File #: ORD-55:2046    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment of an alley near Chestnut and Nisbett as requested by Barton's
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/18/1955 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/18/1955
Title: ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY IN BLOCK “F” OF GREGGS SUBDIVISON OF LANE'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Petition, 2. Map
Related files: RES-55:2106, MIN-55:011, ABAN-059
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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY IN BLOCK "F" OF GREGGS SUBDIVISON OF LANE'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
 
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas on the 22nd day of March, 1955, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon the alley designated on the plat of Block "F" of Gregg's Subdivision of Lane's Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas as same appears in Deed Record 36, page 442 of the records in the office of the Circuit Clerk at Jonesboro, Arkansas, designated as follows, to-wit:
 
An alley running east and west through Block "F" of Gregg's Subdivision of Lane's Addition to the City of Jonesboro, such alley extending from Nisbett Street on the east to Chestnut Street on the west, and being an alley twenty feet (20') in width; and
 
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the City 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 alley hereinabove described has heretofore been dedicated to the public generally for a period of at least five (5) years prior to the filing of the petition for abandonment; that all the owners of the property abutting the alley to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such alley;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
 
Section 1. The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the alley designated as follows:
 
An alley running east and west through Block "F" of Gregg's Subdivision of Lane's Addition to the City of Jonesboro, such alley extending from Nisbett Street on the east to Chestnut Street on the west, and being an alley twenty feet (20') in width.
 
Section 2. A copy of the ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the recorder of the County and recorded in the deed records of the County.
 
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage.
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of April, 1955.