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Minutes for the MAPC meeting on March 12, 1996.
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MINUTES
METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COMMISSION
MARCH 12, 1996
MEMBERS PRESENT: Coleman, Little, Damron, McCracken, Finley, Beadles, Pitts, Shaw and Phillips
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
Minutes of the February 13, 1996 meeting were approved as presented.
#1 RZ96-5 The Craighead County Fair Association, Inc. requests approval of rezoning from R-1 to C-3 for 73.07 acres located on the south side of Johnson Avenue, east of Murray Creek Drive and west of Pomona Drive.
Mr. Waddell, attorney for the Fair Association, quoted parts of the zoning ordinances regarding land use, stating that this site is the best site for the fairgrounds and the citizens of Jonesboro. Mr. Waddell presented the history of the activities on the fairgrounds for the past few years. This property met all criteria set by the board as a new location of the fair. All of the properties submitted as possible fair sites by UNFAIR and others all proved unsuitable based on the stated criteria and/or were not for sale. Mr. Waddell stated that many of the properties were in the flood zone, most did not have access to city utilities. It was pointed that the Fairview and Bellaire Subdivisions had built around the fairgrounds. Some of those residents have stated they did not want the fair to move, that the fair had been a good neighbor. Mr. Waddell stated that many other fairgrounds around the state were in residential areas, some are located on site with public schools. When asked if there was a sale pending on the existing site, Mr. Waddell responded that there were no offers on the site and that an appraisal had been done on the site for $4,000,000. Mr. Waddell pointed out that adjacent parcels of land had been rezoned to C-3 in the last few years.
Ernie Peters, of Peters & Associates in Little Rock, gave traffic comparisons for the fairground property and the surrounding residential areas. Numbers were provided related to vehicle...
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