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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGE IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 954 known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jonesboro be amended by the change in zoning district boundaries as follows:
From Commercial (C-3) and Residential (R-1) to Residential (R-3) of property described as follows: A parcel of land lying within the Northwest quarter and within the Southwest Quarter of Section 33, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Craighead County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 33 aforesaid; thence South 00º34'47″ West, along the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 33, a distance of 1316.26 feet to the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 33; thence South 00º34'57″West, along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 33, a distance of 369.10 feet to the point of beginning of the herein described parcel; thence South 00º34'57″ West, continuing along said East line, a distance of 200.99 feet to a point; thence North 89º44'47″ East, a distance of 261.30 feet to the South Bank of Higginbottom Creek; thence with the meanderings with the South Bank as follows: South 72º46'09″ East, a distance of 349.31 feet to a point; thence South 49º12'25″ East, a distance of 198.60 feet to a point, thence South 44º11'39″ East, a distance of 136.60 feet to a point; thence South 37º55'25″ East, a distance of 74.70 feet to a point; thence South 07º48'20″ East, a distance of 36.21 feet to a point; thence North 62º52'52″West a distance of 59.08 feet to a point; thence South 72º14'11″ West a distance of 145.00 feet to a point; thence South 67º56'11″ West, a distance of 32.99 feet to a point; thence South 00º13'11″ West, a distance of 247.95 feet to the North right of way line of Planters Drive; thence South 89º44'43″ West, along said North right of way line, a distance of 60.00 feet to a point; thence North 00º13'11″ East, departing from said North right of way line a distance of 210.30 feet to a point; thence South 68º06'59″ West, a distance of 216.50 feet to a point; thence South 69º15'42″ West, a distance of 87.16 feet to a point; thence South 69º15'50″ West, a distance of 67.46 feet to a point; thence south 68º10'07″ West, a distance of 163.69 feet to a point; thence South 55º25'07″ West, a distance of 28.71 feet to the North right of way line of Planters Drive; thence south 89º44'43″ West, along said North right of way line, a distance of 96.04 feet to a point lying on the East line of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 33; thence North 00º34'57″ East, along said East line, a distance of 568.64 feet to a point; thence South 89º57'12″ West, departing from said East line, a distance of 208.72 feet to a point; thence South 00º34'57″West, a distance of 208.72 feet to a point lying on the North line of Caraway Place, according to the record plat on file in the Public Records of Craighead County, at Jonesboro, Arkansas; thence South 89º57'12″ West, along said North line, a distance of 748.61 feet to a point; thence North 00º25'09″ East departing from said North line a distance of 700.01 feet to a point; thence South 89º57'12″ West, a distance of 300.01 feet to a point lying on the East right of way line of Caraway Road; thence North 00º25'09″ East along said East right of way line, a distance of 60.00 feet to a point; thence North 89º57'12″ East, departing from said East right of way line a distance of 300.01 feet to a point; thence North 00º25'09″ East, a distance of 136.72 feet to a point; thence North 00º21'35″ East a distance of 766.56 feet to a point; thence South 36º29'26″ East, a distance of 441.67 feet to a point; thence South 43º04'19″East, a distance of 82.95 feet to a point; thence South 27º52'44″ East, a distance of 542.58 feet to a point; thence south 33º49'41″ East, a distance of 105.08 feet to a point; thence South 67º22'27″ East, a distance of 346.68 feet to the point of beginning, containing in all 1,362,802 sq. ft. or 31.286 acres, more or less, subject to easements, restrictions, reservations and rights of way of record.
SECTION 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that proper use of the tract of land described in this Ordinance is being delayed because of improper zoning and that, therefore, an emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, it shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of December, 1999.