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File #: ORD-25:032    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 8/13/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM PD-M, MULTI-FAMILY USE AND OFFICE/SENIOR LIVING USE TO PD-M COMMERCIAL USE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3412 SOUTHWEST DRIVE AS REQUESTED BY JEREMY BEVILL ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN HILLS REAL ESTATE, LLC
Attachments: 1. Rezoning Application, 2. Southern Hills PD Amendment Pattern Book_R, 3. Block B Rezoning, 4. Block K Rezoning, 5. Publication Receipt, 6. Minutes from MAPC.pdf

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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM PD-M, MULTI-FAMILY USE AND OFFICE/SENIOR LIVING USE TO PD-M COMMERCIAL USE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3412 SOUTHWEST DRIVE AS REQUESTED BY JEREMY BEVILL ON BEHALF OF SOUTHERN HILLS REAL ESTATE, LLC

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:

 

SECTION I:                     CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS BE AMENDED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COMMISSION BY THE CHANGES IN ZONING CLASSIFICATION AS FOLLOWS:

 

FROM:                     PD-M MULTI-FAMILY USE AND OFFICE/SENIOR LIVING USE

TO:                                          PD-M, COMMERICAL USE

 

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY:

 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

 

TRACT 1:

A part of Block B, Lot 1R of the First Replat of Block C and Block A, Southern Hills, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at Northwest corner of said Block B, Lot 1R, said point also lying on the Southerly Right of Way of Southern Branch Drive;

Thence, along said Right of Way, South 58° 48' 40" East, a distance of 146.41 feet;

Thence South 31° 11' 20" West leaving right of way, a distance of 174.96 feet;

Thence South 61° 00' 44" West, a distance of 22.07 feet;

Thence North 65° 02' 12" West, a distance of 122.70 feet;

Thence North 34° 21' 37" East, a distance of 49.44 feet;

Thence North 25° 20' 20" East, a distance of 158.87 feet to a POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.63 acres (27,292 sq. ft.), more or less, and being subject to all Rights of Way and easements of record.

TRACT 2:

A part of Block K, Southern Hills, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of said Block K, said point being on the Northerly Right of Way of Southern Ridge Boulevard;

Thence North 31° 29' 02" East, a distance of 288.57 feet;

Thence South 82° 47' 22" East, a distance of 316.26 feet;

Thence North 89° 57' 14" East, a distance of 398.11 feet;

Thence South 00° 02' 47" West, a distance of 157.63 feet;

Thence South 89° 57' 26" East, a distance of 192.18 feet;

Thence South 00° 39' 38" West, a distance of 222.79 feet to a point on a curve to the left, said point being on the Northerly Right of Way of Southern Ridge Boulevard;

Thence northwesterly along said Right of Way curve to the left with a radius of 1,068.99 feet, 172.24 feet to a point that bears North 85° 33' 45" West, 172.04 feet from last said point;

Thence South 89° 48' 24" West, a distance of 141.96 feet to a point on a curve to the right;

Thence northwesterly along said Right of Way curve to the right with a radius of 1,060.07 feet, 276.88 feet to a point that bears North 82° 30' 40" West, 276.03 feet from the last said point;

Thence North 74° 57' 06" West, a distance of 481.46 feet to a POINT OF BEGINNING,

containing 6.94 acres, more or less, and being subject to all Rights of Way and easements of record.

 

SECTION II: THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY SHALL ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS:

 

A.                     That the proposed site shall satisfy all requirements of the City Engineer, all requirements of the current Stormwater Drainage Design Manual and Flood Plain Regulations regarding any new construction.

B.                     A final site plan subject to all ordinance requirements shall be submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Department, prior to any redevelopment of the property.

C.                     Any change of use shall be subject to Planning Department approval in the future.

D.                     A final site plan illustrating compliance with site requirements for parking, signage, landscaping, fencing, buffering, outdoor storage, dumpster enclosure, sidewalks etc. shall be submitted to the Planning Department prior to any redevelopment.

E.                     The Rezoning will have to comply with all the Planned Development District Standards.

F.                     The Rezoning will comply with the amended Development Guidelines approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on August 12, 2025.

 

SECTION III: THE CITY CLERK IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAP OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, INSOFAR AS IT RELATES TO THE LANDS DESCRIBED HEREINABOVE SO THAT THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF SAID LANDS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.