File #: ORD-14:006    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment in Rees Commerce Drive First Addition
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/18/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/18/2014
Title: AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING A DEVELOPED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN: REES COMMERCE DRIVE 1ST ADDITION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR. PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK C AT PAGE 220 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Petition, 2. Plat, 3. Utility Letters, 4. Planning Letter, 5. Engineering Letter
Related files: RES-14:004, ABAN-329
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AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING A DEVELOPED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN:

REES COMMERCE DRIVE 1ST ADDITION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR. PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK C AT PAGE 220 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.
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WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on , pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the requests of Robert Rees to abandon public street rights-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, subject to the conditions in Section 4; and

WHEREAS, the abandonment of said street right-of-way 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 right-of-way of Rees Road, as shown on the recorded plat of Rees Commerce Drive 1st Addition, being part of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of section 24, township 14 North, range 4 East, Jonesboro, AR, Plat recorded in Book C, Page 220 in the office of the Circuit Clerk for Craighead County, AR, in Jonesboro, AR.

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

SECTION 3. The closing, vacating, and abandonment by the City of its rights and the rights of the public generally in the above described right-of-way are in the public interest and will promote the public peace an...

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