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Filed & Recorded in
Official Records of
CAROLYN STALEY
PULASKI COUNTY
CIRCUIT/COUNTY CLERK
Fees $8.00
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ORDINANCE NO. 1156 (#10 - 01)
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF HICKORY
STREET, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS (GENERAL LOCATION: THAT
PORTION OF HICKORY STREET FROM EAST MAIN STREET TO THE REAR
OF THE SUNNYSIDE HILLS ADDITION); AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville Planning Commission has reviewed the
proposed closures and abandonment of a portion of Hickory Street from East
Mam Street to the rear of the Sunnyside Hills Addition, Jacksonville, Arkansas.
The Commission, after thorough review and study, has no opposition to the
street closure subject to replacement of various municipal utility easements
needed for said property; and,
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville City Council hosted a public hearing
regarding said closure on July 19, 2001, with notice duly published as required
by law. At said hearings, the written approval of all adjacent property owners
was presented and utility companies expressed consent to the closing of said
streets, subject to reservation of easement rights for said utilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS:
SECTION ONE:
follows is:
The real property, more particularly described as
A piece of properry bounded by the following legal description being
located in the CIty of Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Lot 7, Block 4, Galloway's
Addition; thence Southeasterly along the South line of Lots 7 and 6,
Block 4, Galloway's Addition to the Westerly boundary line of Lots
298 and 297, Block 0, Sunnyside Hills SubdIvision; thence S 430 23'
02" W along said boundary line, to the Northeastern corner of Lot 1,
Block 5, Galloway's AdditIOn; thence Northwesterly along the North
lines of Lots 1 and 12, Block 5; thence N 430 23' 02" E along Elm
Street right-of-way to the point of beginning.
(GENERAL LOCATION: That portion of Hickory Street from East Main
Street to the rear of the Sunnyside Hills Addition, Jacksonville, Arkansas.)
Said property is hereby closed and vacated under the powers granted to cities of
the first class in the State of Arkansas, subject 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 of Hickory Street from East Main
Street to the rear of the Sunnyside Hills Addition. The agreement shall close and
abandon said street right-of-ways, 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.
ORDINANCE NO. 1156 (#10-01)
July . 2001
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SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS
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DAY OF JULY, 2001.
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