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AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE ALLEYS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, on the 18th day of August, 1975, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all that portion of the alley designated on the plat of Block 8 of the E.C. Stuck Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, now appearing of record in Plat Record Book 48, at page 88 of the Recorder’s Office at Jonesboro, Arkansas, being between Kay’s Street and Rogers Street.
Whereas, after due notice as required by law, the 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 or the portion thereof hereinafter described, has heretofore been dedicated to the Public Use as an alley herein described; has not been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least five years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that all the owners of the property abutting upon the portion of the alley to be vacated have filed with the Council their written consent to such abandonment; and that the 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 of its rights, together with the right of the public generally in and to the alley designated as follows:
(1) The alley running east and west between Kay’s Street and Rogers Street in Block 8 of the E.C. Stuck Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, said alley being bounded on the north by Lots 14 and 61 of said Block 8 and on the south by Lots 1 through 13 of said Block 8 of the E.C. Stuck Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
(2) The alley running south and north from the south line of Johnson Avenue in said Block 8 of the E.C. Stuck Addition to the City of Jonesbor...
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