HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-730-R RESOLUTION #730
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE TO BE PUBLISHED ONCE A
WEEK FOR TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE
COUNTY OF INDEPENDENCE AND HAVING A GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE
CITY OF BATESVILLE NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF CERTAIN PORTIONS
OF 15TH STREET.
WHEREAS, a petition to abandon a part of 15th Street has been filed
by Troy Gray, owner of all property abutting a part of Fifteenth (15th)
Street from the intersection of Norma Street and 15th Street South to
the Mo.-Pacific Railroad Company Spur joining Chaney Drive, being 320
feet long and 50 feet wide, located within the City of Batesville, said
petition being in legal form stating all legal requirements, and
WHEREAS, said street has never been opened to the public, and
WHEREAS, Arkansas law requires that notice of hearing be caused to be
published by the City Clerk,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Batesville
that:
1) A public hearing on said petition and abandonment of said
street shall be held before the City Council , at City Hall
on December 11, 1979 at 7:00 p.m.
2) The City Clerk of the City of Batesville is hereby ordered
and directed to cause to be published in a newspaper pub-
lished within the County of Independence and having a
general circulation within the City of Batesville, notice
of said hearing, said notice to be published once a week
for 2 consecutive weeks.
3) Said notice shall conform to the requirements of Arkansas
law Ark. Stat. 19-3826.
Adopted this )3 day ofems,, �_�, 1979.
APPROVED: ezz�I "rt�
Pe-ytoVGolden, Mayor
ATTEST:
Larry Williams, City Clerk
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TO: THE HONORABLE MAYORAND
CITY COUNCIL
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
PETITION TO ABANDON STREET
Comes Troy Gray, Petitioner herein, by his attorney, Hubert
J. Meachum, and prays that the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of Batesville, Arkansas, to abandon the property dedicated and
known as part of Fifteenth (15) Street from the intersection of
Norma and 15th Streets South to the Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Company Spur joining Chaney Drive, being 320 feet long and 50 feet
�W wide, located in the City of Batesville,Arkansas.
The Petitioner further states:
1. That the Petitioner is the owner of all property adjoin-
and abutting thereto, except the property owned by the Missouri-
Pacific Railroad Company next to Chaney Drive.
2. That 15th Street from Gray's Avenue South toward Chaney
Drive was dedicated to the City in the 1930's and has never been
opened to the public.
3. There has been no request for or need by the general
public for the Street to be opened, nor would it serve any use-
ful porpose to open it at this time.
4. That a building has been constructed and occupied on the
southern part of said Street.
�W THEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully request that the City
Council by resolution direct the City Clerk to give noticeof
hearing to determine whether such property should be abandoned by
the City as required and set out in Ark. -Stat : 19-3814.
Respectfully submitted,
Troy Gray PETITIONER
By
His Attorney.'