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ORDINANCE N0. X33
ATv ORDINANCE VACATING PORTIOidS OF MADISOIJ AV~;NUE,
FIFTEENTH STREET AND SIXTEENTH STREET, IN THE
C ITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City
Council of the City of hest Memphis, Arkansas, on the 19th
day of August, 1952, asking the City Council to vacate;
That part of Fifteenth Street South of Madison
Avenue, being so much of Fifteenth Street as lies
between Block One Hundred Twenty-five and Block
One Hundred T~renty-six of the George T. Kendal
Addition to the City of Ttiest Memphis, as per plats
of record in Plat Book "1", pages 131, 170, 171,
172, 19l~ and 195 of the records of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio LRecorder within
and for the County of Crittenden, State of Arkansas;
That part of Sixteenth Street South of T~adison
Avenue, being so much of Sixteenth Street as lies
between Block One Hundred Twenty-six and Block One
Hundred '~~orty-one of the George T. Kendal Addition
to the City of ti~~,~est T•~Zembhis, as per plats of record
in Plat Book rrlrr~ panes 138, 170, 171, 172, 19)~ and
195 of the records , o_f the Clerk of the Circuit Court
andx-Officio Recorder within and for the County
of Crittenden, State of Arkansas;
That part of Madison Avenue between is?fifteenth and
Sixteenth Streets which lies in and across the lake
shown by platy of record in Plat Book "1", pages 131,
170, 172, and 19l~, in the office of the Circuit
Court Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Crittenden
County, Arkansas;
That part of Madison Avenue, which has not been
dedicated by plat of record, but which has been
established 'ray prescription immediately South
of the lake shown by platy of record in Plat Book
"1", pages 131, 170, 172 and 19l~ in the office
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of the Circuit C ourt Clerk and Ex-Offic io ,
Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas, from
the point where said non-dedicated part of
Madison Avenue intersects the East line of
Fifteenth Street extending thence East to the
point where it intersects the West line of
Sixteenth Street, being so much of Madison
Avenue as has been establisl~.ed by prescription
and lies between the aforesaid lake and Block .-
One Hundred Twenty-six of the George T. Kendal
Addition to the City of Wiest Memphis, as per
plats of record in Plat Book "1", pages 131,
170, 172 and 19l~. of the records of the Clerk
of the C ircuit C ourt and Ex-Officio Recorder
within and for t he County of Crittenden, State
of Arkansas;
That part of Madison Avenue from the point where
it intersects the West line of Sixteenth Street
extending thence East to the point where said
Madison Avenue intersects the West line of Seven-
teenth Street, being so much of Madison Avenue
as lies in the intersection of Madison Avenue and
Sixteenth Street and between Bloch One Hundred
Forty and Block One Hundred Forty-one of the
George T. Kendal Addition to the City of West
Memphis, as per p~.ats of record in Plat Book "1",
pages 138, 170, 171, 172, 19~. and 195 of the
records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-
Off is io Recorder within and for the County of
Crittenden, State of Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law the City
Council has, at the time and place mentioned in the notice,
heard all persons desiring to b e heard on the question and
has ascertained that the streets or portions thereof herein-
above described have heretofore been dedicated to the public
use as the streets herein described; that the hereinabove des-
cribed portions of Fifteenth Street, Sixteenth Street, and so
much of Madison Avenue as lies in and across the aforesaid
lake, have not been opened and have not been actually used by
the public generally for a period of five years subsequent to
the filing of the plat; that all of the owners of the property
abutting upon the portions of the streets to b e vacated have
filed with the City Council their written consent to such
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abandonment of such streets;
NOW, T;~EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY C OUNC IL OF
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of West Memphis, Aransas, hereby
releases, vacates and abandons all rights, together with the
rights of the public generally in and to the streets designated
as follows:
That part of Fifteenth Street South of Madison Avenue,
being so much of Fifteenth Street as lies between
Block One Hundred Twenty-five and Block One Hundred
Twenty-six of the George T. Kendal Addition to the
City of West Memphis, as per plats of record in Plat
Book 111", pages 131, 170, 171, 172, 194 and 195 of the
records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-
Officio Recorder within and f or the County of Critten-
den, State of Arkansas;
That part of Sixteenth Street South of Madison Avenue,
Y. being so much of Sixteenth Street as lies between
~,, Block One Hundred Twenty-ai~c and Block One Hundred
Forty-one of the George T. Kendal Addition to the City
of 4~!est Memphis, as per plats of record in Plat Book
"1", pages 138, 170, 171, 172, 19!}. and 195 of the re-
cords of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Lx-Officio
Recorder within and for the County of Crittenden,
State of ~~rkansas;
That part of P~la.dison Avenue between ~{ fifteenth and Six-
teenth Streets which lies in and across the lake shown
by ~latsof record in Plat Book "1", pales 131, 170, 172,
and 194 in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk and Ex-
Officio Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas;
Ti~:at part of T~iadison Avenue, which has not been dedicated
by plats of record, Taut which has been established by
prescription immediately South of the lake shown by
lat of record in Plat Book "1", pages 131, 170, 172 and
p94, in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk and E'x-
Officio Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas, from
the point where said non-dedicated part of Madison
Avenue intersects the East line of .Fifteenth Street
extending thence East to the point where it intersects
the West line of Sixteenth Street, being so much of
Madison Avenue as has been established by prescription
and lies between the aforesaid lake and Block One
Hundred Twenty-six of the George T. Fendal Addition to
the City of ?west Memphis, as per plats of record in
Plat Book "1", pages 131, 170, 172, and 194 of the
records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-OSta eo
Recorder within and for the County of Crittenden,
of Arkansas;
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That part of Madison Avenue from the point where it
intersects the West line of Sixteenth Street extend-
~ ing thence East to the point where said Madison
Avenue intersects the U~'est line of Seventeenth Street,
~, being so much of Madison Avenue as lies in the inter-
section of Madison Avenue and Sixteenth Street and be-
tween Block One Hundred Forty and Block One Hundred
Forty-one of the George T. Kendal Addition to the City
of West Memphis, as per plats of record in Plat Book
"1", pages 138, 170, 171, 172, 194 and 195 of the re-
cords of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio
Recorder within and for the County of Crittenden,
State of 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, Arkansas, and recorded in the deed records
of this County.
SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict here~~.-ith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 1.4.. This 6rdinance being necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, health"and welfare, an
emergency is hereby declared, and this Ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage.
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PASSED: ~ ''
APPRO
Mayor
ATT ~~ST
C~Z~_.e~~o=~.a
City Clerk
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