HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOD Letter-Ordinance 102820Deparrkment of planning and Development
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock. Arkansas 72201-1334
Phone: (501)371-4750 Fax: (501)371-4546
October 26, 2020
Russell and Sarah Bentley
5423 Hawthorne Road
Little Rock, AR 72207
Planning
Development
Building Codes
Re: Right -of -Way Abandonment for the east 15 feet of the eighty (80) foot wide Polk
Street right-of-way, located adjacent to 5423 Hawthorne Road (G-23-473)
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bentley:
Enclosed please find a copy of the Ordinance passed by the Board of Directors on
September 1, 2020.
If you have any questions concerning this Ordinance, please call me at 371-4792.
Sincerely,
Monte Moore
Development Administrator
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE PARTIAL RIGHT-OF-WAY
4 ABANDONMENT FOR THE EAST FIFTEEN (15) FEET OF THE EIGHTY
5 (80)-FOOT WIDE POLK STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, LOCATED
6 ADJACENT TO 5423 HAWTHORNE ROAD, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE
7 ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the owner of the property located at 5423 Hawthorne Road (southeast corner of Hawthorne
10 Road and Polk Street) requests abandonment of the east fifteen (15) feet of the Polk Street right-of-way,
I I adjacent to 5423 Hawthorne Road (Lot 7, Block 9, Newton's Addition to the City of Little Rock); and,
12 WHEREAS, this section of Polk Street was dedicated in 1908 as an eighty (80)-foot wide right-of-way to
13 accommodate street car service; and,
14 WHEREAS, the typical residential street right-of-way width is fifty (50) feet; therefore, there is thirty (30)
15 feet of excess right-of-way; fifteen (15) feet on either side of the roadway, and,
16 WHEREAS, the current roadway is approximately twenty-one (21) feet wide which complies with the
17 Fire Code and allows two (2)-way traffic; and,
18 WHEREAS, the fifteen (15)-foot excess right-of-way adjacent to 5423 HaMllorne Road is currently being
19 utilized as yard space, including landscaping, a circular driveway and a parking pad; and,
20 WHEREAS, after abandonment, the fifteen (15)-foot wide area will be incorporated into Lot 7, Block 9,
21 Newton's Addition, and the applicant plans to construct a new residence on the property and the extra lot width
22 will allow for the residence with no setback variances;
23 WHEREAS, the public utility companies have reviewed and approved the abandonment request with no
24 requests to retain easements; and,
25 WHEREAS, Entergy Corporation agrees to the abandonment conditioned upon the applicant burying an
26 existing power line at the applicant's expense, and applicant has agreed to this condition; and,
27 WHEREAS, all proper Statutory Procedures for such an abandonment have been met and the issue is ripe
28 for consideration by the Board of Directors.
29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
30 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
31 Section 1. After a public hearing concerning the partial abandonment of the east fifteen (15) feet of the
32 eighty (80)-foot wide Polk Street right-of-way adjacent to 5423 Hawthorne Road, Lot 7, Block 9, Newton's
33 Addition to the City of Little Rock, with no retention of any easement rights, subject to Entergy's request for
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the applicant to bury an existing power line at applicant's expense, the Board of Directors concluded it was
appropriate to abandon the easements and covenants.
Section 2. The abandonment of this easement and covenants w i I l a low the applicant to develop the entire
property as a single home site.
Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word
of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication
shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in fiill force and effect as if the
portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the ordinance.
Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
PASSED: September 1, 2020
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A1'111+ S TO LEGAL FORM.:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attort
APPROVED:
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City of Little Rock Planning & Development
Case: G-23-473Title: ROW Abandonment N
Name: ROW Abandonment
Location: 6423 Hawthorne Road
Rev: 8/10/2020