HomeMy WebLinkAbout11983ORDINANCE NO. 119983
AN ORDINANCE RELEASING, VACATING AND ABANDONING
A PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK ELEVEN (11),
CENTENNIAL ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock on the 5th day of
October, 1967, asking the Board of Directors to vacate,
abandon and close that part of the alley between the East and
West halves of Block Eleven (11), Centennial Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, said part being more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the North line of said alley
abutting Lot One (1) in said block, run
thence South to the Southeast corner of
Lot Three (3), thence East to Southwest
Corner of Lot Ten (1Q, thence North along
the East line of said alley to the North-
west corner of Lot Twelve (12), thence
West to the point of beginning; 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 part of the alley hereinbefore described
has been dedicated to the use of the general public as an alley
and that Arkansas Baptist Medical Center, a public non - profit
hospital corporation, desires and finds it necessary that the
portion of the alley above described, together with the lots
abutting upon said portion, be prepared as an enclosed off - street
motor vehicle parking lot, as an addition to its presently
existing hospital building, which constitutes a present need,
and as a site for future expansion of its existing buildings
and facilities; and,
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WHEREAS, it has been found that said Arkansas Baptist
Medical Center is a public, non - profit charitable institution
dedicated to the healing of the sick and infirm, that it owns
the realty abutting upon the portion of the alley 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 alley, and the lots abutting thereon, to
construct upon the same an enclosed motor vehicle parking lot
for the use of said medical center, its employees, tenants,
licensees and invitees, as an addition to its present hospital
buildings, and for possible future expansion of said buildings;
and it has been further found that the public interest and
welfare will not be adversely affected by the closing and
abandonment of the described portion of said alley;
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 that portion of the alley between the East and
West halves of Block Eleven (11), Centennial Addition
to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, said portion
being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the North line of said alley
abutting Lot One (1) in said block, run
thence South to the Southeast corner of
Lot Three (3), thence East to Southwest
corner of Lot Ten (10), thence North
along the East line of said alley to the
Northwest corner of Lot Twelve (12), thence
West to the point of beginning.
SECTION 2. There is hereby reserved unto
all public utility companies now operating under
franchise from the City of Little Rock,and unto
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 the above
described alley, 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 right of ingress and egress
over and upon said lands for the purpose of main-
taining 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:
City Clerk
;APPRIOVE
Mayor