ORD NO 19-1994 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. /7 -1994
AN ORDINANCE FOR ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF A STREET RIGHT -OF -WAY
EASEMENT ON BALDWIN STREET, IN THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, A Petition was filed with the City Council of the City of Van
Buren, Arkansas, on the 25th day of March, 1994, asking the
City Council to abandon a portion of a street right -of -way
easement lying on the North side of Baldwin Street and lying
South of Lots 15 through 22 of Block 7, Fairmount Addition to
the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, also known as 1715 through
1823 Baldwin Street; and
WHEREAS, The City Council did on the 18th day of April, 1994, pass a
Resolution setting a date for Hearing on the Petition and order-
ing the City Clerk to give notice of such Hearing as required
by Arkansas Statutes; and
WHEREAS, After due notice as required by law, the Council has at the time
and place, made notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard
on the question and has ascertained that the street right -of-
way easement hereinabove designated has heretofore been
dedicated to the public use as a street right -of -way easement;
that a portion of said street right -of -way easement is currently
unused and that a portion of said street right -of -way easement
is unnecessary and the public interest and welfare are not
adversely affected by the abandonment of a portion of said
street right -of -way easement, so long as public utility easements
are reserved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: THAT the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, hereby releases,
vacates and abandons the Northern most twenty (20) feet of the
sixty (60) foot street right -of -way easement lying South of Lots
15 through 22 of Block 7, Fairmount Addition to the City of Van
Buren, Arkansas, also known as 1715 through 1823 Baldwin
Street, however, reserving all public utility easements thereon.
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0 SECTION 2: THAT a copy of this Ordinance bearing original signatures and
duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the
Miscellaneous Records of the Circuit Clerk of Crawford County,
Arkansas.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 1ST DAY OF JUNE ,19 94
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