401ORDINANCE NO.~
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF SOUTH FIRST STREET OF
THE GEORGE T • KENDAL SUBDIVISION.
- WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, on the 15th day of December, 1960, asking
the City Council to vacate a certain portion of South 1st Street as shown on
plat: of record in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of
Crittenden County, Arkansas;
The portion of said street sought to be vacated being specifically
described as follows:
All of South First Street from the South line of Jackson Avenue
to a distance. of fifty feet (50') North of the North line of Monroe
Avenue, more particularly described as that portion of South
First Street through Lots Two (2) through Sixteen (16), inclusive,
in Block One (1), and Lots Two (2) through Sixteen (16), inclusive,
in Block Two (2) of the George T. Kendal Subdivision of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas.
WHEREAS, after due notice 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 portion of South 1st Street
hereinabove described having heretofore been dedicated to public use as a
street has not been actually used by the public for a period of at least five (5)
years; that all of the owners of the property abutting upon the portion of the
street to be vacated have filed with the Council their written consent to such
abandoning of such portion and that the public interest and welfare will not be
adversely affected by the abandonment of such portion of said street.
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas:
SECTION I. 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 portion of South 1st Street designated as follows:
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All of South First Street from the South line of Jackson Avenue
to a distance of fifty feet (50') North of the North line of Monroe
Avenue, more particularly described as that portion of South
First Street through Lots Two (2) through (16), inclusive in
Block (lj, and Lots Two (2) through Sixteen (16) inclusive, in
Block Two (2) of the George T. Kendal Subdivision of the City
of West Memphis, Arkansas.
SECTION II. A Copy of this ordinance , certified by the City Clerk,
shall be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Ex-officio Recorder of
Crittenden County, Arkansas .
SECTION III. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: This ordinance being for the
immediate protection of the public peace, health and safety, and in the interest
of the public, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1$h day of January, 1961.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST: MAYOR
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CITYCLERK