File #: MIN-75:1719    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Minutes Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/1975 In control: Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
On agenda: Final action: 12/11/1975
Title: Minutes for the MAPC meeting on November 13, 1975.
Attachments: 1. Information concerning the JC Penny's store
Related files: ORD-76:2229
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Minutes for the MAPC meeting on November 13, 1975.
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November 13, 1975
 
The MAPC met in regular session on Thursday, November 13, 1975 at 7:00 P.M. in the Court Room at City Hall.
 
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. A.E. Scott, Jr.
 
MEMBERS PRESENT: Scott, Morrison, Cooper, Wheeless, Ball, McDaniel, Gott, and Brown.
 
MEMBERS ABSENT: Smith.
 
Items for business were as follows:
 
Item #1.  Bob W. Harrison requests a rezoning from Residential One (R-1) to Residential Two (R-2) at the following described location.  Lots 7 and 8, Block A, Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Block B, Lot 8 and the south 100 feet of Lot 7 in Block C of Parker's First Southaven Addition to Jonesboro, being and unrecorded plat.  This property is further described as being approximately midway between Arkansas State Highway One and South Culberhouse Road, south of Parker Road on Rhonda Drive and Patti Lane.  A motion was made by Mr. Brown and seconded by Mr. McDaniel to APPROVE the request subject to construction of only single family dwellings or duplexes; and, that the City Building Inspector be instructed to bring any other type of development back to the MAPC for a property development plan.  A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
 
Item #2.  Bill R. Cato requests a rezoning from Residential Three (R-3) to Commercial Three (C-3) at the following described location, Lot 1 of Block A of Belle Meade Addition to Jonesboro, Arkansas.  This property is further described as being on the southeast corner of Highway 1 (Young Street) and Riggs Avenue.  A motion was made by Mr. Wheeless and seconded by Mr. Gott to DENY the request.  A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.  Reason for denial: The MAPC felt it was not necessary to extend a commercial area into a residential area and across natural barriers.  
 
Item #3.  Mr. Ed Warmack requests final approval of a Property Development Plan for the construction of the J.C. Penney Building and other commercial areas within the general area of the present Indian Mall Shopping Center.  A motion was made by Mr. Brown and seconded by Mr. Morrison to APPROVE the request.  A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.  
 
Item #4.  Skip Macon requests final approval of a replat of Lots 2 and 3 of Block A, Nicely Subdivision, First Addition.  Subject property is located on Warner Avenue, west of the Oak Hill Terrace Subdivision.  A motion was made by Mr. Morrison and seconded by Mr. Wheeless to APPROVE the request.  A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously
 
Item #5.  L.C. Corporation requests final approval of a replat of the Willow Creek Commercial Park, being a single plat of property, into four lots to be known as Lots A, B, C, and D.  This property is described as being bounded on the south by the U.S. Highway 63 Bypass and on the east by Kathleen Street.  A vote was taken.  The vote was YEA: Morrison, Wheeless, Ball, McDaniel, Gott, and Brown.  PASS: Cooper.  The motion to APPROVE the request was passed.  
 
Item #6.  Tommy Rankin requests final approval of a replat of the east 30 feet of Lot 14 and all of Lots 15 and 16 of Bloc, Spence Subdivision.  This property is described as being on the northwest corner of Caraway Road and Needham Streets.  A motion was made by Mr. Brown and seconded by Mr. Wheeless to APPROVE the request.  A vote was taken.  The vote was YEA: Morrison, Wheeless, Ball, McDaniel, Gott, and Brown.  PASS: Cooper.  The motion was passed.
 
Item #7.  Quillen Tate requests final approval of the Tate Industrial Addition to Jonesboro.  General location of this property is described as being bounded on the north by Allen Street, on the south by Gordon Street, on the east by the Northwest Addition, and on the west by Culberhouse, containing 12.2 acres.  A motion was made by Mr. McDaniel and seconded by Mr. Ball to APPROVE the request.  A vote was taken and the motion was passed unanimously.
 
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M.