2025-0267
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to revoke and abandon the Drainage Right of Way along Davis Plantation granted by J. B. Levert Land Company, Inc. to St. Charles Parish on November 6, 1998.
Body
WHEREAS, the Drainage Right of Way Map, Portion of Davis Plantation, Section 25, T.13 S., R.21 E, St. Charles Parish, LA, dated May 25, 1998, depicts a drainage right-of-way along the eastern border of Davis Heights Subdivision and northern border Southern Pacific Railroad (also known as BNSF Railroad) Right of Way; and,
WHEREAS, the Drainage Right of Way was intended to provide access to the Evelyn Drive Canal that stretches from BNSF Railroad to Union Pacific (UP) Railroad, which accepts the discharge from Nola Drainage Pump Station, and the canal running parallel to the BNSF Railroad that directs water from the Davis Barton Pump Station to the Davis Barton Pump Station Discharge Canal, both discharges ending up in Garland Canal being pumped by the Davis Diversion Drainage Pump Station; and,
WHEREAS, the 1998 Drainage Right of Way did not extend north of Nola Street, therefore did not provide access to the entire length of Evelyn Drive Canal; and,
WHEREAS, the 1998 Drainage Right of Way runs parallel to BNSF Railroad along Highway 90 and extends far beyond the area needed for maintenance, as St. Charles Parish only needs approximately 750 linear feet; and,
WHEREAS, the current owner, IMTT Luling, LLC, has granted St. Charles Parish a new and revised drainage servitude that corrects the deficiencies noted about with the 1998 Drainage Right of Way which the new servitude is recorded with the St. Charles Parish Clerk of Court under Instrument No. 491011; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish wishes to revoke and abandon said 1998 Drainage Right of Way pursuant to Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-4 of the Code of Ordinances, as said property is no longer needed...
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