File #: ORD-14:007    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment of an alley on Eldridge Street
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/19/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/18/2014
Title: AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED ALLEY LOCATED IN: LOTS 117-122 OF COLLEGE PLACE ADDITION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR PLAT RECORDED IN DEED RECORD BOOK 48 AT PAGE 106 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS.
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Petition, 2. Plat, 3. Utility Letters, 4. Engineering Letter, 5. Planning Letter
Related files: RES-14:009, ABAN-333
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AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED ALLEY LOCATED IN:

LOTS 117-122 OF COLLEGE PLACE ADDITION, BEING PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, JONESBORO, AR PLAT RECORDED IN DEED RECORD BOOK 48 AT PAGE 106 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 Grace Baptist Church to abandon an unnamed, platted alley; 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 alley 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 platted, unnamed alley, as shown on the recorded plat of College Place Addition, being part of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of section 17, township 14 North, range 4 East, Jonesboro, AR, Plat recorded in Deed Record Book 48, Page 106 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 and welfare.

PASSED AND APPROVED ...

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