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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Special Session Minutes
August 26, 1957
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The City Planning Commissions of Jonesboro, Arkansas, met in special session on Monday, August 26, 1957, in the Engineering Office of City Water and Light Plant.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Commissioners Dean Ellis, C.D. Frierson, Al Hendrix, Mrs. J. Clifford Hill, Lloyd Rebsamen, and Elmer Stuck.
OTHERS PRESENT: Mayor H. H. Sanderson and Aldermen Stricklin, Hall, Copeland, Field, Snow, Hamilton, Keister, Johnson, and Fritz. Also present were Ray Worthington and Secretary Fogle of the Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce, John Troutt, Jr. of the Jonesboro Sun and Marion R. Ulmer of City Water and Light Plant.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Planning Commissioners Jesse Banks, Minor Markle, and Neal B. Thayer.
Charles Frierson reviewed the state law pertaining to zoning, discussed in detail the proposed Jonesboro Zoning Ordinance, covering land use plan and zoning plan.
It was agreed that the following articles of the proposed zoning ordinance should be opened for further discussion at the next meeting of the City Planning Commission: (These section refer to a mimeographed copy of the proposed ordinance furnished by the University of Arkansas)
Article I Section 6-c-1, 2, 3, 4 and 7
Article IV Section 2-a and c
Article V Section 1 and Section 4.
Article VI Section 2 (Building permit not transferable)
Majority opinion of those present seemed to be that the boundary lines of C-2 Commercial District, as shown on the map, should be Flint Street from Burke south to Jefferson, east on Jefferson to Union, south on Union to Oak, east on Oak to Church, north on Church to Buffalo, east on Buffalo to Cobb, north on Cobb to Matthews, east on Matthews to Carson, north on Carson to Creath, east on Creath to Vandyne, north on Vandyne to Cate, east on Cate to Bridge, then north on Bridge to I-1 Area.
It was noted that an alley at the read of 1503 Wood Street had been closed without approval of the pla...
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