File #: ORD-14:010    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment in RL Hayes Second Addition
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/7/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/18/2014
Title: AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN: A PART OF AN ALLEY IN R.L. HAYES 2ND ADDITION SUBDIVISION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR, PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 48, PAGE 63 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, AR, IN JONESBORO, AR.
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Engineering Letter, 2. Planning Letter, 3. Petition, 4. Plat, 5. Utility Letters
Related files: RES-14:011, ABAN-332
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AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN:
 
A PART OF AN ALLEY IN R.L. HAYES 2ND ADDITION SUBDIVISION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR, PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 48, PAGE 63 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, AR, IN JONESBORO, AR.
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WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on March 18, 2014, pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the requests of Sallie Brown to abandon public street rights-of-way; and
 
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing and heard all persons desiring to be heard in connection with this matter; and
 
WHEREAS, the respective utilities have consented to said abandonment; and
 
WHEREAS, the abandonment of said street right-of-way will not adversely affect the City of Jonesboro, and would be in the best interest of all parties concerned.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that;
 
SECTION 1.      The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby vacates and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally, in and to the right-of-way of a portion of an Alley, as shown on the recorded plat of R.L. Hayes 2nd Addition Subdivision, being part of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of section 7, township 14 North, range 4 East, Jonesboro, AR, Plat recorded in Book 48, Page 63 in the office of the Circuit Clerk for Craighead County, AR, in Jonesboro, AR.
 
SECTION 2.      A copy of the 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 right-of-way are in the public interest and will promote the public peace and welfare.
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of March, 2014.