10368ORDINANCE NO. I n, TF,R
AN ORDINANCE RELEASING, VACATING AND ABANDONING
WEST TWELFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
LYING BETWEEN THE EAST CURB LINE OF WOLFE STREET
AND THE WEST CURB LINE OF MARSHALL STREET; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the
City Council of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on the
13th day of November, 1956, asking the City Council to
vacate and abandon all that portion of West Twelfth Street
designated on the Plat of Centennial Addition to said City,
now appearing of record in Deed Record Book G No. 3, at
page 256, and designated on the Plat of Marshall and Wolfe's
Addition to said City, now appearing of record in Deed Record
Book N No. 2, at page 265, in the Office of the Recorder of
Pulaski County, beginning at the East curb line of Wolfe
Street on West Twelfth Street and ending at the West curb
line of Marshall Street on said West Twelfth Street;
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the
Council 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 the street hereinbefore
described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a
street herein described, that Arkansas Baptist Hospital, a
public, non - profit charitable institution, dedicated to the
healing of the sick and infirm, owns the realty abutting upon
the portion of the street, as above described, and that, in
order to render more effectual aid to the ailing it requires
the use of said portion of said street in order to construct
a ground level enclosed passageway from its hospital building
and itsschool of nursing, located contiguous to said street
on its South boundary line, to its proposed new surgical
annex to be constructed by it in Block Twenty One (21),
Marshall and Wolfets Addition to the City of Little Rock,
contiguous to said street on its North boundary line;
that the public interest will be enhanced and better served by
the abandonment of said portion of West Twelfth Street, a&fi�
and the public interest and welfare will not be adversely,
affected by the abandonment of said right of way;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
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 the street designated as follows:
All that portion of West Twelfth Street
lying between the East curb line of Wolfe
Street and the West curb line of Marshall
Street, as shown on the Plat of Centennial
Addition to the City of Little Rock and the
Plat of Marshall and Wolfe's Addition to the
City of Little Rock, as above set forth.
SECTION 2. There is hereby reserved
unto the Arkansas Power & Light Company and unto its
successors and assigns and to other utility companies now
operating under franchise from the City of Little Rock,
and to the City of Little Rock, and to the successors and
assigns of each of said utility companies, all of the
rights, privileges, authority, easements, land spaces and
spaces above the lands they now hold, own or occupy upon,
underneath and above that part of West Twelfth Street
which is now dedicated to the public use and used as a
public way between Marshall Street and Wolfe Street, as
aforesaid, notwithstanding the form, manner or procedures
under which such rights, privileges, authority and spaces
were acquired by said utility companies and the City of
Little Rock.
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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 and
shall be recorded in the Deed Records of said County.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
SECTION 5. WHEREAS, expanded
hospital facilities are a present need in Little Rock in
order to provide for the speedy and improved care of the
infirm and ill, anemergency is hereby declared to exist, and,
therefore, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force
j immediately.
PASSED: December 17, 1956
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor
VETO SUSTAINED: January 7, 1957