File #: ORD-03:355    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment of a portion of Houghton Street as requested by Jonesboro Real Estate Holdings
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/1/2003 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/1/2003
Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING AN UNNAMED PLATTED STREET IN PATRICK'S 3RD ADDITION, RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN McDANIEL STREET AND HOUGHTON STREET, AND FROM MATTHEWS AVENUE TO LOGAN AVENUE; TO VACATE AND CLOSE AN ALLEY IN BLOCK 2 OF PATRICK'S 2ND ADDITION RUNNING EAST AND WEST FROM HOUGHTON STREET TO ROLAND STREET; AND, TO VACATE AND CLOSE A FIVE FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 3 OF COBB & LEE SURVEY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Petition, 2. Plat, 3. Utility letters
Related files: RES-03:656, MIN-03:184, ABAN-135
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING AN UNNAMED PLATTED STREET IN PATRICK'S 3RD ADDITION, RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN McDANIEL STREET AND HOUGHTON STREET, AND FROM MATTHEWS AVENUE TO LOGAN AVENUE; TO VACATE AND CLOSE AN ALLEY IN BLOCK 2 OF PATRICK'S 2ND ADDITION RUNNING EAST AND WEST FROM HOUGHTON STREET TO ROLAND STREET; AND, TO VACATE AND CLOSE A FIVE FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 3 OF COBB & LEE SURVEY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO
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WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Clerk for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on November 12, 2003, requesting that the Jonesboro City Council vacate and close all of the unnamed and platted street in Patrick's 3rd Addition running North and South between McDaniel Street and Houghton Street, and running North from Matthews Avenue and intersecting with Logan Avenue to the North; a platted alley in Block 2 of Patrick's 2nd Addition running East from Houghton Street and intersecting with Roland Street to the West between Matthews Avenue and Logan Avenue; and a five foot utility easement located in Lot 23 of Cobb and Lee Survey, all of which are shown on the boundary survey for Jonesboro Real Estate Holdings Company, Inc., Jonesboro, Arkansas, prepared by Associated Engineering and Testing, LLC dated February 4, 2003.; and

WHEREAS, notice of the hearing on said petition was given by publication of a notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in the Jonesboro Sun as required by Resolution No. 2003:79, passed and approved by the Jonesboro, Arkansas City Council on November 17, 2003 and a hearing on said petition was held at 6:10 p.m. on December 1, 2003, in the Huntington Building located at 900 West Monroe Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas; and

WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all person desiring to be heard on the petition and has ascertained that the streets and alley or the parts thereof, hereinabove described, were previously de...

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