ORD NO 31-1969 ORDINANCE NO. 31 -1969
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE PORTION OF ALTA VISTi' ;VENUE IN THE
CITY OF VAN BUREN, â– RKAN5AS, DESCRIBED RS FOLLOWS, TO WITi' BE
GINNNING AT THE NURTHJEST CORNER OF LOT SEVENTEEN (17), BLOCK FOUR
(4), 'VISTA PLACE i,DDITIDN TO THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
THENCE SOUTH 225 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CURNER OF LOT 9, BLOCK 4
GF SA;ID VISTA PLACE ,;JDITION: THENCE WEST 25.2 FEET: THENCE NORTH
6 23' EIST, 226.4 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Be it ordained by the City Cuuncil of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas:
WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of the
City Of Van Buren, ;,rkans:.s, on the 31st day of October, 1969,
by the First Federal Savings and Loan r,ssociation of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, asking the City Council of said City to vacate and
abandon all that portion of a street designated an the plats of
said.City now appearing of record in the plat book in the office
of the Recorder for Crawford County, Arkansas, as described :below;
and;_
WHEREAS, after due notices as required by law, the City Council
has the time and placd mentioned in the notice heard all persons
desiring to be heard un the question and has ascertained that;. the
portion of the street described herein has heretofore been dedicated
to the public use as a street and that said portion of said street
as described herein has not boon actually used by the public generally
for a street subsequent to the filing of the plats and prior to the
filing of said petition, that such portion of said street as des-
cribed herein is not required for corporate purposes, and that the
public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by. the
abandonment of such portion of said street;
ND'W,.THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VAN'BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Van Buren, Arkansas, hereby releases,
vacates and abandons all its reghts, toghther with the rights of
the, public generally, in and to the portion of a street designated
as follows and as shown on the official plats of Vista Place Addition
to the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, appearing in the plat book in
the.-Office of the Recorder for Crawford County, Arkansas:
A portion of Alta Vista A in the City of
Van Buren, Arkansas, described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot Seventeen
(17), Block Four (4), Vista Place Addition to the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas; thence South 225 feet
to the Southwest corner of Lot 9, Block 4 of said
Vista Place Addition; thence West 25.2 feet; thence
North 6 23' East, 226.4 feet to the point of be-
ginning.
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SECTION 2. The foregoing is subject to the right of
S ingress and egress to the above portion r,f said street herein
vacated, for the purpose of inspecting, repairing, maintaining,
or removing any sewer or water line or other public utility in
existence at the time of the passage of this ordinance.
Section 3. A copy of this 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
said County:
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Dated this 8th day of December, 1969.
Allen R. Toothaker (s)
Mayor
Attest
Geo L. Crofton (s)
City Clerk
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