HomeMy WebLinkAbout11468ORDINANCE NO. 11,468
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND
CLOSING WEST SIXTH STREET BETWEEN WOLFE
STREET AND BATTERY 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, and the Arkansas Revenue Depart-
ment Building Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas, with the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the Board of
Directors to vacate, abandon and close West Sixth Street between
Wolfe and Battery 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 question and has ascertained
that West Sixth Street between Wolfe Street and Battery Street is
no longer needed or required for corporate purposes or for use by
the general public and adjoining owners in that other streets are
available and used for these purposes, that Petitioner, Housing
Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, is the only abutting
landowner upon West Sixth Street between Wolfe Street and Battery
Street, to be vacated and accordingly 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 Sixth Street between Wolfe Street
and Battery Street, described as follows:
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West 6th Street between Wolfe Street and Battery
Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Block 22,
FAUST'S ADDITION to the City of Little Rock;
thence East along the North right -of -way line
of West 6th Street to the Southeast corner of
said Block 22; thence South to the Northeast
corner of Block 15, FAUST'S ADDITION to the
City of Little Rock; thence West along the South
right -of -way line of West 6th Street to the South-
west corner of said Block 15; thence North to the
point of beginning;
and that the ownership thereof except as to utility easements pro-
vided for in Section 2 hereafter shall vest in said owner of the
abutting property, Housing Authorityof the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
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 Sixth Street
between Wolfe Street and Battery 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 delayed if said street
is not closed and vacated immediately, the redevelopment to be done
by Petitioner, Arkansas Revenue Department Building Commissioner, as
set forth in the Petition filed herein. An emergency is therefore
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declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for 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: March 16, 1964
APPROVED:
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MA YOR
ATTEST:
CLERK