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ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON AN ALLEY EXTENDING FROM MAIN STREET TO AN ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK H OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas on the 7th day of April, 1964, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon the alley designated on the plat of Block “H” of the Original Survey to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas as same appears in Deed Record I, page 5 of the records in the office of the Circuit Clerk at Jonesboro, Arkansas, designated as follows, to-wit:
An alley running East and West through the West one-half of Block “H” of the Original Survey to the City of Jonesboro, said alley extending from Main Street on the West to an alley on the East running North and South through said Block “H” of the Original Survey to Jonesboro, said alley running East and Wet being ten (10) feet in width.
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the City Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the 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; has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least five (5) years prior to the filing of the petition for abandonment; that all the owners of property abutting the alley to be vacated have filed with the City Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such alley;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the alley designated as follows:
An alley running East and West through the West ...
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