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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Minutes
August 9, 1973
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The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission met in regular session on Thursday, August 9, 1973 at 7:30 P.M. in the Court Room of City Hall.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. A.E. Scott, Jr.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott, Adams, Morrison, Roddy, Matthews, and Haggenmacher.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Young, Cooper, and Mardis.
OTHERS PRESENT: Mr. Joe Tomlinson, Larry Fugate, and Shirley Watkins.
Items for business were as follows:
Item #1. Mr. Ralph Benefield requests a rezoning from R-3 to C-3 the north 210 feet of the Northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 14 North, Range 4 East. This property is immediately south of Highland Drive extending 210 feet west of Parkside Drive and 1,320 feet east. A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Roddy to TABLE the request and readvertise this at the city’s expense and post rezoning signs on the property as required. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #2. Bill Penix requests approval of a plat of Penix First Replat of a part of Block D of Frierson’s Addition to Jonesboro, Arkansas. This property is immediately west of Frierson Street between Rosemond and Neville Street. A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Haggenmacher to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #3. Denver Gray requests final approval of Gray Hills Subdivision which is located east of Highway 226 and the bypass intersection. A motion was made by Mr. Matthews and seconded by Mr. Adams to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #4. Thomas Seabrook and Associates request final approval of “The Willows”, and apartment complex sited on the 7.5 acres between Craighead Road and Highway 39. A motion as made by Mr. Roddy and seconded by Mr. Adams to APPROVE the request subject to the addition to five additional parking spaces and subject to the approval of the Fire Departments requirements for fire hydrants. A vote was taken and the motion as passed unanimously.
Item #5. Seabrook and Associates requests final approval of “The Place” which is an apartment complex sited at the northern city limits immediately west of North Caraway Road. A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Matthews to APPROVE the request subject to proper parking facilities being included and subject to the approval of the Fire Departments requirements for fire hydrants. A vote was taken. The vote was YEA: Adams, Morrison, Roddy, and Matthews. PASS: Haggenmacher. The motion to APPROVE the request was passed unanimously.
Item #6. Parker Brother requests preliminary approval of Woodland Hills 6th Addition which is immediately southwest of Woodland Hills 3rd Addition and leads off Twin Oaks Street. A motion as made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Roddy to APPROVE the preliminary approval subject to the restudy of some street grades. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #7. Pardew Real Estate requests approval of a replat of Lots 4 and 5, Block B and Lots 1-4 of Block C of Briarwood 4th Addition. This property is located just south of the intersection of proposed Loberg Lane and Munos Lane (on both sides of Loberg.) A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Haggenmacher to APPROVE the request subject to the concurrence of all interested parties. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #8. Joe Rankin requests a replat of Lot 8, Block E of Rankin’s Oak Forest Subdivision. A motion was made by Mr. Roddy and seconded by Mr. Adams to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 P.M.