HomeMy WebLinkAbout11386ORDINANCE NO. 11 086
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND CLOSING THE ALLEY IN
BLOCK 32, JOHN BARROW ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the Board of Directors
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 27, 1963, asking
the Board of Directors to vacate and abandon all of the alley in
Block 32, John Barrow Addition to the City of Little Rock, as desig-
nated on the plat of said Addition now appearing of record in Plat
Book 1, page 55, in the office of the Recorder of Pulaski County,
Arkansas, subject, however to any public easements in said alley;
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 hereinbefore described has heretofore been dedicated
to the public use as an alley, as herein described; that it has not
been actually used by the public generally for a period of at least
five (5) years subsequent to the filing of the plat; that the
petitioners are all of the owners of the property abutting upon the
alley to be vacated and by said petition have filed with the Board
of Directors their written consent to such abandonment; and that
public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the
abandonment of such alley; 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 of its rights, together with the rights of
the public generally, except and subject to the rights of public
utilities as hereinafter stated in Section 2, in and to the alley
described as follows:
All that portion of the alley located in
Block 32 of John Barrow Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, from the
South line of 39th Street to the North
line of 40th Street.
SECTION 2. The rights now held by any public utility company
under the laws of the State of Arkansas or grants heretofore made to
any such utility company by the City of Little Rock to occupy and
use the alley hereinabove described for the location, construction,
maintenance and operation of its lines, circuits, facilities and
equipment for the supplying of public utility services are hereby
expressly excepted from the rights hereinabove released, vacated and
abandoned by the City; and the releasing, vacating and abandoning by
the City of the said alley are subject to such rights now held by
any public utility company.
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 recorded in the Deed Records of the County.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
P.asseds May 6 , 1963.
APPROVED:
Attest:
City Clerk
Mayor