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ORDINANCE NO. 11,982
AN ORDINANCE RELEASING, VACATING AND ABANDONING
WEST TWELFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
LYING BETWEEN THE EAST CURB LINE OF MARSHALL STREET
AND THE WEST CURB LINE OF BISHOP STREET, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 5th
day of October, 1967, asking the Board of Directors 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, in the Office of the
Recorder of Pulaski County, beginning at the East curb line of
Marshall Street on West Twelfth Street and ending at the West
curb line of Bishop Street on said West Twelfth Street; 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 the street hereinbefore described has heretofore
been dedicated to the public use as a street herein described, that
the Arkansas Baptist Medical Center, 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 serve the expanded health needs
of the community and to avoid congestion of traffic in the vicinity
of said medical center, it requires the use of said portion of said
street to construct thereon and upon Block Three (3), Centennial
Addition to the City of Little Rock, abutting thereon, an enclosed
motor vehicle parking lot for use of said medical center, its
employees, tenants, licensees and invitees; and that the
public interest and welfare will not be affected adversely
by the abandonment of said right of way:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS 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,
from the South curb line thereof to its
North curb line, lying between the East
curb line of Marshall Street and the West
curb line of Bishop Street, abutting on
Block Three (3) of Centennial Addition to
the City of Little Rock.
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 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 Bishop Street, as aforesaid,
notwithstanding the form, manner or procedures under
which such rights, privileges, authority and spaces
were acquired by said utility companies. There is
also hereby reserved unto the City of Little Rock the
tight of ingress and egress over and upon said
lands for the purpose of maintaining and
controlling drainage in said area.
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 the City of
Little Rock in order to provide improved services
to the public, and it has been found, and it hereby
is declared,that said needs will be met in part by
the provision of a greater number of off - street
parking spaces for motor vehicles in the vicinity
of said medical center, thus relieving congestion
of traffic in the vicinity thereof, an emergency
hereby is declared to exist, and, therefore, this
ordinance shall take effect and be in force
immediately.
PASSED: November 6, 1967
ATTEST;
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