1525A N ORDINANCE VA CA TING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF HENRY STREET,
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS (GENERA L L OCA TION.- THAT PORTION OF HENRY
STREETSETWEENSMARTSTREETAND RA YROAD, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS);
AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville City Council hosted a public hearing regarding the
closure and abandonment of that portion of Henry Street between Smart Street and Ray
Road on March 19, 2015, with notice duly published as required by law. At said hearing,
written approval of the surrounding property owner (Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church) was
presented and utility companies expressed consent to the closing of that portion of said
street, subject to reservation of easement rights for said utilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED A ND ENA CTED 8 Y THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OFJACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS. -
SECTION ONE.• The real property, more particularly described as follows, is:
Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, T -3-N, R -1-1W, Pulaski County, Arkansas,
more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the NE corner of Lot 42, Block 0, of the East Dupree Subdivision, City of
Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas, to the Point of Beginning; thence East 50' to the
NW corner of Lot 43, Block 0, of the East Dupree Subdivision; thence South 130.25' to the
SW corner of Lot 43, Block 0, of the East Dupree Subdivision; thence West 50' to the SE
corner of Lot 42, Block 0, of the East Dupree Subdivision; thence North 130.25' to the NE
corner of Lot 42, Block 0, of the East Dupree Subdivision and the Point of Beginning.
Containing 0.15 acres, more or less.
(GENERAL LOCATION: That portion of Henry Street between Smart Street
and Ray Road.)
ORDINANCE NO. 1525 (#05 - 2015)
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Said real property and public easement are hereby closed and vacated under the powers
granted to Cities of the First Class in the State of Arkansas, subject only to reservation of
easement rights and privileges for private and municipal utility companies. The Mayor and
City Clerk are hereby duly authorized and directed to enter into an Agreement with those
adjoining and abutting property owners to transfer title to said property. The Agreement
shall close and abandon said street rights-of-way, with the real property described
reverting to said property owners in accordance with State law.
SECTION TWO. A copy of this Ordinance, duly certified by the City Clerk,
shall be filed in the Office of the Recorder of the County and recorded in the Deed Records
of the County, hereby amending the plat recorded on November 1, 1920, in the Pulaski
County Circuit Clerk Records.
SECTION THREE: All Ordinances, parts of Ordinances, or previous actions
taken by said Council in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
passage and publication, as provided by and subject to the requirements of applicable law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS W-" DAY OF MARCH, 2015.
ATTEST:
SUSAN D#VITT, CITY CLERK
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