13482ORDINANCE 140. 13,482
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13,441 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, VACATING AND CLOSING THE ALLEY
IN BLOCK 95, ORIGINAL CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS , a petition was duly filed with the Board
of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on the
22nd day of
February
, 1978 , asking the Board of
Directors to vacate and abandon all of the alley in Block
95, Original City of Little Rock, as designated on the certified
survey of said property filed with the Little Rock City
Clerk, subject, however, to any public easements in said
alley; and
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the
Board of Directors 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, hereinbefore
described, has heretofore been dedicated to the public
use as an alley, as herein described; has not been actually
used by the public generally for a period of at least
five (5) years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that
all of the owners of the property abutting upon the alley
to be vacated have filed with the Board of Directors their
written consent to such abandonment; and that public interest
and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment
of such alley;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
hereby releases, vacates and abandons all its rights,
together with the rights of the public generally; in and
to the alley described as follows:
A strip of land 20 feet wide running north and
south through the middle of Block 95, Original City
of Little Rock traversing the entire length of said
Block 95 for a distance of 300 feet, more or less,
and bounded on the west by Lots 1 through 6, said
Block 95, on the south by Capitol Avenue, on the east
by Lots 7 through 12, said Block 95 and on the north
by Fourth Street.
subject, however, to any public utility easements located
in said alley.
SECTION 2. A copy of this Ordinance, duly certified
by the City Clerk, shall be filed in the office of the
Recorder of Pulaski County and recorded in the Deed Records
of the County.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
PASSED: August 1, 1978
ATTEST: o APPROVED:
ff-City Cler Vice Mayor