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to the line of Agnes Street for corner; thence <br /> along the line of Agnes Street 150 feet to <br /> (W Evans Street; thence along the line of Evans <br /> Street 100 feet, more or less, to rock for <br /> corner and Place of Beginning. <br /> (2) No portion of either street has been opened as a right of <br /> way to the public or has been used by the public as a street or <br /> alley for a period of more than five (5) years last past. No <br /> portion of either street is required for the corporate purposes of <br /> the City. The passage of an ordinance by the City Council <br /> vacating, closing and abandoning the portion of said streets <br /> requested will better provide for the public welfare, safety, <br /> comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the City of <br /> Batesville and will be in the best interest of the Petitioners who <br /> hereby consent thereto, as the only abutting landowners. <br /> (3) Petitioners further state that the general public will <br /> not be inconvenienced by the passage of an ordinance vacating, <br /> closing and abandoning the requested portions of said streets. <br /> Neither portion of said streets have been open to the public since <br /> i <br /> their date of dedication. Therefore, the public interest and <br /> welfare will not be adversely affected by the vacating, closing and <br /> abandoning of the portion of Evans Street and Agnes Street <br /> requested. <br /> (4) The Petitioners pray: (1) that, after giving such notice <br /> as is required by statute, the City Council conduct a public <br /> hearing, at which time the Petitioners and other interested parties <br /> may be heard; (2) that the Council find the portions of Evans i <br /> Street and Agnes Street abutting Lots 4 and 5 of Block 46 of <br /> Maxfield's Western Addition to the City of Batesville, Arkansas <br />