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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Minutes
November 8, 1973
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The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission met in regular session on Thursday, November 8, 1973 at 7:00 P.M. in the Court Room at City Hall.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Aubrey Scott, Jr.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott, Adams, Morrison, Roddy, Matthews, Haggenmacher, Cooper, and Mardis.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Young.
OTHERS PRESENT: Mr. Joe Tomlinson, Lou Hummelstein, Larry Fugate, and Shirley Watkins.
Items for business were as follows:
Item #1. Mr. Ralph Benefield requests the following be rezoning from R-3 to C-4. All of the requested rezoning is immediately on the south side of East Highland Drive and bounded on the south by Bellaire Addition. Rezoning is requested for property tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Tracts 1, 2 and 3 are 210 feet west of Parkside Drive and 150 feet south of Highland Drive. Tract No. 4 is located 160 feet east of Parkside Drive and 170 feet south of Highland Drive. Tract No. 6 commences 370 feet east of Parkside Drive and continues 260 feet east then 170 feet south of Highland Drive. A motion was made by Mr. Adams and seconded by Mr. Morrison to rezone Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 to C-5. No action is to be taken on Lot No. 6. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #2. Home Federal Savings and Loan and Pocahontas Federal Savings and Loan requests final approval of Marlo Acres Residential Subdivision. This property is located along Main Street Extended between Southwest Drive and the 63 Bypass and is east of Marlo 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Additions to the City of Jonesboro. A motion was made by Mr. Cooper and seconded by Mr. Roddy to APPROVE the request subject to the approval of the Arkansas Highway Department on the intersection and entrance onto Highway No. 1, and subject to tying the east end of Harvester Cove to Stroud Street to the south. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #3. Jonesboro Appliance Company requests a replat of Lots 16 and 17 of Block E of Belmont Addition into one lot. This property is located on the east side of South Madison Street approximately 225 feet north of Rose Street. A motion was made by Mr. Haggenmacher and seconded by Mr. Roddy to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken. The vote was YEA: Adams, Morrison, Roddy, Matthews, Haggenmacher, and Mardis. PASS: Cooper. The motion to APPROVE the request was passed.
Item #4. Jonesboro Appliance requests permission to erect a warehouse in C-3 zoning subject to Board of Zoning adjustment approval to waiver the required parking spaces. This property is located on the east side of South Madison approximately 225 feet north of Rose Street. Subject parcel consists of Lots 16 and 17 of Block E of Belmont Addition. A motion was made by Mr. Haggenmacher and seconded by Mr. Mardis to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken. The vote was YEA: Morrison, Roddy, Haggenmacher, and Mardis. NO: Adams and Matthews. PASS: Cooper. The motion to APPROVE the request was passed.
Item #5. Roy Bearden requests a replat of Lots 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Krewson’s Subdivision of Jonesboro College Addition into one lot. This property is located on the east side of Roy Avenue approximately 250 feet south of Rosemond Avenue. A motion was made by Mr. Cooper and seconded by Mr. Haggenmacher to APPROVE the request subject to an additional five feet of right of way being granted. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #6. Mercantile Bank request a replat of Lots 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 and the south ten feet of Lot 20 into one lot. This property is located on the west side of Gee Street immediately south adjacent to the West Park Restaurant building. A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Roddy to APPROVE the request. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
Item #7. Guy Pardew requests a replat of Lots 15, 16, and 17 of Block A of Briarwood 3rd Addition. This property is located approximately 100 feet north of Rosemond Avenue on the east side of Merrill Cove. A motion was made by Mr. Roddy and seconded by Mr. Mardis to APROVE the request. A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M.