HomeMy WebLinkAbout10797ORDINANCE NO. 10,797
AN ORDINANCE RELEASING, VACATING AND ABANDONING
WEST TWELFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF LITTLE,ROCK
LYING BETWEEN THE EAST CURB LINE OF WOLFE STREET
AND THE WEST CURB LINE OF MARSHALL STREET ;.,AND,
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the
Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on
the 22nd day of April, 1958, asking the Board of Directors
to vacate and abandon all that portion of West Twelfth Street
designated on the Plat of Centennial Addition to said City,
now appearing of record in Deed Record Book G No. 3, at page
256, and designated on the Plat of Marshall and Wolfe's
Addition to said City, now appearing of record in Deed Record
Book N No. 2, at page 265, in the Office of the Recorder of
Pulaski County, beginning at the East curb line of Wolfe Street
on West Twelfth Street and ending at the West curb line of
Marshall Street on said West Twelfth Street; 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 portion of the street hereinbefore
described has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a
,street herein described, that Arkansas Baptist Hospital, a public,
non - profit charitable institution, dedicated to the healing of
the sick and infirm, owns the realty abutting upon the portion
of the street, as above described, and that, in order to render
more effectual aid to the ailing it requires the use of said
portion of said street in order to construct a ground level
enclosed passageway from its hospital building and its school
of nursing, located contiguous to said street on its South
boundary line, to its proposed new surgical annex to be constructed
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by it in Block Twenty One (21), Marshall & Wolfe's Addition
to the City of Little Rock, contiguous to said street on its
North boundary line; that the public interest will be enhanced
and better served by the abandonment of said portion of West
Twelfth Street, and the public interest and welfare will not
be adversely affected by the abandonment of said right of way;
OF DIRECTORS OF THk.CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
SECTION 10 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 the street designated as follows:
All that portion of West Twelfth Street
lying between the'East curb line of Wolfe
Street and the West curb line of Marshall
Street, abutting Block Four of Centennial
Addition to the City of Little Rock and
Block Twenty One (21) of_Marshall and
Wolfe's Addition to the City of Little
Rock.
SECTION 2. There is hereby reserved unto
the Arkansas Power & Light Company and unto its
successors and assigns and to other utility companies
now operating under franchise from the City of Little
Rock,and to the successors and assigns of each of
said utility companies, all of the rights, privileges,
authority, easements, land spaces and spaces above
the lands they now hold, own or occupy upon, underneath
and above that part of West Twelfth Street which is now
dedicated to the public use and used as a public way
between Marshall Street and Wolfe Street, as aforesaid,
notwithstanding the form, manner or procedures under
which such rights, privileges, authority and spaces
were acquired by said utility companies. There is
also hereby reserved unto the City of Little Rock the
right of ingress and egress over and upon said lands
for the purpose of maintaining and controlling drainage
in said area.
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 shall
be recorded in the Deed Records of said County.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
SECTION 5. WHEREAS, expanded hospital
facilities are a present need in Little Rock in order
to provide for the speedy and improved care of the
infirm and ill, an emergency is hereby declared to exist,
and, therefore, this ordinance shall take effect and be
in force immediately.
PASSED: June 2, 1958
ATTEST* APPROVED:
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