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RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF BELMONT AVENUE RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN MADISON STREET AND HIGHWAY 39
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WHEREAS, a petition has been duly filed before the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas by E. Dewey Smith and Edna Smith, his wife and Sam McClish and Stella McClish, his wife being the sole owners of Lots 12 and 13 of Block “B” of Belmont Addition, and of Lots 1 and 2 of Block “E” of Belmont Addition, the said Lots 1 and 2 of Block “E” of Belmont Addition not also being known and described as Lot 1 of George R. Allen’s Subdivision, praying that a motion of Belmont Avenue herein below described be abandoned and vacated as follows:
That portion of Belmont Avenue running East and West between Madison Street and Highway No. 39, being bordered on the North by Lot 13, Block B of Belmont Addition to the City of Jonesboro, and bounded on the South by Lots 1 and 2 of Block E of Belmont Addition, and said lots 1 and 2 of Block E now being also known as Lot 1 of George R. Allen’s Subdivision, said street being 50 feet in width and 31.3 feet in length on the South line of said street and approximately 60 feet in length on the North line of said street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that the City Clerk of said City give notice by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks on some newspaper published in Craighead County, Arkansas advising the public and property owners affected that on the 18th day of May, 1959, the Council will hear said petition and determine whether such portion of Belmond Avenue shall be abandoned and vacated, and whether all abutting property owners and other interested parties have consented to such abandonment.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1959.