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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN UNIMPROVED PORTION OF A FORTY FOOT (40') DRAINAGE AND UTILITY 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 designated as follows:
Forty foot (40') drainage and utility easement beginning at the Northwest Corner of Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter Section 29, Township 14 North - Range 5 East Craighead County, Arkansas; thence S01°36'27"E 98.03' to the point of beginning proper; thence N87°10'28"E - 40.01'; thence S01°36'27"E - 1210.66'; thence S01°35'34"E - 492.29'; thence S87°13'43" W - 40.01'; thence N01°35'34"W - 493.11'; thence N01°36'27"W - 1209.81' to the point of beginning proper containing 1.56 acres more or less.
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 is not necessary for the general benefit and welfare of the public; that the owner of all the property abutting the above utility easement is in favor of the closure and vacation of the above utility 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 2nd day of July, 2001.