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Minutes for the City Council meeting on April 20, 1970
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The City Council of the City of Jonesboro met in regular session in City Hall, Monday night, April 20, 1970, at 7:30 p.m. There were present: Mayor, City Attorney, City Clerk and the following named Councilmen: Pierce, Park, Dr. Bowers, Young, Darling, Stricklin, Minx, Pardew, Bowers, Williams, Johnson and Knight.
Mr. Minx moved with Mr. Pierce seconding the motion that speed humps be placed in two places on Oakdale between Stallings Lane and East Matthews and warning signs be put up. On calling the roll, Mr. Darling passed and all other members voted aye. Motion carried.
The following ordinance was on its second reading:
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN USES WHICH CANNOT BE WELL ADJUSTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR LOCATIONS WITH FULL PROTECTION OFFERED TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES BY RIGID CONTROL APPLICATION OF THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS. THESE USES ARE GENERALLY OF A PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC CHARACTER AND ARE ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE FOR THE GENERAL CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE USE, THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND POSSIBLE IMPACT NOT ONLY ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, BUT ON A LARGE SECTION OF THE CITY, REQUIRE THE EXERCISE OF PLANNING JUDGMENT ON LOCATION AND SITE PLAN; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE USE; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE USE; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
The Mayor appointed Charles Johnson, Harry Park and Dr. Bowers to a committee to study the above ordinance and recommend back to Council as soon as feasible.
Mr. Knight offered the following ordinance for its first time:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING BOUNDARIES
Bids for a pension plan for non-uniformed employees were opened. Bids are to be turned over to the Insurance Committee of the Council and the Insurance Committee appointed by the Mayor for st...
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