as a drainage and utilities easement. The petitioners are in agreement with the request. ANALYSIS These 35 foot wide unimproved parcels of right-of-way are not part of the roadway system noted on the County Thoroughfare Plan, and their need as such is not anticipated. As was previously men- tionedithese parcels were originally dedicated for 10th Avenue right-of-way. However, when the Pinecrest Subdivision Units 1 & 2 were platted to the west, 10th Avenue was developed 145 feet north of these parcels, and Pinecrest Subdivision Unit 3 was platted south of the Hickory Sands Subdivision, thus causing lots to be platted around the two parcels in question and rendering them to be land locked and totally useless without any connection to any other street. In a usual abandonment case, the right-of-way would be split equally with 50% of the ROW going to each property abutting it. However, in this case, because the right-of-way was dedicated entirely from the Hickory Sands Plat, and the lots other than the petitioners' lots were created by other subdivision activity, the entire right-of-way should be deeded to the petitioners. Each petitioner would receive that parcel which abuts his respective property. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the County abandon its rights to the two 35 foot wide portions of right-of-way, with the exception of the requested drainage and utilities easement, and authorize the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners to execute the attached resolution (Attachment #3). The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. There were none. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowman, SECONDED by Com- missioner Lyons, the Board unanimously closed the public hearing. _ - 40 OCT 2 8 1986 Boor 240