11600ORDINANCE NO. 111600
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE GENERAL POWER OF THIS CITY
VACATING AND ABANDONING AS A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE
A PORTION OF WILSON STREET LYING BETWEEN ASHER
AVENUE AND TWENTY -NINTH STREET; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES. _
WHEREAS a portion of Wilson Street lying between Asher
Avenue and Twenty -Ninth Street in the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, more specifically described as shown in the plat
of Riffel and Holders' Add }tion lying between Lot 16, Block
3, and Lot 4, Block 4 of said addition, has never been im-
proved as a public street; and
WHEREAS said street, though used in part and intermit-
tently in times past as a public way, is largely occupied by
a natural drainage ditch, is incapable of improvement as a
street, and is not for the'time being nor in the foreseeable
future required for corporate purposes as a thoroughfare;
and
WHEREAS the abutting and contiguous properties upon
said street have adequate ingress and egress from other
streets and ways and will not be injured by vacating and
abandoning said street; and
WHEREAS, following public hearing duly advertised and
held, it is the desire of the Board of Directors of the City
of Little Rock, acting under its general powers, to vacate
and abandon its interest and the interest of the public in
the aforedescribed portion of Wilson Street except a portion
thereof for drainage purposes only;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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SECTION 1. Under and pursuant to Acts March 21, 1885,
No. 67 § 3, compiled as Ark. Stat. 19 -2304, a portion of
Wilson Street, as platted in the plat of Riffel and Holders'
Addition to the City of Little Rock and lying between Asher
Avenue and Twenty -Ninth Street in the City of Little Rock,
more specifically that portion of Wilson Street lying between
Lot 16, Block 3, and Lot 4, Block 4, of Riffel and Holders'
Addition, is hereby vacated and abandoned as a street and as
a public thoroughfare as not being needed or useful for
corporate purposes. Reserved, however, from this abandonment
shall be a drainage easement in the North fifty feet (501) of
said portion of Wilson Street.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: May 17, 1965
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPRO
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