File #: ORD-21:004    Version: 1 Name: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 1, RED WOLF CORNER REPLAT AS REQUESTED BY ERVING RIDGE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/20/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/16/2021
Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 1, RED WOLF CORNER REPLAT AS REQUESTED BY ERVING RIDGE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Indexes: Abandonment, Easement
Attachments: 1. Petitions, 2. Plat, 3. Engineering and Planning Letter, 4. Utility Letters

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AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 1, RED WOLF CORNER REPLAT AS REQUESTED BY ERVING RIDGE CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT, LLC

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AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED IN:

 

LOT 1, RED WOLF CORNER REPLAT OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST. BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE EAST 28.5 FEET OF THE WEST 110 FEET OF LOT 1 OF THE REDWOLF CORNER REPLAT, CONTAINING 0.07 ACRES. 

 

WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on February 16, 2021, pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the request of Erving Ridge Consulting & Development, LLC to vacate a utility easement; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing and heard all persons desiring to be heard in connection with this matter; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective utilities have consented to said abandonment; and

 

WHEREAS, the abandonment of said portion of a utility easement will not adversely affect the City of Jonesboro, and would be in the best interest of all parties concerned.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that;

 

SECTION 1:  The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby vacates and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally, in and to the utility easement described above.

 

SECTION 2:  A copy of this Ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of Craighead County, Arkansas.

 

SECTION 3:  The vacating and abandonment by the City of its rights and the rights of the public generally in the above described utility easement are in the public interest and will promote the public peace and welfare.

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 2021.