File #: ORD-99:1073    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment on Ransom Lane as requested by John Ward
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/18/1999 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 10/18/1999
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED PORTION OF RANSOM LANE
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Plat, 2. Exhibit A and B, 3. Letter requesting the City rescind ordinance, 4. Petition, 5. Utility letters
Related files: RES-99:942, MIN-99:020, ABAN-254
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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED PORTION OF RANSOM  LANE
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that:
 
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 street designated as follows:
 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
 
That portion of Ransom Lane that abuts Lot 4 of Block A and Lot 1 of Block C of McDaniel's 4th Addition to the City 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 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 above street is not necessary for the general benefit and welfare of the public; that the owner of all the property abutting the above easement is in favor of the closure and vacation of the above street and that therefore an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED the 18th day of October, 1999.