File #: ORD-17:010    Version: 1 Name: Rezoning at 806 West Johnson
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/1/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/21/2017
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES
Indexes: Rezoning
Attachments: 1. Plat and Maps, 2. Planning Dept. Report, 3. Rezoning Application, 4. Arkansas State Highway Letter
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:

SECTION 1: Chapter 117, known as the Zoning Ordinance, of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, be amended as recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission by the changes in zoning classification as follows:

From Residential, R-1, to I-2, The Property is currently a non-conforming use which is being used an Off Premise Outdoor Advertising Sign.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
The following lands in Craighead County, Arkansas to wit: That part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 13, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, described as follows; Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 13; thence S89°48’04”W along the North line of Section 13, 1453.93 feet; thence S16°33’55”W, 1330.21 feet to the true point of beginning; thence S73°05’38”E, 10.00 feet; thence N73°05’38”W, 10.00 feet; thence N16°33’54”E, 10.00 feet to the true point of beginning, containing 100.0 square feet or 0.002 acres more or less.

SECTION 2.The undersigned hereby certifies with respect to the Property indicated above as follows:

1. The above noted project is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District; The property is currently a non-conforming use which is being used as: Off Premise Outdoor Sign.

2. Section 14.12.03 allows for change of use by another similar or less intense nonconforming use as may be determined by zoning official.

3. The propose use Off Premise Outdoor Advertising Sign located at 900 W Johnson falls under Sec. 117-259 for Off Premises Outdoor Advertising Sign Standards: of the ordinance from which the section derived, which does not meet the requirements of this section may be maintained as a matter of right as legal nonconforming signs. Provided that:

a. Such signs a properly maintained and do not endanger the public;
b. The signs were installed in conformance with permit or complied w...

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