File #: ORD-88:1331    Version: 1 Name: Alley abandonment on Johnson Avenue as requested by various property owners
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/1988 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 11/21/1988
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AN ALLEY RUNNING NORTH FROM JOHNSON AVENUE MID-WAY OF BLOCK 15 OF THE MATTHEWS ADDITION FOR A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED FEET AND INTERSECTING AN ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN DRAKE AND FISHER STREET.
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Plat, 2. Utility letters, 3. Petition
Related files: ABAN-151, MIN-88:571, MIN-88:570
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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AN ALLEY RUNNING NORTH FROM JOHNSON AVENUE MID-WAY OF BLOCK 15 OF THE MATTHEWS ADDITION FOR A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED FEET AND INTERSECTING AN ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN DRAKE AND FISHER STREET.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
 
WHEREAS,  a Petition was duly filed with the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas on the 6th day of October, 1988, to vacate and abandon an alley running north from Johnson Avenue mid-way of block 15 of the Matthews Addition for a distance of three hundred feet and intersecting an alley running East and West between Drake and Fisher Street as shown by plat of Matthews Addition which plat is recorded in Deed Record 5 at page 500  of the records of the Jonesboro District of Craighead County, Arkansas. (Fisher St. Church of Christ - Coleman)
 
WHEREAS,  after due notice as required by law, the Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained that the street or the  portion  thereof,  hereinbefore described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a street herein described;  has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least five (5) years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that all owners of the property abutting upon the portion of the street to be vacated have filed with the Council their  written consent to such abandonment;  and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such street
 
SECTION 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates and abandons all of its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the streets designated as follows:       
An alley running north for Johnson Avenue mid-way of Block 15 of the Matthews addition for a distance of three hundred feet and intersecting an alley running east and west between Drake and Fisher Street.
 
SECTION 2: A copy of the ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder or the County and recorded in the deed records of the County.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
 
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21st day of November, 1988.