File #: ORD-16:015    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment on East Street and Cate Avenue
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/17/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/15/2016
Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED STREET RIGHT- OF- WAY LOCATED IN: A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 12-1 OF JONESBORO URBAN RENEWAL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY FIRST REPLAT; THENCE N89°06'09''E, A DISTANCE OF 121.78 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER; THENCE CONTINUE N89°06'09"E, A DISTANCE OF 20.50 FEET; THENCE S01°14'25"E A DISTANCE OF 138.99 FEET; THENCE S89°04'41''W, A DISTANCE OF 20.85 FEET; THENCE N01°05'51"W, A DISTANCE OF 139.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER, CONTAINING 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, SUBJECT TO ALL RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Planning & Engineering Letter, 2. Plat, 3. Utility Letters, 4. Petition
Related files: RES-16:014, ABAN-348
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED STREET RIGHT- OF- WAY LOCATED IN:

A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 12-1 OF JONESBORO URBAN RENEWAL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY FIRST REPLAT; THENCE N89°06'09''E, A DISTANCE OF 121.78 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER; THENCE CONTINUE N89°06'09"E, A DISTANCE OF 20.50 FEET; THENCE S01°14'25"E A DISTANCE OF 138.99 FEET; THENCE S89°04'41''W, A DISTANCE OF 20.85 FEET; THENCE N01°05'51"W, A DISTANCE OF 139.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER, CONTAINING 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, SUBJECT TO ALL RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.
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WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on March 1, 2016, pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the request of Oak Street Properties LLC to vacate an undeveloped street right-of-way; and

WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing and heard all persons desiring to be heard in connection with this matter; and

WHEREAS, the respective utilities have consented to said abandonment; and

WHEREAS, the abandonment of said portion of an undeveloped street will not adversely affect the City of Jonesboro, and would be in the best interest of all parties concerned.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that;

SECTION 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby vacates and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally, in and to the undeveloped street right-of-way described above.

SECTION 2: A copy of this Ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of Craighead County, Arkansas.

SECTION 3: The vacating and abandonment by the City of its rights and the rights of th...

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