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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES:
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council, of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 954, known as the zoning ordinance for the City of Jonesboro, be amended as unanimously recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission by the change in zoning boundaries as follows: From residential (R-2) to Commercial (C-3) of the following described property:
(a) The W ¾ lot 4 of Thorns Addition to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas. This property is rezoned subject to dedication of right-of-way as shown on recorded plat.
(b) From Residential (R-2) to Commercial (C-3) of the following described property:
A part of lots 19 and 20 Cobb and Lee Survey, of the NW quarter of the NW Quarter, Section 27, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, more particularly described as follows: Begin at the SW corner of Lot 18, Cobb and Lee Survey of the NW Quarter of the NW Quarter, Section 27, Township 14 North, Range 4 East; advance north 0°55.0 minutes west on the west line of said Lot 18, 207.7 ft. to the south right-of-way line of Arkansas State Hwy. #18; advance west to said right-of-way Line 255.6 feet; advance south 0°25.0 minutes east 636.6 feet; advance north 89°51.0 minutes east, 159.7 feet; advance north 0°55 minutes west, 71.2 feet; Advance north 89°55 minutes east 68.0 feet; Advance north 0°55 minutes west of 357.0 feet; Advance north 89°55 minutes east 33.9 feet to point of beginning proper, containing 3.33 acres. This property is to be rezoned subject to a Dedication Deed being presented to the City of Jonesboro for sixty feet of right-of-way on Highland Drive.
(c) From Residential (R-1) to Commercial (C-3) the following described property:
A part of the east half of the east half of the SW quarter Section 29, Township 14 north, Range 4 East, Craighead County, Arkansas, being south 600 feet that part of the east half of the east half of the SW quarter, said Section 29, lying north of the north right-of-way line of U.S. Hwy 63 Bypass, and the west right-of-way of Browns Lane, containing 8.451 acres, more or less, being more particularly described by metes and bounds from information contained by Arkansas Highway Department right-of-way plans; commencing at the SW corner of said E half of the east half of the SW quarter of Section 29; advance north 0°58 minutes east along the west line of said east half of the east half of the SW quarters, Section 29, a distance of 228.4 feet to the north right-of-way line of U.S. Hwy #63 Bypass and to the point of beginning proper; then continuing along said west line north 0°58 minutes east 600.0 feet; advance north 89°5 minutes east 623.8 feet to the west right-of-way line of Brown’s Lane; then south and southwesterly along west right-of-way line of Browns Land; as follows: South 0° 58 minutes west 333.1 feet, south 23° 45 minutes west 26.1 feet, south 3 °45 minutes west 223 feet; south 62°58 minutes west 98.8 feet to the north right-of-way line of U.S. Hwy # 63 bypass, 516.5 feet to the point of beginning proper.
Section 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that the proper uses of the tracts of land described in the ordinance as being delayed because of improper zoning and that, therefore, an emergency exists and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of August, 1977.