HomeMy WebLinkAbout11059ORDINANCE NO. 11,059
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND CLOSING THAT PORTION OF THE
ALLEYS BETWEEN 17b AND 182 STREETS AND 18ib AND 192
STREETS JOINING UNIVERSITY AVENUE ON THE WEST AND THE
DRAINAGE CANAL IN THE CENTER OF BLOCKS 9 AND 24, BATMAN'S
SUBDIVISION OF CHERRY COX ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARK ;'%NSf'=.S, ON TH-E E,�,.ST, AND FOR OTHt =R PU :POSES.
dHEREAS, A PETITION WAS DULY FILED WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK ON THE 28th DAY OF March , 1900,
REQUESTING THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK TO VACATE AND ABANDON THAT POR-
T 1 ON OF THE ALLEYS BETWEEN 17th AND 18th STREETS AND 18b AND i9+h STREETS
JOINING UNIVERSITY I I kVENUE ON THE tiVE,�T AND THE DRAINAGE CANAL IN THE
CENTER OF BLOCKS 9 AND 24, BATMAN'S SUBDIVISION OF CHERRY COX
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON THE EAST, AS
DESIGNATED ON THE PLAT OF SAID ADDITION NOW APPEARING OF RECORD IN
PLAT BOOK 1 AT SHEET 91, IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF PULASKI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS; AND
WHEREAS, AFTER DUE NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS HAVE, AT THE TIME AND PLACE MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE, HEARD
ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO BE HEARD ON THE QUESTION AND HAVE ASCERTAINED
THAT THE ALLEYS HEREINABOVE MENTIONED HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE
PUBLIC USE AS ALLEYS, AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; AND SAID ALLEYS
HAVE NOT BEEN ACTUALLY USED BY THE PUBLIC AS AN ALLEY FOR A PERIOD
OF FIVE (5) YEARS LAST PAST SINCE THE FILING OF THIS PETITION; THAT
ALL THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING UPON THE DESCRIBED PORTION OF
THE ALLEYS HAVE FILED WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEIR WRITTEN
CONSENT TO SUCH CLOSING AND ABANDONMENT; AND THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST
AND WELFARE WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE ABANDONMENT AND
CLOSING OF SAID ALLEYS; AND
WHEREAS, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS LOCATED OR
SITUATED IN SAID ALLEYS;
NO',.,', 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, CLOSES AND ABANDONS ALL ITS RIGHTS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHTS
OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, IN AND TO THE ALLEYS DESIGNETED AS FOLLOWS:
THAT PORTION OF THE ALLEYS BETWEEN 17th AND 18th STREETS AND
181h AND 19th STREETS JOINING UNIVERSITY AVENUE ON THE WEST AND
THE DRAINAGE CANAL IN THE CENTER OF 3LOCKS 9 AND 24, BATMAN'S
SUBDIVISION OF CHERRY w COX ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, ON THE EAST, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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COMMENCING AT A POINT 10 FT. EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF LOT 71 BLOCK 91 BATMAN'S SUBDIVISION OF CHERRY '. COX
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, THENCE EAST
ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 7, 6 AND rj, OF SAID BLOCK, A
DISTANCE OF 131.45 FT. TO THE w/EST BANK OF THE DRAINAGE CANAL;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID .v'EST BANK OF SAID DRAINAGE CANAL
FOR A DISTANCE OF 12.01 FT. TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 10
N SAID 3LOCK; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINES OF LOTS d, 9 AND
10 IN SAID BLOCK, FOR A DISTANCE OF 130.73 FT. TO A POINT 10
FT. EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 89 THENCE NORTH
A DISTANCE OF 12 FT. TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND
COMMENCING 10 FT. EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 79 BLOCK
24, SATMAN'S SUBDIVISION OF CHERRY AND COX ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINES OF
LOTS 7, 6 AND 5 OF SAID BLOCK A DISTANCE OF 108.6 FT. TO THE '.VEST
BANK OF THE DRAINAGE CANAL; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID WEST
BANK OF SAID DRAINAGE CANAL TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 10 OF SAID
BLOCK A DISTANCE OF 12 FT; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINES
10, 9 AND 8, OF SAID BLOCK, FOR A DISTANCE OF 108 FT. TO A POINT
10 FT. EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8 OF SAID 3LOCK;
THENCE NORTH 12 FT. TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SECTION 2. 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 PULASKI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 3. ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
PASSED: April 18, 1960
ATTEST: APPROVED.
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CITY CLERK
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