File #: ORD-75:2250    Version: 1 Name: Abandonment of Jackson Street from Main to Union
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/2/1975 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 9/2/1975
Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, AND ABANDONING JACKSON STREET FROM MAIN STREET TO UNION STREET AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY AND EAST AND WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK “B” OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Indexes: Abandonment
Related files: MIN-75:890, ABAN-143
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AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, AND ABANDONING JACKSON STREET FROM MAIN STREET TO UNION STREET AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY AND EAST AND WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK “B” OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, after due notice, the City Council at the Special called public hearing of August 25, 1975, heard all persons deserving to be heard, and whereas, Jackson Street from Main Street to Union of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas as herein after described, is no longer needed for corporate purposes and; Whereas, the vacating, abandonment and closing of Jackson Street from Main Street to Union Street and the alleys contained in Block “B” of the original survey to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas as herein after described, would be in the best interest of the public and would promote the welfare and well being of the majority of the public.

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, closes and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally in and to Jackson Street and the alleys described as follows:

Jackson Street 60 feet in width by 190 feet in length bounded on the East by Main Street and the West by Union Street; on the North by the Public Square and the South by lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 1, Block “B” in the original survey of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas; and the alley running North and South between Jackson Street and Jefferson Avenue in Block “B” of the original survey to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas being bounded on the East by lots 11, 2, 3, 4, inclusive, of said Block “B” and on the East by lots 10, 7, 6, 5, inclusive, of said Block “B”; and the alley running East and West between Main Street and Union Street in Block “B” in the original survey of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, said alleys being bounded on the North by lot 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 1, inclus...

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