ORD NO 29-1975 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 29 1975
ORDINANCE VACATING ALLEY IN BLOCK THIRTEEN (13), BOURN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the City of
Van Buren, Arkansas, and with the City Clerk thereof, on the llth day of August,
1975, asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all of the Alley, shown and
designated on the plat of the Bourn Addition to the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
dated the 15th day of December, 1912.
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by the law, the City Council has, at
the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all persons desiring a hearing
on the question, and have ascertained that the alley described has heretofore
been dedicated to the public use as an alley herein described; has not been actua-
lly used by the public generally for a period of at least five (5) years subseq-
uent to the filing of the petition; that all the owners of the property abutting
upon the portion of the Alley to be vacated have filed with the Council their
written consent to such abandonment, and that the public interest and welfare
will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such alley.
SECTION I. The City Council of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, hereby
releases, vacates and abandons all its rights, together with the rights of the
public generally and to the alley designated as follows:
The entire alley in Block Thirteen (13), Bourn Addition, to the City
of Van Buren, Arkansas, as shown by the plat thereof in the Recorders
office in Crawford County, Arkansas.
SECTION II. A copy of this ordinance, duly certified by the City)Clerk,
shall be filed in the Office of Recorder of the) 6unty and recorded in the
Deed Records of Crawford County.
SECTION III. The foregoing is subject to the rights of ingress and egress
to the above described property herein vacated for the purpose of inspection,
repairing, maintaining or removing any sewer or water lines or other public
utilities in existance at the time of the passage of this Ordinance.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from, and
after, its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of September, 1975.
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Mayor Allen R. Toothaker
Attest;
City Clerk
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