020-95
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
STATE ROUTE 613, BOWMAN LANE
The Board of Supervisors for the COWlty of Frederick. Virginia, meeting in regular
session on December 13, 1995, adopted the following:
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WHEREAS, Virginia State Route 613, designated as Bowman Lane, is a 30 foot
wide public right-of-way extending from its intersection with State Route 600, designated
as Back MOWltain Road, in a Northwesterly direction for a distance of 563 feet, more or less,
to the intersection with the Eastern bOWldary line of the Shawnee-Land Sanitary District
which is located in the Back Creek Magisterial District of Frederick County, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Virginia State Route 613 has been utilized by the general public for
more than 20 years for vehicular ingress and egress, including public school buses, to the
Shawnee-Land subdivision and to access a public refuse disposal site located on Lot 1,
Section 6 of said subdivision; and
WHEREAS, a dispute has arisen over the designation of a portion of State Route 613
as a public right-of-way extending from a point of 528 feet from its intersection with State
Route 600 for a distance of approximately 35 feet to its intersection with the Shawnee-Land
Sanitary District boundary line; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation has by letter informed
Frederick County Administrator John R Riley, Jr. that it is not, and never was, the intention
of that department to facilitate the abandonment of Route 613 or to discontinue maintenance
thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Frederick County Board of
Supervisors, in the event the Virginia Department of Transportation seeks to facilitate the
abandonment of and to discontinue maintenance of State Route 613 as a public right-of-way,
shall, pursuant to the provisions of Title 25 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended,
proceed to condemn whatever portion of State Route 613 is necessary to provide ingress and
egress over said right-of-way to the public.
RECORDED VOTE:
Moved by:
Seconded by:
W. Harrington Smith, Jr.
Jimmie K. Ellington
Ayes:
Nays:
5
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James L. Longerbeam was absent.
A COpy TESTE:
J _ R Riley, Jr.
County Administrator
RESOLUTION NO. 020-1995
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