Introductory Note:
In addition to action taken by ordinance or resolution, the following motions recorded are of interest:
(a)
To open and name Lycoming Street, from Railroad Street to Main Street, on the south side of Broadway, [9/5/1921]
(b)
To buy a proposed alley, extending from the rear of Hartzell residence, present owners, to Railroad Street; extend Railroad Street, north through the Shafer property; extend Ward Line Alley, from Fourth to Fifth Streets; open Broad Street, from Walnut Street to Lewisdale Road and alleys in that section in the rear of properties running parallel with Broad Street; resurface, with oil and stone, Broad Street, from Broadway to Lycoming Streets and Cemetery Street, from Main to Broad Streets. [6/4/1951]
(c)
To amend motion of June 4, 1951, by excluding all reference to Hartzell Alley. [11/5/1951]
(d)
To pave the alley, north of the American Legion property to Walnut Street. [8/13/1956]
(e)
To repair and grade the intersection of South Second Street and Broadway. [9/5/1956]
(f)
For paving an alley, bordering the Hughesville Mack and Tool Company, and to start at the walk on West Academy Street, extending north 136 feet, and the Borough to pay its share to James P Webb, for the paving. [6/3/1957]
(g)
To improve alley, from Main Street west to the first alley intersection, also west to intersection of Railroad Street, adjoining property of Donwood Houseknecht. [6/25/1958]
(h)
In the Elwood Stackhouse extension, the street running north and south between Cottage Street and Cardinal Drive is hereafter named Maple Street [2/11/1965]
10-1. The alley, between Main and Second Street in said Borough be extended from the alley between the lots of the estate of Charles Cromly, deceased, and Mariah Warn south through the lot of the said Mariah Warn to a point at which first mentioned alley is now opened and that the said alley be laid out and opened for the use of the public to the width of 14 feet through to lot of said Mariah Warn. [6/4/1878]
10-2. To extend Cottage Street in the Borough of Hughesville. (This refers to the portion 60 feet wide, from the point at which it is now opened, south through land of John Koons to Broadway or Cemetery Street) [12/2/1878]
10-3. To open private alleys. (This refers to the private alley of E. Lyon, to be made public at a width of 14 feet, from Main Street westwardly to an alley parallel to Main Street.) [6/7/1880]
10-4. To lay out and open Fifth Street, from Water Street, southerly to the line where the same is now laid out and opened. (This refers to the portion from Water Street to Academy Street.) [7/6/1904]
10-5. To lay out and open Fifth Street, from Water southerly to the line where the said Fifth Street is now laid out and opened. (This refers to the portion from Water Street to Academy Street.) [10/10/1904]
10-6. Authorizing the acceptance of the grades, profiles and plans of Main Street, in the Borough of Hughesville, from the southerly line of said Borough, to the northerly line thereof, and Water Street, between Main Street and what is known as the Biddle Bridge being the Township line, and establishing the grades of said streets as submitted to Hughesville Borough by the State Highway Department. [8/2/1915]
10-7. Authorizing the grading, guttering and paving of Main Street in the Borough of Hughesville, from the southerly line of said Borough to the northerly line, thereof and providing for the curbing of said street and what is known as the Biddle Bridge being the Township line. [8/2/1915]
10-8. Authorizing the improvement of Main Street of the Borough of Hughesville to Biddle Bridge. [11/8/1915]
10-9. Providing for the grading and paving of Main Street, from the northerly limits of the Borough to the southerly limits thereof, providing for the equal assessment of certain portion of the cost of said paving and grading upon the owners of property abutting on each side of said street on the foot front and providing for an increase of the bonded indebtedness of the Borough to pay the Borough's share of the cost of said grading and paving. (This fixed the width at 40 feet of the portion from Walnut Street to Academy Street, and the remaining portions to be 30 feet wide.) [6/4/1918]
10-10. Providing for the adoption and establishing of the lines and grades of Main Street, in the Borough of Hughesville, from the Wolf Township line "Station 208-15" to the point on said Main Street where the W. & N.B. R.R. switch crosses same "Station 221-13" as set forth in blueprints submitted by the State Highway Department to this Council. [8/18/1919]
10-11. Providing for the adoption and establishing of the lines and grade of Main Street, in the Borough of Hughesville, from Station 254 plus 85.9 to Station 255 plus 74 as set forth in blueprints submitted by the State Highway Department to the Council. [9/8/1919]
10-12. Requesting the improvement of Main Street and agreeing to contribute to the cost thereof. [9/8/1919]
10-13. Providing for the vacation of Academy Street, between Third and Fourth Streets within the Borough of Hughesville. (For ordinance amending this ordinance, see Section 10-15, below.) [2/16/1920]
10-14. Providing for the vacation of a section of an alley, between Third Street and Fourth Street in the Borough of Hughesville, which portion of said alley lies wholly within the limits of a lot of the J. K. Rishel Furniture Company. [2/16/1920]
