HomeMy WebLinkAbout11545ORDINANCE NO. 119545
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING WEST
12th STREET BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND BISHOP STREET
IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, a Petition was duly filed by the Housing Authority
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Howard M. Armstrong, B. F.
Stringfellow, and Paul H. Gibson, with the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the Board of Directors
to vacate, abandon and close West 12th Street between High Street
and Bishop Street, same being more particularly described in said
Petition and hereafter; 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 gxestion and has
ascertained that West 12th Street between High Street and Bishop
Street is no longer needed or required for corporate purposes or
for use by the general public and adjoining owners in that other
streets and alleys are available and used for these purposes,
that Petitioners, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, Howard M. Armstrong, B. F. Stringfellow and Paul H.
Gibson are the only abutting landowners upon West 12th Street
between High Street and Bishop Street to be vacated, and according-
ly all abutting landowners have consented to such abandonment, and
that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected
by the abandonment thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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 West 12th Street between High Street
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and Bishop Street, described as follows:
West 12th Street between High Street and Bishop Street,
Little Rock, Arkansas, more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Block 409,
LINCOLN'S ADDITION to the City of Little Rock; thence
East along the North right -of -way line of West 12th
Street to the Southeast corner of said Block 409;
thence South to the Northeast corner of Block 2, CEN-
TENNIAL ADDITION to the City of Little Rock; thence
West along the South right -of -way line of West 12th
Street to the Northwest corner of said Block 2; thence
North to the point of beginning;
and ownership thereof except as to utility easements provided for
in Section 2 hereafter shall vest in the owners of the abutting
property, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
Howard M. Armstrong, B. F. Stringfellow and Paul H. Gibson, their
heirs, successors or assigns.
Section 2. 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 West 12th Street
between High Street and Bishop Street as described above in Section
1, 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.
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, Arkansas, and recorded in the deed records of said County.
Section 4. The redevelopment of the lands now owned by
Petitioner, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, as part
of its urban renewal project, will be seriously aelayed if said
street is not closed and vacated immeaiately. An emergency is
therefore declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for
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the immediate preservation of the public welfare shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and approval.
SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED: November 16, 1964
ATTEST: �/ % � /
City Clerk
APPROVED: /.
Mayor