ORD NO 06-1975 ORDINANCE NO. 6 c75
WHEREAS A PETITION WAS DULY FILED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN
BUREN, ARKANSAS by Robert D. Quillin and Virginia R. Randolph, on the 13th day of
January, 1975; praying and requesting the City Council of the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas to vacate and abandon all that portion of Fourteenth Street, from Elm
Street North to Poplar Street; excluding the north ten feet (10') adjoining Poplar
Street in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the City Council of Van Buren,
Arkansas, has at the time and place, set forth in the notice, heard all persons
desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained that the street hereinbefore
described has not been open and no crossing has been maintained at the St. Louis
San Francisco Railroad Company on said Fourteenth Street for more than five (5)
years, and the same has not been used generally by the public; that all the owners
of the property abutting upon the portion of the street to be vacated have filed with.
the City Council of Van Buren, Arkansas, their written consent to such abandonment
and that the public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the
abandonment of such street.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY the City Council of the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas:
SECTION I. The City of Van Buren, Arkansas, hereby releases, vacates and abandons
all of its rights, together with the rights of the public generally, SUBJECT HOWEVER,
to any and all rights of any public utility, with reasonable rights of ingress and
egress for the purpose of repairing, replacing, maintaining, removing or improving
any existing public utility, whether the same be publicly or privately owned, in and to
the street designated as follows:
Fourteenth Street from Elm Street North, to Poplar Street; excluding
the north ten feet (10')• adjoining Poplar Street.
Giving to Robert D. Quillin and Virginia R. Randolph the west thirty (30) feet and
giving to the St. Louis -San Francisco Railway Company the east thirty (30) feet.
SECTION II. A copy of the Ordinance duly certified. by the City Clerk shall be filed
in the office of the recorder of Crawford County, Arkansas, and recorded in the deed
records of the County.
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SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
APPROVED THIS i.3th day of February 1975.
ATTEST: L _.its
May.
City Clerk