File #: ORD-13:073    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment in Bridger Place Phase II Subdivision
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/20/2013 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 1/7/2014
Title: ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED TWENTY FEET (20’) WIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENT
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Plats, 2. Petition, 3. Utility Letters, 4. Letter from Engineering & Planning Departments
Related files: ABAN-327
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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED TWENTY FEET (20') WIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENT
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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 its rights together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the drainage easement designated as follows:
 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
 
The south ten feet (10') of Lot 21 and the north ten feet (10') of lot 20, both lots located in block D of Bridger Place Phase II Subdivision of Jonesboro, Arkansas being recorded in Book C Page 245 in the Craighead County Courthouse located in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
 
SECTION 2: A copy of the ordinance 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 drainage easement is not necessary for the general benefit and welfare of the public; that the owner of all the property abutting the above drainage easement is in favor of the closure and vacation of the above drainage easement 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 this 7th day of January, 2014.