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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, C. Reed Knight and Mary Betty Knight have
applied to the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida at their regular meeting today, Tuesday, March 3,
1953 at 9 o'clock A.M. to vacate in part the plat off"Penn Park )`'
a subdivision recorded in Plat Book 2, page 2, public records of
Indian River County, Florida, and
WHEREAS, said C. Reed Knight and 14ary Betty Knight have]
conclusively shown that they are the owners of foe simple title
to that part of said subdivision sought to be vacated, which part
of said subdivision sought to be vacated is described as follows,'
to -wit:
�j All of the plat of "Penn Park" a subdivision recorded in
Ii Plat Book 2, page 2, public records of Indian River
County, Florida, EXCEPT that part of said subdivision
lying in and including the E 10 Acres of NEI of SW4,
Section 13, Township 33 South, Range 39 East, and also
it that is rt of said subdivision lying East of the East
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boundary line of the SWg of Sn 13, township 33
ii South, Range 39 Fast; and
I� WHEREAS, said C. Reed Knight and Mary Betty Knight have;
further shown that the vacation by the Board of County Commission,
ers of the part of said subdivision sought to be vacated will not:
affect the ownership of persons owning other parts of said sub-
division, and
WHEREAS, they have shown that no conveyance has ever
been made of record using said plat as a reference, but rather
that all conveyances of said property have used only a description
with reference to acreage or a metes and bounds description, and
that said property has always appeared on the tax and assessment
rolls only as acreage, and I
WHEREAS, the County Commissioners upon proof duly shown!
have found that there is not now nor ever has been any use made
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of said subdivision by the public, and
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17HEREAS, said Board of County Commissioners have found
I that there are no streets or alleys that have become necessary
for use by the traveling public, and that all streets, avenues, j
boulevards alloys and
y public rights-of-way shown on the plat f?
have never been opened up and used by the public, and that the
park dedicated on said plat has never been used as a park by
MITCHELL. SMITH d MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
the public, and
WHEREAS, said Board of County Commissioners do find
that said property is not located in any incorporated city or
town and that it is for the beat interests of the public and the
owners of said property that said plat or subdivision be vacated
for the purpose of returning said property into acreage for tax-
ation, and
WHEREAS, said Board of County Commissioners do further
find that newspaper notice as required by law was given and that
Proof of Publication as required by law was given and that Proof
of Publication as required by law was filed this day with the
Board of County Commissioners,
NOMI, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that that portion of
"Penn Park", a subdivision recorded in Plat Book 2, page 2,
public records of Indi.sn River County, Florida, described as
follows, to -wit;
All of the plat of "Penn Park" a subdivision recorded in
plat book 2, page 2, public records of Indian River
County, Florida, Except that part of said subdivision
lying in and including the E 10 Anros of NE -.'i- of SW --.I,
Section 13, Township 33 South, Range 39 East and also
that part of said subdivision lying East of the East
boundary line of the SWI of Section 13, Township 33
South, Range 39 East.;
be and the same is hereby vacated, abolished, and abandoned.
MITCHELL, SMITH & MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA