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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING AND ABANDONING A 40 FEET WIDE DRIVE (UNNAMED STREET) BETWEEN BELMONT STREET AND CONCORD STREET, A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET, LOCATED IN RIDGECREST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO.
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WHEREAS, after due notice, the City Council a the special public hearing on April 4, 1994, heard all persons deserving to be heard; and
WHEREAS, a 40 feet wide drive (unnamed street) between Belmont Street and Concord Street, a distance of 200 feet, has never been developed and is no longer needed; and
WHEREAS, the vacating, abandonment and closing of said 40 feet wide alley (unnamed street) between Belmont Street and Concord Street, would be in the best interest of the public and would promote the welfare and well being of the majority of the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that:
SECTION 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates, closes and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally, subject to existing utility easements, in a 40 feet wide alley (unnamed street) between Belmont Street and Concord Street, running North and South, a distance of 200 feet; in Ridgecrest Addition to the City of Jonesboro, with appropriate utility and drainage easements.
SECTION 2: A copy of this ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County at Jonesboro, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of Craighead County, Arkansas.
SECTION 3: The closing, vacating and abandonment by the City of its rights and the rights of the public generally in the above described 40 feet wide alley (unnamed street) between Belmont Street and Concord Street is in the public interest and will promote the public peace and welfare. And further, the City council finds that an emergency exists and this ordinance being necessary for the protection and promotion of the public health, welfare and safety, the same shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of April, 1994.