File #: ORD-89:1302    Version: 1 Name: Alley abandonment off Main Street as requested by Freeman/Fullington/White
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/19/1989 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/19/1989
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE A TEN FOOT WIDE BY EIGHTY FOOT LONG ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK A OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF THE TOWN OF JONESBORO
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Plat, 2. Petition, 3. Utility letters
Related files: MIN-89:536, ABAN-186
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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE A TEN FOOT WIDE BY EIGHTY FOOT LONG ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK A OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF THE  TOWN  OF JONESBORO
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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 26th day of May, 1989, to vacate and abandon a ten foot wide by 80 foot long portion of  the alley lying between (running E from Main, between Jefferson & Jackson to the N/S  alley  between Jefferson & Jackson)
 
Lots 6 and 7 in Block A of the original survey of the town of Jonesboro.
 
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, 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 the 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:   
 
The portion of the alley lying between lots 6 and 7 in block A of the original survey of the town of Jonesboro.
 
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 force from and after its passage and approval.
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 1989.