STATE OF GEORGIA CITY OF DEMOREST  PETITIONF FOR ROAD ABANDONMENT  Piedmont College petitions the Mayor and Council of the City of Demorest to close and  abandona a portion of certain City roads as follows:  1,  Three unopened roads should be closed and abandoned byt thel Mayor and Council of the City of Demorest, Georgla. The portions oft the unopened roads to be closed and abandoned Allt thatt tract or parcel of land lying and beingi inl Land Lot? 71, 10th Land District, City of Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia designated as Florida Avenue (Unopened), Ash Street (Unopened), and Unopened Alley, as shown on at topographic survey for Pledmont College prepared! by Andrew R.J Jordan, Jordan- Parker Land Surveylng, Georgia Registered Land Surveyor, dated April 6, 2020, whlch Is attached heretoas  are more particularly described as follows:  "Exhiblt A" Incorporated hereln by reference.  2,  Pledmont College makes thls request for thet following reasons:  (A) the abandonment of the unopened roads described herein will not impair, impede nor Inconvenience access of any property owner as the roads are is unopened and unused; (B) the abandonment seti forth herein will noti impair, impede, nor inconvenlence any (C) thes sections of the clty road system requested to be abandoned have not been used by  member of the general public; and  the public, so no public purpose is served by such roads.  WHEREFORE, Piedmont College:  (1) requests that thel Mayor and Council oft the City of Demorest provide proper notice int the newspaper in which legal advertisements' for the City are published one time per (2) requests thatt the Mayor and Council of the City of Demorest provlde proper  weekt for ap period of two weeks; notiçe as required by O.C.G.A.532-7-2;    (3) requests that the Mayor and Council of the City of Demorest conducta a public (4) requests that the Mayor and Council oft the City of Demorest declare those (5) requests that the unopened roads described herein be abandoned, be deemed no longer part oft the City roads system, and that the rights oft the public in, and to, such roads  hearing regarding this Petition for Abandonment;  sections of the City road system described herein abandoned;  shall cease; and  (6) hereby walves any other or further notice tol Pledmont College oft this Petition or  any public hearing related thereto.  This_  dayof  2020.  Joseph A. Homans City Attorney City of Demorest Georgia  Pledmont-CoHege  Tuyf  7-8.2020    F    35      Ni8 SNRN wu  -  38