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File #: ORD-25:006    Version: 1 Name: VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF AN ALLEY LOCATED IN PARDEW’S ADDITION AS REQUESTED BY FLEX PROPERTIES, LLC
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/30/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/4/2025 Final action: 2/24/2025
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF AN ALLEY LOCATED IN PARDEW’S ADDITION AS REQUESTED BY FLEX PROPERTIES, LLC
Attachments: 1. Opinion Letter, 2. Petition-signed and notarized, 3. Survey Plat, 4. Publication Receipt, 5. AT&T, 6. CWL, 7. Optimum-Altice Email Respone - Flex Properties LLC - Easement, 8. Ritter, 9. Summitt

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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF AN ALLEY LOCATED IN PARDEW’S ADDITION AS REQUESTED BY FLEX PROPERTIES, LLC

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AN ORDINANCE VACATING A ALLEY LOCATED IN:

 

PART OF A 10 FOOT ALLEY LYING TO THE SOUTH OF LOT 48 OF PARDEW'S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF NETTLETON, NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

 

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 47 OF PARDEW'S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF NETTLETON, NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS: THENCE SOUTH 89°35'25" WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 47 AND 48 OF SAID PARDEW'S ADDITION, A DISTANCE OF 136.62 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE SOUTH 00°02'18" WEST DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 9.94 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 40 OF COBB AND LEE'S SURVEY OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS: THENCE SOUTH 89°37'01" WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 53.30 FEET: THENCE NORTH 00°22'59" WEST DEPARTING SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 9.91 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 48 OF SAID PARDEW'S ADDITION: THENCE NORTH 89°35'25" EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 48 A DISTANCE OF 53.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING IN ALL 529 SQ. FT. OR 0.01 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF RECORD.

 

WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday, February 04, 2025, pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the request to vacate a alley; 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 portion of a alley 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 alley described above.

 

SECTION 2: A copy of the ordinance certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County, Arkansas, and shall be filed in the Deed Records of such office.

 

SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, finds and declares that the portion of the above ALLEY is not necessary for the general benefit and welfare of the public; that the owners of all the property abutting the above ALLEY are in favor of the closure and vacation of the above ALLEY and that therefore, this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

 

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025.