File #: ORD-96:429    Version: 1 Name: Rezoning by Environmental Transportation
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/18/1996 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 11/18/1996
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGE IN ZONING BOUNDARIES
Indexes: Rezoning
Attachments: 1. Petition
Related files: MIN-96:1465, MIN-96:023
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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 as recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission by the change in zoning district boundaries as follows:

From Residential One to Industrial One (R-1 to I-1) for the property described as follows:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4, NW1/4) of Section 35, Township 14 North, Range 4 East of the 5th Principal Meridian in Craighead County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows;

From the northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 35, thence S01_24’W 600.39 feet along the east line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 35 to a point on the southerly right of way of US Highway 63 Bypass, the Point of Beginning;

Continue thence S01_24’W 372.15 feet along the east line of the northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 35 to a point, thence N88_36’W 220.00 feet to a point, thence N01_24’E 430.89 feet to a point on the southerly right of way of US Highway 63 Bypass, thence S62_32’E 55.27 feet along said right of way to a point, thence S77_10’E 173.80 feet along said right of way to a point of the east line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 35, the Point of Beginning, containing some 2.000 acres, more or less.

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.

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