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PETITION TO VACATE AND CLOSE A PART OF CENTER STREET Comes now the petitioners, Arthur N. Montgomery and Linda L. Montgomery, his wife, Tom Bone and Dottice Bone, his wife, and James Porter Bone and Patricia Bone, his wife, and for their petition to close and vacate that part of Center Street abutting Lots Six (6) and Seven (7) , Block Four (4) and Lot Five (5) of Block Three (3) of Highland Addition to the City of Batesville, Arkansas, being all that portion of Center Street which now remains open lying West of 14th Street, states as follows: 1 . That the petitioners herein are the owners of Lots 6 and 7 , Block 4 and Lot 5 , Block 3 of Highland Addition to the City of Batesville, Arkansas, which lots are adjacent to the streets which petitioners propose to close. �r 2. That portion of Center Street described in the intro- ductory paragraph herein, has never been officially open or paved and has not been actually used by the general public for more than the last five (5) years. 3. This is the first application filed for the closing of this street. 4 . Petitioners will pay the costs of public notice and for the conduct of the public hearing. 5. That portion of Center Street described. above and the subject of this petition is the only remaining portion of Center Street remaining open and consists of approximately 140 feet of street; that there is no beneficial use of said strip to any person or to the City and should have been made a part of an earlier petition filed in September, 1981 which resulted in the closing of Center Street from St. Louis to the Lot lines as described herein. 6. That the property owners who would be affected by this street closing have all joined in this petition and by their signatures hereto, hereby consent to said closing. 7. The closing of this street will not result in any hard- ship to other parties or property owners, will not prejudice the Ultimate Planning Program of the City of Batesville, and the chang