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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A STREET IN PATRICK’S THIRD ADDITION BEING AN EXTENSION OF HOUGHTON STREET
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City 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 24th day of August, 1964, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon for nonuser a street or alley designated on the plats of Patrick’s Third Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Lot 22 of Cobb and Lee’s Survey of the Southwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, which street is described as follows:
A street 36’ in width running North and South extending from Hope Street on the South to the right-of-way of the St. Louis-Southwestern Railroad on the North, bounded on the West by Block 14 of Patrick’s Third Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and on the East by Lot 22 of Cobb and Lee’s Survey of the Southwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 14 North, Range 4 East.
WHEREAS, after due notice 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 street hereinabove described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a street; has not actually been 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 street 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 street.
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 right, together with the rights of the public generally, in and to the street designated as follows:
A street 36’ in width running North and...
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