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Recommendation to adopt resolution ordering the summary vacation of portions of Virginia Road. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
Virginia Road between Country Club Drive and the Los Cerritos Rancho is a partially improved roadway of asphalt ranging in width of 28 feet to 34 feet within a 60-foot wide right-of-way. The roadway shoulders have never been improved, except for some landscaping improvements installed by the Virginia Country Club many years ago. The Virginia Country Club (VCC) has approached the City to propose that the unimproved shoulders of this road be vacated, allowing the VCC to fully landscape and maintain this area adjacent to their property. Based on input from various City Departments including Fire, Police, Public Works, Park Recreation & Marine and Planning and Building, staff is recommending that the 14-foot wide roadway shoulders be vacated, retaining as public right-of-way a 32-foot wide public street, along with a 4-foot wide easement on each side for pedestrian, street light and general utility purposes. The area to be vacated and the proposed improvements are shown on the attached Exhibits A and B, respectively.
Proceedings for this vacation are being conducted in accordance with Chapter 4, Summary Vacation, of the Public Streets, Highways and Service Easements Vacation Law of the California Streets and Highways Code. Section 8334 of that Chapter states that the legislative body of a local agency may summarily vacate excess right-of-way not required for street or highway purposes. The Department of Public Works supports this action, based on the following facts, conditions and findings establishing that the right-of-way to be vacated is unnecessary for present or prospective public use:
1. Virginia Road provides access to the Rancho Los Cerritos and then terminates approximately 200 feet to the west of the Rancho entrance. This access would not be altered due to the proposed vacation.
2. VCC proposes to install landscaping on both si...
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