NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO VACATE CITY-OWNED RIGHT-OF-WAY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, shall consider the repeal of Ordinance No. 16,481 and the adoption of a corrected ordinance permanently vacating two (2) irregular shaped segments of undeveloped right-of-way in the vicinity of 6200 Scout Trail, Des Moines, Iowa, legally described as follows, subject to the reservation of easements for all utilities in place, until such time that they are abandoned or relocated:
A PORTION OF A 60.00 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT (e) IN LOT 1,
AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK PLAT 3, AN OFFICIAL PLAT IN THE CITY OF DES
MOINES, POLK COUNTY, IOWA THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NE CORNER OF SAID LOT 1;
THENCE S89°57'51"W, 296.72 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A NON-TANGENT
CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 540.00 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING
S79°36'59"W, AN ARC LENGTH OF 307.01 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID LOT 1; THENCE N42°14'42"E, 73.54 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
LOT 1 TO A POINT; THENCE N89°57'51"E, 248.50 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING
AND
COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NE CORNER OF SAID LOT 1;
THENCE S89°57'51"W, 545.22 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO A
POINT; THENCE S42°14'42"W, 85.63 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT;
THENCE N56°17'08"W, 10.21 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO A POINT OF
CURVATURE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING
A RADIUS OF 910.00 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING N56°40'19"W, AN ARC LENGTH
OF 12.28 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE
ALONG A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 510.00 FEET
AND A CHORD BEARING N74°06'50"W, AN ARC LENGTH OF 133.95 FEET TO A
POINT THAT COINCIDES WITH SAID NORTH LINE OF LOT 1; THENCE N24°35'47"E,
29.87 FEET ALONG SAID COINCIDING LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF
SAID LOT 1; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE
RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 910.00 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING S61°13'52"E, AN
ARC LENGTH OF 132.54 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
NOTICE IF FURTHER GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, has adopted a resolution setting a hearing relating to a proposal that if the City Council first decides to repeal Ordinance No. 16,481 and vacate the above-described right-of-way, then the City of Des Moines proposes to correct release of the Permanent Easement for Public Right of Way in said right-of-way.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, will consider the proposed vacation and release of easement after a public hearing to be held at 5:00 p.m., in City Council Chamber, City Hall, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, Iowa, on September 29, 2025. Persons interested in the proposal will be given the opportunity to express their views at that hearing.
Published in the Des Moines Register on September 17, 2025.
September 17 2025
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