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Board approves three right-of-way abandonments; Lady of Souls parking language amended
Summary
The board approved multiple right-of-way abandonment ordinances (items 20–22) on third reading, including a partial alley abandonment for the Lady of Souls Catholic Church; directors amended one ordinance to remove explicit parking-lot language.
On unanimous voice votes announced by the presiding officer, the Little Rock City Board of Directors approved three right-of-way abandonment ordinances during the meeting.
Item No. 20 authorized abandonment of South Battery Street between Lots 3–6 of Block 4 and Lots 7–10 of Block 5, Union Depot Addition. Item No. 21 authorized a partial alley right-of-way abandonment located within Block 9 of the Hollenberg Addition to enable development activity adjacent to Lady of Souls Catholic Church. During discussion on item No. 21, Director Webb asked whether the ordinance’s text referring to a parking lot might create confusion because the parking-lot development itself still requires planning commission review. City staff confirmed that abandoning the right-of-way opens the door to a parking proposal but does not approve a parking-lot project; the board voted to amend the ordinance language to remove the explicit reference to a parking lot and then approved the abandonment.
Item No. 22 authorized an alley and unnamed-street right-of-way abandonment within Block 8 of the Josephine Pankey Third Addition. For item No. 22 the board heard from a representative of Anchor Realty Investments (counsel Kendall Grooms), who said he was present to answer questions and that the applicant supports the abandonment.
All three ordinances were carried to third-and-final reading and passed; the presiding officer read the third-reading language and announced "Ayes have it." No detailed roll-call vote counts were recorded in the transcript.
Ending
The board approved the abandonments and directed staff to finalize the ordinances with the agreed amendment removing parking-lot wording for the Lady of Souls-related abandonment. Planning commission review remains required for any future development on the affected parcels.
