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File #: ORD-25:017    Version: 1 Name: VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY LOCATED IN BLOCK 3 OF KNIGHT’S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 5/15/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY LOCATED IN BLOCK 3 OF KNIGHT’S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Attachments: 1. 2025.04.28.ATT - abandonment.pdf, 2. 2025.04.28.Release - Summit Utilities.pdf, 3. 2025.04.28.response from Craighead Electric-Empower.pdf, 4. 2025.05.02.let from Engineering Dept. .pdf, 5. 2025.05.15.let from Ritter approving abandonment.pdf, 6. CWL_20250515_100615.pdf, 7. Gibson.pdf, 8. Petition to Abandon an Alley (FUMCJ).pdf, 9. Plat Depicting Alley.pdf, 10. 2025.05.15.Optimum consent.pdf, 11. 2025.05.15.CWL - UPDATED1.pdf, 12. 2025.05.15.CWL - UPDATED2.pdf
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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY LOCATED IN BLOCK 3 OF KNIGHT’S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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A PART OF BLOCK 3 OF KNIGHT’S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 3 AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 00° 49’ 10” EAST, ALONG THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MADISON STREET, 145.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH 00° 49’ 10” EAST, 8.91 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 52’ 28” EAST, LEAVING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY, 100.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00° 48’ 39” EAST, 1.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88° 58’ 53” EAST, 49.34 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00° 08’ 49” WEST, 12.14 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 03’ 51” WEST, 49.80 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00° 49’ 10” EAST, 1.77 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89° 55’ 43” WEST, 100.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING IN ALL 0.035 ACRES (1,504 SQUARE FEET) MORE OR LESS AND BEING SUBJECT TO ALL RESERVATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, RIGHTS-OF-WAYS, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS OF FACT RECORDED OR UNRECORDED.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that:

SECTION ONE: Subject to the Effective Date stated in Section Two, 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 alley located in Block 3 of Knight’s First Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, as follows:

A PART OF BLOCK 3 OF KNIGHT’S FIRST ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 3 AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 00° 49’ 10” EAST, ALONG THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MADISON STREET, 145.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH 00° 49’ 10” EAST, 8.91 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 52’ 28” EAST, LEAVING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY, 100.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00° 48’ 39” EAST, 1.44 FEET; THENC...

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