Type:   LRORD
Party:   Ordinance 21,818
County:   Pulaski
Case Number:   ORD 21,818
Attorney/Contact:   Susan Langley

ORDINANCE NO. 21,818 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT-OF-WAY ABANDONMENT FOR AN UNDEVELOPED THIRTY (30)-FOOT UNNAMED RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH, OF KANIS ROAD, EAST OF EMBASSY SUITES DRIVE, LITTE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, as a result of property acquisitions associated with the Kanis Road Improvement Project, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (“City”) owns the properties to the east and west of the right-of-way; and, WHEREAS, the City, through the Public Works Department and Planning & Development Department, requests exclusive abandonment of the unnamed thirty (30)-foot right-of-way located north of Kanis Road, east of Embassy Suites Drive between Lots 58 and 59, West Highlands (G-23-471) as recorded in Book 1, Page 273 on April 3, 1916, with no retention of any easement rights; and, WHEREAS, all proper statutory procedures for such an abandonment have been met and the issue is ripe for consideration by the Board of Directors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: Section 1. After a public hearing concerning the abandonment of the following easements and covenants located north of Kanis Road, east of Embassy Suites Drive between Lots 58 and 59, West Highlands Subdivision (G-23-471) as recorded in Book 1, Page 273 on April 3, 1916, with no retention of any easement rights, was held on December 3, 2019, the Board of Directors concluded it was appropriate to abandon the easements and covenants. Section 2. The abandonment of this easement and covenants is part of Kanis Road Improvement Project and will allow joining and marketing of the property for zone C-3, Single-Family District. Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the ordinance. Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. PASSED: December 3, 2019 ATTEST: Susan Langley, City Clerk APPROVED: Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney DR1T-12/10/19


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