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.AId OP~INAI~?CE TO AI~i~~ND ~~~ ~~S OF~ TY OF ~~TEST MEMP?iIS
BE IT ORDAIN D BY THT CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST 1~'IEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
SECTION I. That Ordinance No. 15$ of the City of West
Memphis, Arkansas, adopted on November 3, 194$, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"ORDINANCE N0. 15$
AN 013DINANCE VACATING CERTA,I~? STREETS ITS? T1i,~, KE~~TDAI~ ADDITI~
Whereas, a petition was du y files wit t e City ouncil
of the City of Vilest I~Iemphis, Arkansas, on the 1st day of September,
194$, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon portions of
certain streets and avenues shown on plats of the George T. Kendal
Addition to the Town (now City) of Udest Memphis, Arkansas, of record
in the office of the Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Crittenden County,
Arkansas, said streets and avenues being known as Eighteenth, Nine-
,,, teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Streets and Harrison Avenue and
Van Buren Avenue, the portions of said streets sought to be vacated
being specifically described as follows, to-wit:
Harrison Avenue from the East side of Eighteenth Street to
the Drainage Canal along the present Eastern city limits of the City
of West Memphis.
Van Buren Avenue from the East side of Eighteenth Street
to the Drainage Canal along the present Eastern City limits of the
City of tidest Memphis.
Eighteenth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren Avenue.
,~~ Nineteenth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren Avenue.
Twentieth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren Avenue.
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Twenty-first Street from the North side of Harrison
Avenue to the South side of Van Buren avenue
~„ and said streets and alleys being designated on plats ofl record in
Plat Book 1 at pages 21~ and 25, Plat Book 1, page 75, Plat Book 1,
page 119 and Plat Book 1, page 19$ in the office of the Eecorder
of Crittenden County, Arkansas.
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
streets and avenues or the portions thereof, hereinahove described,
has heretofore been dedicated to the public use as a street or streets
and avenues herein described; have not been actually used by the
public generally for a period of at least five years subsequent to
the filing of the plat; that all the owners of the property abutting
~ upon the portions of the streets and avenues to be vacated have filed
with the Council their written consent to such abandonment of such
portions; and that the public interest and welfare will not be ad-
versely affected by the abandonment of such portions of such streets
and avenues.
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 portions of certain
streets and avenues designated as follows:
Harrison Avenue from the East side of Eighteenth Street
-- to the Drainage Canal along the present Eastern city limits of the
City of West Memphis.
Van Buren Avenue from the East side of Eighteenth Street
to the Drainage Canal along the present pastern city limits of the
City of West Memphis.
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Eighteenth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren Avenue.
Nineteenth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren Avenue.
Twentieth Street from the North side of Harrison Avenue
to the South side of Van Buren. Avenue.
Twenty-first Street from the North side of Harrison
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Avenue to the South side of Van Buren Avenue
and said streets and alleys being designated on plats of record in
Plat Book 1 at pages 24 and 25, Plat Book 1, page 75, Plat Book 1,
page 119 and Plat Book 1, page 19$ in the office of the Recorder
of Crittenden County, Arkansas.
SECTION IZ. A copy of the 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.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage."
SECTION II. A copy of the 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.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
APPROVED
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Mayor.
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