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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 3; ZONING SAID ANNEXED TERRITORY R-3, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, a Petition for annexation of certain lands to the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, hereinafter described, was duly filed in the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas on August 1, 1980; and
WHEREAS, said Petition the annexation of said lands was duly signed by the sole owners of all of the acreage to be annexed to the City of Jonesboro; and
WHEREAS, an Order setting a hearing upon said Petition was entered, notice was duly published of said hearing and a hearing upon said Petition was duly had and held in the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas on September 2, 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 (30) days have expired since the Order of annexation dated September 2, 1980 and no proceedings to prevent said annexation have been filed in the Circuit Court for the Jonesboro District of Craighead County, Arkansas, said annexation proceedings were in all things confirmed by the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas, by its order of September 2, 1980.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: The territories and lands annexed to the City of Jonesboro by Order of the County Court of Craighead County, Arkansas, by its Order of September 2, 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 inhabitance residing therein shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of the inhabitances within the original limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 2: The lands and territories hereby annexed to and accepted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas more particularly described as follows:
Lots 1 and 2 of Stevenson Sub-division of a part of Lot 2 of Cobb and Lee survey of NW ¼ of Section 17-Township 14 North Range 4 East; Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 3: The lands and territories annexed to the City of Jonesboro and hereafter accepted by the City of Jonesboro are hereby assigned and attached to Ward 3 of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 4: Said lands and territories annexed to the City of Jonesboro are hereby zoned 3.
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 described herein can be entitled to fire, police, zoning, water and sewage and other protection and benefit that said benefits and protections are 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 public peace, health and safety shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of November, 1980.