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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CLOSING OF THE EAST AND WEST ALLEY BETWEEN VINE STREET ON THE EAST AND WALNUT STREET ON THE WEST IN BLOCK “P” OF NESBITT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, AND VESTING TITLE THERETO IN THE ADJOINING LAND OWNERS, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS AND EASEMENT OF CITY WATER AND LIGHT PLANT WITH RESPECT TO A SEWER LINE IN SAID ALLEY
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro on the 4th day of February 1963 asking the City to vacate and abandon all that portion of the alley designated on the plat of the Nesbitt Addition to said City not appearing of record in Deed Record Book 18 page 43 in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County; between Vine Street and Walnut Street;
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law the Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the questions and has ascertained that the alley, or the portion thereof hereinbefore described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as an alley; has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least five years subsequent to the filing of said plat; that all owners of the property abutting upon the portion of the alley 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 alley; but that such abandonment be subject to the easement of City Water and Light Plant of Jonesboro with respect to right of way access to, repair and removal of the sewer line therein;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The City Council and the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereby release, vacate and abandon all their rights, together with the rights of the public generally, subject to the easement of City Water and Light Plant ...
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