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ORDINANCE NO.~
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF FIFTH STREET
AND A PORTION OF VAN BUREN AVENUE WITHIN SOUTH-
CREST SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, on the __1~~ day of _~U~ , 1966,
asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all that portion of Van Buren
Avenue and all that portion of Fifth Street designated on the plat of Southcrest
Subdivision to said City now appearing of record in Plat Book 1 at page 41 in
the office of the Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas, described as
follows, to-wit:
All that portion of Van Buren Avenue lying east of the east line
of Fourth Street up to the boundary of Tennison Industrial
ir.r Subdivision as shown by a plat of record in Plat Book 1 at page
218 of the records of Crittenden County, which is abutted on the
north side by Lots J, K and L in Block A in said Southcrest
Subdivision and is abutted on the south side by Lots A, O, P and
Q of Block H of said Southcrest Subdivision; and
All that portion of Fifth Street lying north of the north line of
Jackson Avenue up to the said Tennison Industrial Subdivision
as hereinabove referred to and which is abutted on the west side
by Lots K, L, M and N in Block H of said Southcrest Subdivision,
and is abutted on the east side by Lots A, B, C and D in Block I
of said Southcrest Subdivision; and
The ends of both portions sought to be closed are abutted by Lot
2 of Tennison Industrial Subdivision, as shown by a plat of
record in Plat Book 1 at page 218 of the records of Crittenden
County, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the Council 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 avenue and street, or
the portions thereof hereinbefore described, have heretofore been dedicated
to the public use as streets herein described; have: not been actually used by
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the public generally for a period of at least five (5) years subsequent
to the filing of the plat thereof; that the petitioner, Belle Meade Mobile
Homes, Inc. is the owner of all of the property abutting upon all portions
of the said streets to be vacated and, by their petition herein; filed with
the Council have given their written consent and have petitioned for such
abandonment; and that public interest and welfare will not be adversely
affected by the abandonment of said streets as hereinabove described.
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of West Memphis, Arkansas, hereby
releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights
of the public generally, in and to the streets (and avenues) designated as
follows:
All that portion of Van Buret Street (shown on the plat of
Southcrest Subdivision as the street lying between Blocks
A, B, C and D of said subdivision on the north side thereof,
and Blocks E, F, G and H on the south side thereof upon the
plat of said subdivision) which lies east of the east line of
Fourth Street,up to the boundary of Tennison Industrial
Subdivision as shown by a plat of record in Plat Book 1 at
page 218 of the records of Crittenden County, and which
said portion to be closed is abutted on the north side by
Lots J, K and L in Block A of said Southcrest Subdivision,
and is abutted on the south side by Lots A, O, P and Q of
Block H of said Southcrest Subdivision; and
All that portion of Fifth Street lying north of the north line
of Jackson Avenue up to the said Tennison Industrial Subdivision
as hereinabove referred to and which portion to be closed is
abutted on the west side by Lots K, L, M and N in Block H of
said Southcrest Subdivision and is abutted on the east side by
Lots A, B, C and D in Block I of the said Southcrest Subdivision
according to a plat of the said subdivision appearing of record
in Plat Book 1 at page 41 of the records of Crittenden County,
Arkansas.
SECTION 2. A copy of this Ordinance duly certified by the City
Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Crittenden County
and recorded in the Deed Records of said County.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of September, 1966.
ATTE MAYOR
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CITY C ERK