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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Special Session Minutes
February 6, 1958
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The City Planning Commission of Jonesboro, Arkansas, jointly with the Mayor, City Attorney and City Council of Jonesboro, Arkansas, met in special session on February 6, 1958, at 7:30 P.M. in the Engineering Office of City Water and Light Plant.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Commissioners Charles Frierson, Mrs. J. Clifford Hill, Lloyd Rebsamen, Elmer A. Stuck, Neal B. Thayer and Caleb Watson.
OTHERS PRESENT: Mayor Ben Miller, City Attorney Geral Pearson, City Councilmen Hoyt Copeland, Bill Ebbert, Henry Field, Bill Johnson, Willie T. Johnson, L.B. Hamilton, Baird Keister, and Virgel Snow, and John Troutt Jr. (Jonesboro Evening Sun).
MEMBERS ABSENT: Planning Commissioners Dean Ellis, Minor Markle, and A.L. Hendrix. Also City Councilmen J.B. Brickell and Raymond Heern.
The minutes of a special meeting held January 24th, 1958, were read and approved.
Chairman Elmer A. Stuck expressed appreciation on part of Planning Commission to the Mayor and City Council of Jonesboro for their cooperation in city planning work and their presence at this meeting. The chairman reviewed the zoning procedure and stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss in detail the proposed Zoning Ordinance, with a hope that mutual agreement could be reached on the provisions of the ordinance. This being accomplished, a public hearing would be scheduled according to law.
A lengthy discussion on the ordinance followed.
The following general provisions were left open for further discussion:
A. Whether some provision for building set back- other than right of way preservation- should be considered in the C-2 and C-3 districts.
B. The amount of fees to be charged for zoning appeal and building permits.
C. Percent of destruction of a building in a nonconforming use when permitted to be repaired or re-erected.
It was the consensus of the entire group that a public hearing should be schedule...
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