1468 ORDINANCE NO. 1468 (#30 - 12)
AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ON REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE JAMESTOWN SUBDIVISION, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
(GENERAL LOCATION: REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1242 COMMONS DRIVE,
JACKSONVILLE,ARKANSAS);AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, an older public Right of Way as more particularly described below,
which lies between previously platted lots, is no longer of use to the City. The existing
Easement property is no longer needed and serves no beneficial purpose either now or in
the future for the City of Jacksonville, for additional, better located Easements have been
granted by the affected property owner(s);
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville City Council held a Public Hearing regarding said
abandonment of Easement on Thursday, December 20, 2012,with notice of said meeting
duly published. Because additional Easement(s) have and/or will be granted, no consent
was necessary from other parties; and,
WHEREAS, under State law, the City has determined that said real property reverts
to the real property owners of record, who has consented and approves of the
abandonment of the old City Easement and who, in exchange, has granted or will grant a
new Easement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,ARKANSAS:
SECTION ONE; The Public Right-of-Way Easement being abandoned is
more particularly described as follows:
The Westerly Eight Feet(8') of Lot 19,Jamestown Subdivision,Jacksonville,
Pulaski County, Arkansas, recorded as Instrument Number 98-045154, in
the Pulaski County Court House, Real Estate Records.
(GENERAL LOCATION: Real property located at 1242 Commons Drive,
Jacksonville, Arkansas)
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Said Right-of-Way Easement is hereby abandoned under the powers granted to Cities of
the First Class in the State of Arkansas. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby duly
authorized and directed to approve the appropriate documents designating the Easement
described above closed and abandoned. The real property rights described herein shall
revert to the current property owner, identified as the Richard Baily Jones Revocable
Trust, of the real property affected 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 June 12, 1998, in the
Pulaski County Circuit Clerk Records as Instrument Number 98-045154.
SECTION THREE: All Ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of said 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 26m DAY OF DEC BER, 2012.
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