11403ORDINANCE NO. 11,403
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING
A PORTION OF THE BLOCK OF WEST SEVENTEENTH
STREET BETWEEN STATE STREET AND IZARD STREET
IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; ALSO
CLOSING AND VACATING AN ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND
SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 236 OF THE ORIGINAL CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, BETWEEN SIXTEENTH
STREET AND SEVENTEENTH STREET.
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 asking the Board of Directors to vacate, abandon
and close a portion of West Seventeenth Street between State
Street and Izard Street in the City of Little Rock, being more
particularly described in said petition and hereinafter, and also
an alley running north and south through Block 236 of the Original
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, between Sixteenth Street and Seven-
teenth Street; 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 that portion of the block of West Seventeenth Street between
State Street and Izard Street, more particularly described herein-
after and that alley running north and south through Block 236 of
the Original City of Little Rock, Arkansas, between Sixteenth Street
and Seventeenth Street are no longer needed or required for cor-
porate purposes or for use by the general public and adjoining
owners in that other streets are available and used for these
purposes, and has further ascertained that petitioner is the only
abutting landowner upon the portion of West Seventeenth Street and
the alley to be vacated and that the necessary consent has been
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given, and that the public interest and welfare will not be
adversely affected by the abandonment thereof;
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, subject to the easement of
the Sewer Department of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in
center of said West Seventeenth Street which shall remain in
full force and effect, in and to that part of West Seventeenth
Street described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the NW corner of the
intersection of State & 17th Streets (which is also
the SE corner of Lot 7, Block 236, Original City);
thence, West along the North R -O -W Line of W 17th
street to the NE corner of the intersection of Izard
and W 17th Street (which is also the SW corner of Lot
6', Block 236, Origina 1 City); thence, South along the
East R -O -W Line of Izard Street to the SE intersection
of Izard Street and W 17th Street (which is also the
NW corner of Lot 1, Block 237, Original City); thence,
East along the South R -O -W Line of W 17th Street to a
point which is the intersection of this line and a
210 01' 34" curve which runs through the point of
beginning, there being a chord distance of 180 feet
between this point of intersection and thepoint of
beginning and which curve is the North R -O -W Line of
the proposed Wright Avenue Bypass; thence Northeasterly
along the arc of said 210 01' 34" curve to the point
of beginning.
And the ownership thereof shall vest in the owners of the abutting
properties.
Section 2. 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 following described
a Iley:
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A North and South alley lying in the approximate
center of Block 236 of the Original City of Little
Rock and extending from West Seventeenth Street to
West Sixteenth Street.
And the ownership thereof shall vest in the owners of the abutting
properties.
Section 3. The rights now held by the Sewer Department
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, under an easement which it
holds in the center of West Seventeenth Street for the purposes
of laying and maintaining a sanitary sewer are hereby expressly
excepted from the rights hereinabove released, vacated and abandoned
by the City.
Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED: June 17, 1963
APPRO :
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk