12202ORDINANCE NO. 12,202
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING
ALL ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 OF CANSLER'S
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS; ALL OF WEST THIRTEENTH STREET
BETWEEN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF CLARY
STREET TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COOLIDGE
STREET; ALL OF SHIELD STREET BETWEEN THE NORTH
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST FOURTEENTH STREET TO
THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST TWELFTH
STREET; AND ALL OF COOLIDGE STREET BETWEEN THE
SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST TWELFTH STREET
TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 4 OF CANSLER'S
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULAS KI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, a Petition was duly filed by the Housing Authority
of the City of Little Rock with the Board of Directors of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the Board of Directors to vacate,
abandon and close portions of West Thirteenth Street, Shield Street
and Coolidge Street and the alleys in Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
Cansler's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County,
Arkansas, same being more particularly described in said Petition
and hereafter; and
WHEREAS, after due notice 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 said Streets and alleys are no longer needed or
required for corporate purposes or for use by the general public
and adjoining owners, in that other streets and alleys are avail-
able or will be made available for these purposes; that Petitioner
Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas is the only
owner of lands abutting upon the streets and alleys to be vacated
in these proceedings; and accordingly all abutting landowners have
consented to such abandonment, and that the public interest and
welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment thereof;
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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 West Thirteenth Street,
Shield Street and Coolidge Street and the alleys in Blocks 1, 2,
3 and 4 of Cansler's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows:
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ALL OF THE ALLEYS IN BLOCKS 19 2, 3 AND 4 OF
CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS; ALL OF THIRTEENTH
STREET BETWEEN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
CLARY STREET TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
COOLIDGE STREET, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF BLOCK 3 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, RUN THENCE
EAST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 3
TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 3, THENCE
EAST 30 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 4
OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THENCE EAST ALONG THE
NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK 4 TO THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SAID BLOCK-4. THENCE NORTH 30 FEET TO
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 OF CANSLER'S ADDI-
TION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY,
ARKANSAS, THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY
LINE OF BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 1,
THENCE WEST 30 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
BLOCK 2 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THENCE WEST ALONG
THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 2 TO THE S OUTHWE S T
CORNER OF BLOCK 2, THENCE SOUTH 30 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING; ALL OF SHIELD STREET BETWEEN
THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST FOURTEENTH
STREET AND THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WEST
TWELFTH STREET, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
BLOCK 3 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THENCE NORTH ALONG
THE EAST BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 3 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF BLOCK 3, THENCE NORTH 30 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF BLOCK 2 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THENCE
NORTH ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 2 TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 2, THENCE EAST THIRTY FEET
TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS,
THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF BLOCK I
TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 1, THENCE SOUTH 30
FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 4 OF CANSLER'S
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY,
ARKANSAS, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE
OF BLOCK 4 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 4, THENCE
WEST 30 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ALL OF
COOLIDGE STREET BETWEEN THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF WEST TWELFTH STREET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
BLOCK 4 OF CANSLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS;
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and ownership thereof except as to utility easements provided for
in Section 2 hereafter shall be vested in the Petitioner herin
in the manner according to law.
Section 2. That the rights now held by any public utility
company, under the laws of the State of Arkansas or under grants
heretofore made by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to use the
streets and alleys as described above in Section 1, for the
location and operation of lines and facilities for the furnishing
of public utility services shall not be abrogated, diminished or
changed by the enactment of this Ordinance, and utility easements
now in effect are specifically excepted from this closing.
Section 3. 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. The redevelopment of the lands now owned by
Petitioner, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
as part of its urban renewal project, will be seriously delayed if
said streets and alleys are not closed and vacated immediately. An
emergency is therefore declared to exist and this Ordinance being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare shall
take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED: March 17, 1969
ATTEST:
;AMM TY CLERK