HomeMy WebLinkAbout10828ORDINANCE NO. 1q,828
AN ORDINANCE CLOSING, VACATING AND ABANDONING THE ALLEY,
TWENTY FEET IN WIDTH, RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN
THE EAST LINE OF LOTS ONE (1) THROUGH SIX (6) AND THE
WEST LINE OF LOTS SEVEN (7) THROUGH TWELVE (12), BLOCK
TWENTY -FIVE (25), PULASKI HEIGHTS ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the petition of W. B. Hays, Alton B. Raney, Carl
Neely, John P. Streepey, Barron Lange and Charles T. Meyer, Jr.,
as Trustees of the Pulaski Heights Methodist Church, and Edwina
Lawson, who state that they are the owners of all of the real
property abutting upon the following described alley:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot Seven (7),
Block Twenty -five (25), PULASKI HEIGHTS ADDITION to
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, thence North 300
feet to the Northwest corner of Lot Twelve (12) of
said Block Twenty -five; thence West 20 feet to the
Northeast corner of Lot One (1) of said Block Twenty -
five; thence South 300 feet to the Southeast corner
of Lot Six (6) of said Block Twenty -five ; thence East
20 feet to the point of beginning; said alley being
20 feet in width and running North and South between
the East Line of Lots One (1) through Six (6) and the
West Line of Lots Seven (7) through Twelve (12) of
said Block Twenty -five; said alley was dedicated as
an alley in the Plat and Deed of Assurance of the
"Subdivision of Blocks Twenty -three (23) to Fifty -one
(51), inclusive, Pulaski Heights Addition" to the City
of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, which appears
in Plat Book No. 1 at page 1 in the Office of the
Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas.
WHEREAS, said petition has been filed in the Office of the
City Clerk of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for more than ten
(10) days; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk gave notice of the filing of such petition
by publication in a newspaper published in and having a general
circulation in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as required by law;
and said notice notified all the owners of real property abutting upon
the above described alley and all other persons, firms and corporations
to appear before the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
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Arkansas, at this regular meeting of said Board to show cause why
said petition should not be granted and said alley forever closed,
vacated and abandoned; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors at the time and place mentioned
in said notice heard all persons desiring to be heard upon said
petition; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock find
that it is necessary and desirable to use the land,upon which the
above described alley is situated, to build a church building as an
addition of the Pulaski Heights Methodist Church;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The City of Little Rock hereby forever closes,
releases, vacates and abandons the following described alley:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot Seven (7),
Block Twenty -five (25), PULASKI HEIGHTS ADDITION to
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, thence North 300
feet to the Northwest corner of Lot Twelve (12) of
said Block Twenty-five; thence West 20 feet to the
Northeast corner of Lot One (1) of said Block Twenty -
five; thence South 300 feet to the Southeast corner
of Lot Six (6) of said Block Twenty -five; thence East
20 feet to the point of beginning; said alley being
20 feet in width and running North and South between
the East Line of Lots One (1) through Six (6) and the
West line of Lots Seven (7) through Twelve (12) of
said Block Twenty -five; said alley was dedicated as
an alley in the Plat and Deed of Assurance of the
"Subdivision of Blocks Twenty -three (23) to Fifty -one
(51), inclusive, Pulaski Heights Addition" to the City
of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, which appears
in Plat Book No. 1 at page 1 in the Office of the
Recorder for Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Section 2. The rights of the City of Little Rock, the general
public and the owners of abutting property to use the above described
lands as an alley are forever canceled and barred; and the title to
the lands, upon which the above described alley was situated,are
forever free of the right of all persons to use said lands as an
alley.
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Section 3. It is necessary and desirable in the opinion of
the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock to use the land,
which was formerly dedicated for the use of the public as the above
described alley, to build a church building as an addition to the
existing church building of the Pulaski Heights Methodist Church.
Section 4. A copy of this ordinance, duly certified by the
City Clerk, shall be filed in the Office of the Recorder for Pulaski
County, Arkansas, and recorded in the deed records of said County.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
PASSED: August 4, 1958
ATTEST: �-1 e.r S�e� APPROVED:
City Clerk Z-' MAyor
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