10-15. Amending Ordinance No. 1 making provisions in the aforesaid ordinance, that the Council of Hughesville have the right for all times to come, to enter upon the section of Academy Street, vacated for the purpose of repairing sewer lying underneath said street. (This refers to the portion from Third Street to Fourth Street. For ordinance amended by this ordinance, see Section 10-13, above.) [2/16/1920]
10-16. Providing for the grading and paving of a portion of Main Street in the Borough of Hughesville, from Cemetery Street to the southerly limits of said Borough a width of six feet being three feet on each side of that portion of said street already ordained to be graded and paved making the total width of said street 40 feet to be paved with concrete to conform with the rest of said paved street. The cost of said grading and paving to be borne by the Borough. Also for the construction of a uniform curb on each side of Main Street, from the northerly limits of said Borough to the southerly limits thereof together with the street and alley intersections and providing for the equal assessment of the cost of said curbing upon the property owners abutting on said street, the cost of said curbing shall not exceed the sum of $0.85 per front foot to said property owners, the cost of curbing the street and alley intersections and nonassessable property to be borne by the Borough. [9/7/1920]
10-17. Untitled resolution authorizing improvement of curbing on Main Street throughout the Borough and improvement of drainage on Main Street, from Broadway to the north Borough line. [Resolution, 7/5/1921]
10-18. Untitled resolution for temporary repairs of Water Street. [Resolution, 5/3/1926]
10-19. Untitled resolution for temporary repairs of Main Street. [Resolution, 5/9/1927]
10-20. Approving and establishing the lines, grades, drainage structures and all other structures appearing on the plans of the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, showing proposed improvement on Pennsdale Road in the Borough of Hughesville, Pennsylvania. (The improvement was to extend from Station 285-9 to Station 297-61.) [Resolution, 8/20/1927]
10-21. Approving and establishing the grades, lines, distances, drainage structures and other structures appearing on the plans of the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, showing proposed improvement of Main Street in the Borough of Hughesville, Pennsylvania. (The improvement was to extend from Station 22+1 to Station 235+19 a distance of 3,318 feet.) [8/18/1936]
10-22. Untitled resolution accepting the offer of Mellon Manufacturing Company to deed to the Borough a portion of land adjacent to the Company's factory to become a part of Railroad Street. [Resolution, 2/19/1940]
10-23. Opening and extending North Broad Street, from Walnut Street north to Pennsylvania State Highway Route No. 220; opening and extending Blueberry Alley, from Walnut Street north to State Highway Route No. 220; and opening and extending El-derberry Alley, westward from Fifth Street to the first alley west of Fifth Street; and authorizing a jury of viewers to assess benefits and damages if the same are not agreed upon. (This fixed the width of the portions of street and alleys as follows: [Ord. 1-52, 11/29/1951]
1.
North Broad Street, 70 feet with a roadway of 50 feet.
2.
Blueberry Alley, 14 feet.
3.
Elderberry Alley, 14 feet.)
10-24. Authorizing and directing the paving of the remaining unpaved portions of Second Street, in the Borough of Hughesville, from Mill Street southward to Lycoming Street, and providing for the payment of costs thereof. [Ord. 3-1956, 8/6/1956]
10-25. Laying out, opening and extending as public streets in the Borough of Hughesville the following named streets and alleys, and fixing and regulating the width thereof, namely, Crawley Street, from West Walnut Street northward to Pennsylvania Highway Route U.S. #220; an unnamed alley west of and parallel with Crawley Street, from West Walnut Street to Pennsylvania Highway Route U.S. #220; an unnamed alley east of and parallel with Crawley Street, from West Walnut Street northward to Pennsylvania Highway Route U.S. #220; West Walnut Street, from North Broad Street westward to the new Borough line; North Railroad Street, from West Walnut Street northward to Pennsylvania Highway Route U.S. #220; South Broad Street, from property of William O. and Robert Odell, Sr. southward to the Borough line; South Railroad Street, from West Water Street to West Academy Street; South Fifth Street, from the first alley south of Academy Street southward to Broadway; and Broadway extended eastward to the extension of South Fifth Street. (Widths were fixed as follows: [Ord. 4-1958, 9/9/1958]
1.
Crawley Street, 60 feet.
2.
Unnamed alley, 14 feet.
3.
Unnamed alley, 14 feet.
4.
West Walnut Street, 34 feet.
5.
North Railroad Street, 60 feet, roadway 28 feet.
6.
South Broad Street, 70 feet.
7.
South Railroad Street, 60 feet.
8.
South Fifth Street, 40 feet.
9.
Broadway, 60 feet.
10-26. Opening Academy Street previously laid out, a distance of 600 feet to the western Borough line and Randy Drive a distance of 610 feet more or less from Academy Street to Cottage Street, both of a width of 60 feet. [Ord. 6-73, 12/10/1973]
10-27. Vacating Park Street from Broad Street east to Railroad Street. [Ord. 3-1985, 2/11/1985]
10-28. Accepting four certain streets, as marked Broadway Street, Street A, Street B and Street C, as public streets. [Ord. 5-1990, 10/29/1990]
10-29. Vacating Ward Alley from Broad Street east to Railroad Street. [Ord. 2-1994, 1/3/1994]
10-30. Vacating an alley located southeast of Fifth Street between East Birch Alley and the lands of Fairfield Associates and Mabel A. Poust, Terry E. Poust and Tina E. Lesko. [Ord. No. 7-2013, 1/6/2014]