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ORDINANCE N0. 11,498
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING
THE NORTH -SOUTH ALLEY LOCATED IN THE BLOCK
BOUNDED BY EAST FOURTH STREET, COMMERCE
STREET, EAST FIFTH STREET (CAPITOL AVENUE) ,
AND ROCK 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, with the Board of Directors
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, asking the Board of Direc-
tors to vacate, abandon and close the North -South Alley located
in the Block bounded by East Fourth Street, Commerce Street,
East Fifth Street (Capitol Avenue), and Rock 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 the North -South Alley located in the Block
bounded by East Forth Street, Commerce Street, East Fifth Street
(Capitol Avenue), and Rock 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 Petitioner, Housing Authority of
the City of Little Rock, Arknsa s , is the only abutting landowner
upon the North- South Alley located in the Block bounded by Ea s t
Fourth Street, Commerce Street, East Fifth Street (Capitol Avenue),
and Rock Street, to be vacated and accordingly all abutting land-
owners have consented to such abandonment, and that the public
interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the aban-
donment thereof;
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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 aid abandons all its rights, together with the rights of
the public generally, in and to the North - South Alley located in
the Block bounded by East Fourth Street, Commerce Street, East Fifth
Street (Capitol Avenue), and Rock Street, described as follows:
The North -South Alley located in the Block bounded
by East Fourth Street, Commerce Street, East Fifth
Street (Capitol Avenue), and Rock Street, in the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 6, Block 17,
Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence
South along the East tight-of-way of said North -South
alley to the Southwest corner of Lot 1, Block 17,
Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas;
thence West along the North right -of -way line of East
Fifth Street (Capitol Avenue) to the Southeast corner
of Lot 12, Block 17, Pope's Addition to the City of
Little Rock (said point also being described as the
Southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 149, Original City
of Little Rock; thence North along the West right -of-
way line of said North -South alley to the Northeast
corner of Lot 7, Block 17, Pope's Addition to the
City of Little Rock; thence East along the South right -
of -way line of West Fourth Street 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 Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, its successors and 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 the North -South
Alley located in the Block bounded by East Fourth Street, Commerce
Street, East Fifth Street (Capitol Avenue), and Rock Street, as
described above in Section 1, for the location and operation of
lines and facilities for the furnishing of public utility services,
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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 deedrecords 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
alley is not closed and vacated immediately. An emergency is
therefore 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: July 6, 1964
ATTEST:
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CLERK
APPROVED:
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MAYOR