Legislation Details

File #: ORD-50:009    Version: 1 Name: Abandon an alley between Johnson and Front Street
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/5/1950 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/5/1950
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON AN UNUSED ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST IN THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY JOHNSON AVENUE, ON THE SOUTH BY FRONT STREET, ON THE EAST BY BRIDGE STREET AND ON THE WEST BY MILLER STREET, SAID ALLEY RUNNING THROUGH THE CENTER OF SAID BLOCK IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION FROM MILLER STREET TO BRIDGE STREET.
Indexes: Abandonment
Related files: ABAN-111
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AN ORDINANCE TO ABANDON AN UNUSED ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST IN THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY JOHNSON AVENUE, ON THE SOUTH BY FRONT STREET, ON THE EAST BY BRIDGE STREET AND ON THE WEST BY MILLER STREET, SAID ALLEY RUNNING THROUGH THE CENTER OF SAID BLOCK IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION FROM MILLER STREET TO BRIDGE STREET.
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BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:

THAT WHEREAS, a petition was filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 15th day of May, 1950, asking the said Council to vacate and abandon the alley running in an east-west direction from Miller Street to Bridge Street in the center of the block in Jonesboro, Arkansas, bounded on the north by Johnson Avenue, on the south by Front Street, on the east by Bridge Street and on the west by Miller Street, more particularly described in Deed Record 5 page 500 in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of Craighead County, at Jonesboro, Arkansas, as follows:

Begin at the northwest corner of Block 10 of Matthews Addition to Jonesboro, Arkansas; thence south 140 feet to the point of beginning; thence east 300 feet; thence south 20 feet; thence west 300 feet; thence north 20 feet to the point of beginning.

WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the Council has, at the time and place mentioned in said notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained that the alley hereinabove described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as an alley; said alley has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of five years subsequent to the filing and recording of the plat, or for a period of ten years next before the filing of this petition; that all the owners of property abutting on said alley to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that the public interest and welfare will not be ad...

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