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. . ORDINANCE NO. l550 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS", ARTICLE III, "VACATING AND ABANDONING STREETS AND ALLEYS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW: AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 2l-25, "Application fee", Sub-paragraph (c), under Chapter 2l, "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS", Article III, "Vacating, Abandoning and Clos ing Streets and Alleys", of the Code of Ordances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "(c) A governmental entity having the power of emi- nent domain shall be exempted from the payment of an application fee under this section." Section 2. Section 2l-28, "Final Determination by City Council: Appraisal: Conveyance" under Chapter 21, "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS", Article III, "Vacating, Abandoning and Closing Streets and Alleys", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Section 2l-28. Final Determination By City Council: Appraisal Conveyance: Exemptions. Upon compliance with all provisions of this Article, the City Council shall make a final determination as to whether or not an application filed under this Article shall be granted or denied. City Council may waive bid procedures and publication requirements in the sale or the disposal of real property interests belonging to the City of La Porte in the following circumstances: (l) narrow strips of land, or land so shaped or so small as to be incapable of being used independently as zoned or under applicable subdivision or other development control ordinances, in which event such land may be sold to the abutting property owner or owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner: (2) streets or alleys, whether owned in fee in which event such land or interest may be owners or owners in proportion to their such division between owners to be made in or used by easement, sold to the abutting abutting ownership, an equitable manner: (3) all types of easements where the abutting property owner or owners also own the underlying fee simple title, in which event such land or interest may be sold to the abutting property owner or owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner: