HomeMy WebLinkAbout11984ORDINANCE NO. 117984
AN ORDINANCE RELEASING, VACATING AND
ABANDONING THE ALLEY RUNNING THROUGH
BLOCK THREE (3), 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, 19672 asking the Board of Directors to vacate,
abandon and close the alley running through Block Three (3),
Centennial Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas;
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 alley heretofore 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 alley above described,
together with the lots abutting thereon, 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,
WHEREAS, it has been found that said ArkaYs as 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 alley above described and that, in
order to serve the expanded health needs of the community and
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to avoid congestion of traffic in the vicinity of said
medical center, it requires the use 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 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 the alley running through Block Three (3),
Centennial Addition to the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
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 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.
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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