File #: ORD-01:803    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment west of Fairmont Drive as requested by Gibson/Border
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/4/2001 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 9/4/2001
Title: ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED SEVEN AND ONE HALF (7.5’) FEET UTILTIY EASEMENT AND A TEN (10’) FEET DRAINAGE EASEMENT
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Plat, 2. Petition, 3. Utility letters
Related files: RES-01:840, MIN-01:234, ABAN-096
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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED SEVEN AND ONE HALF (7.5') FEET UTILTIY EASEMENT AND A TEN (10') FEET 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 utility easement and the drainage easement designated as follows:
 
The West seventeen and one half (17.5') feet of Lots 5, 6, & 7 in Block "D" of Forest Green Phase III Subdivision in Jonesboro, Craighead County, 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 utility easement and drainage easement is not necessary for the general benefit and welfare of the public; that the owner of all the property abutting the above utility easement and drainage easement  is in favor of the closure and vacation of the above utility easement and 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.
 
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of September, 2001.