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AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING CERTAIN LANDS ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNING SAID ANNEXED TERRITORY TO WARD 6; ZONING SAID ANNEXED TERRITORY (R-2); DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, a Petition for the annexation of certain lands to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereinafter described, was duly filed in the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas, on March 27, 1980; and
WHEREAS, said Petition for the annexation of said land was duly signed by the sole owners of all the acreage to be annexed to the City of Jonesboro; and
WHEREAS, an Order setting the hearing upon said Petition was entered, notice was duly published of said hearing and the hearing upon said Petition was duly had and held in the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas, on May 1, 1980, at which hearing it was duly found and declared that said Petition for annexation was right and proper and that such lands hereinafter described should be annexed to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, whereupon an Order of annexation was made and entered; and
WHEREAS, thirty days having expires since the Order of annexation dated May 1, 1980, and no proceedings to prevent said annexation having been filed in the Circuit Curt for the Jonesboro District of Craighead County, Arkansas,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained and enacted by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas;
Section 1: The territory and lands annexed to the City of Jonesboro by Order of the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas, by its Order of May 1, 1980, be and are hereby accepted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and said territory hereinafter described shall be hereafter deemed and taken to be a part and parcel of the limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the inhabitants residing therein shall have and enjoy all of the rights and privileges of the inhabitants within the original limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 2: The lands and territory hereby annexed to and accepted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, are more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
Begin at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 14 North, Range 4 East; thence East on the Section line 417.5 feet; thence North 0 degrees 12’ West 468.1 feet; thence East 498.1 feet; thence South 0 degrees 12’, East 466.9 feet to the centerline of Arkansas State Highway No. 18; thence South 89 degrees 53’ West along said right-of-way line 498.1 feet to the point of beginning proper.
Section 3: The lands and territory annexed to the City of Jonesboro and hereby accepted by the City of Jonesboro and hereby assigned and attached to Ward _6_ of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 4: Said lands and territory annexed to the City of Jonesboro are hereby zoned Residential (R-2).
Section 5: It is hereby found and declared by the City Council of The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that there is now an extreme urgency that the territory herein be immediately annexed to and accepted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, so that said property and the citizens and property owners of said territory descried herein can b entitled to fire, police, zoning and other protection and urgently needed now in order to allow orderly growth and development of said lands and territory. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall take effects and be in full force from and after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of December, 1980.