A 30-year-old oversight is one step closer to being rectified after North Judson Town Council members held the first reading of an ordinance Monday night.
The ordinance that members considered addresses a request that was initially submitted in 1986 that asks for the town to vacate an unused alley that is located south of Dahlke Street and north of Lyle Street.
At a meeting in April, former town council member Tim Cummins alerted the current members that the request to vacate was initially approved by the Plan Commission in December of 1986 and a public hearing was held by Town Council members in January of 1987.
Cummins said the only reason the alley wasn’t vacated was that the paperwork never made it to the County Recorder so it was not officially recorded or implemented. The oversight was brought to his attention as he was attempting to have his nearby property surveyed.
The ordinance indicates that the town would vacate the 16-foot alley and extinguish claims to it. If the ordinance is passed, the alley would be divided up and ownership would be evenly distributed amongst the neighboring property owners.
The ordinance was approved on first reading and will be up for adoption at the next North Judson Town Council meeting on May 21st.
