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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE JONESBORO CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF JONESBORO MASTER STREET PLAN; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS OF ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 101, AND ADOPTING SUCH AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER STREET PLAN BY REFERENCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY TO CAUSE THE PLAN TO BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE
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WHEREAS, This plan will serve as the Thoroughfare Master Street Plan to be utilized by the Metropolitan Planning Organization, Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, Craighead County, and the City Council when making pertinent capital improvement decisions as well as planning for the orderly future growth and development within the City of Jonesboro region; and,
WHEREAS, to provide public notice of the City's intent, advising to the public that three (3) copies are on file and available for public review in the Office of the City Clerk, appropriate notice was published.
WHEREAS, public review sessions were held on February 2, 2015 and February 9, 2015 to allow for citizen input and comments, and the Metropolitan Planning Commission held Public Hearings on February 24, 2015 and March 10, 2015, voting unanimously to approve and recommend the plan as amended by the Master Street Plan, and voted unanimously to recommend approval to City Council, and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas," published by Municipal Code Corporation, as adopted by Ordinance #09:051, is hereby amended adopting by reference: the Master Street Plan and Plan Narrative, Section 101-46, Adopted.
Section 2. No less than three (3) copies of the Master Street Plan shall be available for public viewing in the Office of the City Clerk. All additions or amendments to the Jonesboro Code are intended to be made part of the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances and shall be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 3. Due to the need amend the current code as soon as possible, an emergency is declared and this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall be in force and effective immediately upon and after its passage and approval.