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ORDINANCE NO. 13,210
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING, AND CLOSING
CERTAIN STREETS, ALLEYS, AND PORTIONS THEREOF,
LOCATED IN C OX' S SUBDIVISION OF TAYLOR AND BODE-
MAN'S SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND
L. G. COTTON'S SUBDIVISION OF TAYLOR AND BODE -
MAN'S SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY PARK URBAN RE-
NEWAL PROJECT, PROJECT ARK R -51: AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Resolution No. 3166,
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, on June 6, 1964, the Urban Renewal Plan of the
Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the
University Park Urban Renewal Project, Project ARK R -51, was
formally approved; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Directors in said Resolution found
that in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of
said Urban Renewal Plan, certain official action must be taken
by the Board of Directors, including the vacation and removal
of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment
of new street patterns, changes in zoning, and the location and
relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities,
all as provided for in said Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the objectives of said Plan have now been suffi-
ciently attained to require official action be taken to vacate,
close, and abandon the hereinafter described streets, alleys,
and portions thereof, located in Cox's Subdivision of Taylor
and Bodeman's Subdivision to the City of Little Rock, and L. G.
Cotton's Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman's Subdivision to the
City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock on the 28th day of September,
1976, by Winrock Homes, Inc., and the Housing Authority of the
City of Little Rock, as joint petitioners, asking said Board
to vacate, close, and abandon certain streets, alleys, and
portions thereof, in Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman's
Subdivision to the City of Little Rock, and L. G. Cotton's Sub-
division of Taylor and Bodeman's Subdivision to the City of
Little Rock; and,
WHEREAS, after due notice, 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
WHEREAS, said streets, alleys, and portions thereof, are no
longer needed for use as streets and alleys for travel by motor
vehicle, pedestrian, or other traffic, and for means of access
to other lands, and are accordingly no longer needed for
corporate purposes; and,
WHEREAS, under said Urban Renewal Plan and under the Plat
and Redevelopment Plan submitted by petitioner, Winrock Homes,
Inc., provision is made for other suitable, safe, adequate, and
convenient means of access to and egress from the area involved;
and,
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the public welfare, safety,
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comfort and convenience of the general public, the inhabitants
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the users of said
streets, alleys, and portions thereof, it is necessary to
vacate, close, and abandon those streets, alleys, and portions
thereof, hereinafter specifically described;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That it is hereby ascertained and de-
clared that the use as public streets and alleys of those portions
of the hereinafter described streets and alleys located in Cox's
Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman's Subdivision to the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, and L. G. Cotton's Subdivision of Taylor
and Bodeman's Subdivision to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
and within the University Park Urban Renewal Project, Project
ARK R -51, are no longer necessary and needed by the general public
and by adjoining landowners for access to other lands in the vicinity;
that other streets and routes are presently in existence or will
be constructed pursuant to said Urban Renewal Plan and Redevelop-
ment Plan of the petitioner, Winrock Homes, Inc., which reasonably,
safely, and adequately serve the needs of those members of the
public traveling to and from areas now or previously served by
the hereinafter described streets, alleys, and portions thereof;
that said streets and alleys and portions thereof are no longer
required for corporate purposes as public streets and alleys,
and should accordingly be vacated, abandoned, and closed, and
all of the right, title, and interest of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, in the said vacated portions of said streets and alleys
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should revert to the adjoining landowners with the exception,
however, of the hereinafter described vacated portion of Mc-
Kinley Street which shall revert solely to Winrock Homes, Inc.,
one of the petitioners herein, all subject to any public
utility easement located therein.
Section 2. That the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
under its powers as set forth in Ark. Stat. (1947) §19 -2304 and
§19 -3029, hereby vacates, abandons, and closes the following
described streets, alleys, and portions thereof, and relinquishes,
grants and conveys unto the adjoining landowners, and as to the
hereinafter described portion of McKinley Street it relinquishes,
grants, and conveys solely unto Winrock Homes, Inc., all of the
right, title, and interest of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
of its inhabitants, and of the public generally, in said streets,
alleys, and portions thereof, subject to any public utility
easements located therein, to -wit:
(a) All of 20th Street, 19th Street, and
18th Street running generally east and west from
the west right of way of McKinley Street east to
a point 125 feet from the west right of way of
University Avenue;
(b) All of 17th Street and 16th Street
running generally east and west from the east
right of way of Cleveland Street east to a point
125 feet from the west right of way of University
Avenue;
(c) All of 15th Street running generally east
and west from the east right of way of Cleveland
Street east to a point 125 feet from the west right
of way of University Avenue;
(d) All of 14th Street running generally east
and west from the east right of way of Cleveland
Street east to the west right of way of Garfield Street;
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(e) All of McKinley Street running generally
north and south from the south right of way of
20th Street north to the intersection of McKinley
Street and Broadmoor Drive;
(f) All of Cleveland Street running generally
north and south from the south right of way of 20th
Street north to the south right of way of 17th Street;
(g) All of Arthur Street running generally north
and south from the south right of way of 20th Street
north to the north right of way of 14th Street;
(h) All of Garfield Street running generally
north and south from the south right of way of 20th
Street north to the north right of way of 17th Street
and thence north five (5) feet on either side of Gar-
field to the southern boundary of Tract A4 -448,
University Park Subdivision, appearing of record in
Plat Book 35 at Page 35 in the Office of the Recorder
of Pulaski County, Arkansas;
(i) All alleys in Blocks 3 through 23, in-
clusive, of Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and Bode -
man's Subdivision, the alley running generally east
and west between Block 1 of L. G. Cotton's Subdivision
of Taylor and Bodeman's Subdivision and Block 15 of
Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman's Subdivision,
and the alley running generally east and west between
Block 1 of L. G. Cotton's Subdivision of Taylor and
Bodeman's Subdivision and Block 31 of Taylor and
Bodeman's Subdivision, all in the City of Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Section 3. That a copy of this Ordinance, duly
certified by the City Clerk, shall be filed in the Office of the
Recorder of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and recorded in the deed
records of said county.
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5. That the redevelopment of lands within
which said streets, alleys, and portions thereof, are located,
and access to adjacent lands, will be delayed if said streets,
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alleys, and portions thereof, are not vacated and closed im-
mediately. An emergency is, therefore, declared to exist
and this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public welfare shall take effect immediately upon
its passage and approval.
Attest:
PASSED: October 19, 1976
APPROVED:
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