HomeMy WebLinkAbout12457ORDINANCE NO. 12,457
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING
PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS LOCATED
IN TAYLOR AND BODEMAN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND COX'S SUBDIVISION OF
TAYLOR AND BODEMAN'S ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IN CONFORMANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE
UNIVERSITY PARK URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, PROJECT
ARK R -51; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Resolution No. 3166,
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, on June 6, 1964, the Urban Renewal Plan for the Univer-
sity Park Urban Renewal Project, Project No. ARK R -51, was formally
approved; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Directors in said Resolution found
that in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of
said Urban Renewal Plan, certain official action must be taken by
the Board of Directors, including the vacation and removal of
streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new
street patterns, changes in zoning, and the location and relocation
of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, all as pro-
vided for in said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of said Plan have now been suffici-
ently attained to require that official action be taken to vacate,
close and abandon the hereinafter described portions of certain
streets and alleys in Taylor and Bodeman's Addition to the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and
Bodeman's Addition, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, both additions being located in Pulaski County, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, said portions of said streets and alleys are no
longer needed for use as streets and alleys for travel by motor
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vehicle, pedestrian or other traffic, and for means of access
to other lands, and are accordingly no longer needed for corpor-
ate purposes; and
WHEREAS, under said Urban Renewal Plan provision is made
for other suitable, safe, adequate and convenient means of access
to and egress from the area involved; and
WHEREAS, in order to better provide for the public welfare,
safety, comfort and convenience of the general public, the inhabit-
ants of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the users of said
streets and alleys, it is necessary to vacate, close and abandon
those portions of streets and alleys hereinafter specifically
described;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 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 the
hereinafter described streets and alleys located in Taylor and
Bodeman's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Cox's
Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman's, an Addition to the City of
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, are 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 will be constructed pursuant to said
Urban Renewal Plan which reasonably, safely and adequately serve
the needs of those members of the public, traveling to and from
areas now or previously served by said portions of the above men-
tioned streets and alleys; that said portions of said streets and
alleys are no longer required for corporate purposes as public
streets and alleys and should accordingly be vacated, abandoned,
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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,
namely 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, and Section 19 -3029, hereby vacates, abandons and closes
the following described streets and alleys and relinquishes, grants
and conveys unto the adjoining landowner all of the right, title,
and interest of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, of its inhabit-
ants, and the public generally, in said streets and alleys, to -wit;
All of McKinley Street running generally north and
south from the north right -of -way line of West
Thirteenth Street south to the south right -of -way
line of West Sixteenth Street.
All of West Thirteenth Street, West Fourteenth Street,
West Fifteenth Street, and West Sixteenth Street, running
generally east and west from the west right -of -way Line
of Cleveland Street, to the east right -of -way line of
McKinley Street.
All of the alleys running generally north and south
in Blocks 25, 26 and 27, inclusive, of Cox's Subdivision
of Taylor and Bodeman's Addition to the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Section 3. That the rights now held by any public utility
company, under the laws of the State of Arkansas or under grants
heretofore made by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to use the
streets and alleys as described above in Section 2, for the
location and operation of lines and facilities for the furnishing
of public utility services shall not be abrogated, diminished or
changed by the enactment of this Ordinance, and utility easements
now in effect are specifically excepted from this closing.
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Section 4. 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 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED: April 5, 1971
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK