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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON JOEL STREET
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council to of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 28th day of June 1956, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon Joel Street designated on the plat of the Tate Addition to said City, now appearing of record in Deed Record 123 at page 13 in the Office of the Recorder of Craighead County, Jonesboro District, Arkansas, subject to any existing easements for water, sewer and gas lines, and
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the City 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 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 years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that all the owners of the property abutting the street to be vacated have filed with the Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such street.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, except existing easements, if any, for utility lines and in and to the street designated as follows:
Joel Street in its entirety, which is situated in Tate Addition as is evidenced by a plat filed for record March 20, 1954, and located in Deed Record 123 at page 13 of the Records of the Jonesboro District of Craighead County, Arkansas.
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...
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