ORDINANCE NO. ______, SERIES 2026
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AN ORDINANCE (I) DECLARING MERMAID LANE AS DEDICATED TO LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLIC USE AS A PUBLIC WAY AND (II) ACCEPTING SUCH DEDICATION.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER WINKLER
WHEREAS, pursuant to KRS 82.400(3), when any property within the jurisdictional limits of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government ("Metro") has been opened to the unrestricted use of the general public for five (5) consecutive years, such property shall be conclusively presumed to have been dedicated to Metro as a public way or easement, subject to acceptance by Metro;
WHEREAS, under KRS 82.400(3), Metro may, at any time after the expiration of five (5) years from the time such property is opened to the public, pass an ordinance declaring it so dedicated and accepting the dedication, whereupon it shall be a public way or easement of Metro for all purposes;
WHEREAS, a 30' wide parcel known as Mermaid Lane, more particularly described in Exhibit A to this Ordinance, is located within Metro;
WHEREAS, Metro has found that Mermaid Lane has been opened to the unrestricted use of the general public for more than five (5) consecutive years;
WHEREAS, Metro has found that the general public have used, without restriction, Mermaid Lane for more than five (5) consecutive years; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Council") desires to (i) declare Mermaid Lane as dedicated to Metro for public use, and (ii) accept such dedication.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (THE "COUNCIL") AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Metro has found that Mermaid Lane, as defined above, (i) has been opened to the unrestricted use of the general public for more than five (5) consecutive years and (ii) the general public have used, without restriction, Mermaid Lane for more than five (5) consecutiv...
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