10299ORDINANCE NO. 10,299
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND
CLOSING PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS
AND ALLEYS LOCATED IN GRANITE PARK
ADDITION TO LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas has acquired and is presently the owner of a large
portion of Granite Park Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas within
which the hereinafter- described portions of streets and alleys
are located, as well as acreage located along a portion of the
south boundary of said addition, which lands it has acquired in
its undertaking of a slum clearance and urban redevelopment pro-
ject in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, designated as Project
No. UR ARK 1 -2; and
WHEREAS, said Housing Authority of the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas proposes to subdivide and replat a portion of the
lands it has so acquired, including a portion of Granite Park
Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas, in accordance with and as shown
by a plat dated September 3, 1955 of Granite Heights Subdivision,
a copy of which is filed in the office of the Little Rock City
Clerk; and
WHEREAS, portions of certain streets and alleys located
in Granite Park Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas, all of which
are bounded by and adjoin lands presently owned by said Housing
Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, are no longer
necessary for use as streets and alleys by adjoining landowners
and the general public for travel by motor vehicle, pedestrian and
other traffic, and for means of access to other lands, and are
accordingly no longer needed for corporate purposes for the reason
that other suitable, safe, adequate and convenient means of access
to any areas now or previously served by any portions of the streets
and alleys being vacated hereby are presently in existence or are
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being constructed at the present time for use by the public in
traveling to and from all such areas; and
WHEREAS, in order to better provide for the public welfare,
safety, comfort and convenience of the general public, the inhabi-
tants of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the users of said
streets and alleys, it is necessary to vacate close and abandon the
following- described portions of East 40th Street, East 41st Street,
Virginia Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and various alleys located in
Granite Park Addition to Little Rock, Arkansas, to -wit:
All the following portions of streets and alleys
located in Granite Park Addition to Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Arkansas:
East 40th Street and East 41st Street from the
east right of way line of U. S. Highway No. 65
to the west right of way line of Alabama Avenue;
and
Virginia Avenue and Georgia Avenue from the north
right of way line of East 41st Street to the south
right of way line of East 40th Street; and
The alley approximately 20 feet in width extending
through Block 44 in a generally north -south direc-
tion from East 40th Street to East 41st Street; and
The alley approximately 20 feet in width in Block
44 extending in a generally east -west direction from
Virginia Avenue to the north -south alley in Block 44;
and
The alleys approximately 10 feet in width extending
through Blocks 42 and 43 in a generally north -south
direction from East 40th Street to East 41st Street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That it is hereby ascertained and declared
that the use, as public streets and alleys, of those portions of
East 40th Street, East 41st Street, Virginia Avenue, Georgia Avenue,
and certain alleys located in Granite Park Addition to Little Rock,
Arkansas, as more particularly hereinbefore and hereinafter described,
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is no longer necessary and needed by adjoining landowners, the
general public and for access to other lands in the vicinity;
that other streets and routes are presently in existence or are
being constructed at the present time which do and will reasonably,
safely and adequately serve the needs of those members of the pub-
lic traveling to and from areas now or previously served by said
portions of the above - mentioned streets and alleys; that said
portions of the above - mentioned streets and alleys are no longer
required for corporate purposes as public streets and alleys and
should accordingly be vacated, abandoned and closed, and all of
the right, title and interest of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas
in the said vacated portions of said streets and alleys should
revert to the adjoining landowner, the Housing Authority of the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Section 2. That the City of Little Rock, Arkansas under
its powers as set forth in Arkansas Statutes (1947) Section 19 -2304,
hereby vacates, abandons and closes the following- described streets
and alleys and relinquishes, grants and conveys unto the adjoining
landowner, the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, all of the right, title and interest of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, of its inhabitants and the public generally,
in said streets and alleys, to -wit: -
All the following portions of streets and alleys
located in Grahite Park Addition to Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Arkansas;
East 40th Street and East 41st Street from the
east right of way line of U. S. Highway No. 65
to the west right of way line of Alabama Avenue;
and
Virginia Avenue and Georgia Avenue from the north
right of way line of East 41st Street to the south
right of way line of East 40th Street; and
The alley approximately 20 feet in width extending
through Block 44 in a generally north -south direc-
tion from East 40th Street to East 41st Street; and
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The alley approximately 20 feet in width in Block
44 extending in a generally east -west direction from
Virginia Avenue to the north -south alley in Block 44;
and
The alleys approximately 10 feet in width extending
through Blocks 42 and 43 in a generally north -south
direction from Fast 40th Street to East 41st Street.
Section 3. That 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. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED: September 24, 1956
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor