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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, OF THE JONESBORO MUNICIPAL CODE KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN ZONE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 117 of the Jonesboro Municipal Code known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, be amended by the change in zone district boundaries as follows:
From R-2 (Low Density Multi-Family Residential District) to C-3 (General Commercial), that land described as follows:
All of that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 4 East of the Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, described as follows: From the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter measure N 00°05'34" E a distance of 30.00 feet; thence, S 89°54'26" E a distance of 635.73 feet to a cotton picker spindle at the intersection of the Northerly right-of-way line of Highland Drive with the centerline of abandoned Arkansas Highway No. 39; thence, along said abandoned centerline and a curve to the left having a radius of 587.62 feet, a chord length of 180.6 feet and a chord bearing of N 64°32' E, an arc distance of 181.3 feet to a 5/8" re-bar and the Point of Beginning; thence, continuing along said curve to the left with a radius of 587.62 feet, a chord length of 215.9 feet and a chord bearing of N 45°06' E, an arc distance of 217.2 feet to a 5/8" re-bar; thence, N 89°54' W a distance of 43.7 feet to magnetic nail in asphalt; thence, S 43°40' W a distance of 139.0 feet to magnetic nail in asphalt; thence, S 06°35' W a distance of 37.5 feet to a 5/8" re-bar; thence, S 31°20' W a distance of 17.2 feet to the Point of Beginning with the foregoing described parcel containing 0.15 acre, said acreage being subject to easements and rights-of-way.
SECTION 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that proper use of the tract of land described in the Ordinance is 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, it shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2012.