11180ORDINANCE NO. 11,180
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A
PORTION OF ROOSEVELT STREET (SOMETIMES CALLED "L"
STREET) IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, a petition wss duly filed by Pat M. Riley, Martha
M. Riley, Ellery Clark Gay, Lillian Allie Gay, Edwin L. Baxley,
Helen E. Baxley, Louis F. Muench, Bernice McEwen Muench, Milton L.
Loeb, Mimi B. Loeb, Phillip Landman and Marilyn Landman, with the
Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the
Board of Directors to vacate, abandon and close all that portion of
Roosevelt Street (sometimes called "L" Street) in the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, located between Lot 10, Ranch Valley Addition,
and Lots 25 and 26, South Normandy Addition, on the North, and Block
2, Pleasant Hill Addition, and Lots 1 and 4, Replat of North 192
feet of Block 1, Pleasant Hill Addition on the South, as more
particularly described hereinafter; 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 the portion of Roosevelt Street (sometimes called "L" Street),
hereinafter described, has heretofore been dedicated to the public
use as a street, has not been actually used by the public generally
as a street or road for a period of at least five (5) years subsequent
to the filing of the plats of said additions referred to above, that
petitioners are the only abutting landowners upon the portion of the
street to be vacated, 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 of such street.
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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, but specifically excepting any utility ease-
ments now in effect, including those specifically mentioned in
Section 2 and 3 hereofjin and to the street described as follows:
That portion of Roosevelt Street adjacent to and abutting
the South boundary line of Lot 10, Ranch Valley Addition,
and Lots 25 and 26, South Normandy Addition, and adjacent
to and abutting the North boundary line of Blocks 1 and 2,
Pleasant Hill Addition, all in the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, and more particularly described as follows:
Begin at a point five feet East of the Northwest corner
of Block 2, Pleasant Hill Addition to the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas; thence North to the Southwest corner of
Lot 10, Ranch Valley Addition to the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas; thence East along the South boundary line of
said Lot 10, Ranch Valley Addition to the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, and Lots 26 and 25, South Normandy Addition
to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Southeast
corner of said Lot 25, South Normandy Addition to the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence South to a point 20 feet
West of the Northeast corner of Block 1, Pleasant Hill
Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence West
along the North line of Block 1 and Block 2, Pleasant Hill
Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to the point
of beginning, same being a point five feet East of the
Northwest corner of Block 2, Pleasant Hill Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas;
and that the ownership thereof except as to said utility easements
shall vest in the owners of the abutting property, the owners of
said lots in Ranch Valley Addition and South Normandy Addition, as
to take title to the North Half (N2) thereof,
referred to above4and the owners of said Lots (or Block) in Pleasant
Hill Addition as referred to above, to take title to the South Half
(S Z) thereof.
Section 2. This street closing is subject to the same rights
prior to and at the time of this closing which Arkansas Power & Light
Company has under its franchise granted by the City of Little Rock.
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Section 3. A utility easement five (5) feet in width is
reserved unto Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, its successors
and assigns, for the location of its telephone line along the route
of its presently existing line now crossing said portion of
Roosevelt Street (sometimes called "L" Street) being closed hereby.
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: May 1, 1961
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
CLERK