Legislation Details

File #: ORD-51:008    Version: 1 Name: Policy concerning business licenses
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/16/1951 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 4/16/1951
Title: AN BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 769 OF CARROLL’S DIGEST TO PROVIDE THAT NO BUSINESS SHALL BE OPENED OR BUSINESS BUILDING ERECTED IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, WITHOUT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO IN CERTAIN AREAS” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: ORD-55:2047, ORD-48:009
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AN BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 769 OF CARROLL’S DIGEST TO PROVIDE THAT NO BUSINESS SHALL BE OPENED OR BUSINESS BUILDING ERECTED IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, WITHOUT A PERMIT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO IN CERTAIN AREAS” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:

SECTION 1. Section 769 of Carroll’s Digest of the Ordinance of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 769. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to hereafter build, construct, or erect any gasoline and oil filling station where gasoline and oil will be sold; to building, construct or erect any automobile repair garage or any store building or to erect or build for business purposes any other building or to open or establish any business of any kind in any residence, building, shed or other building within the residence district, which is hereby declared to be all of the territory within the city limits of Jonesboro, Arkansas, until after having filed application in the same manner as above and hereinafter set out for erection of business buildings except within the fire limits, which are hereby described as follows, to-wit:

“Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Matthews Avenue and Union Street and running thence north along the centerline of Union Street to the intersection of Union Street and Jefferson Avenue, thence west along the centerline of Jefferson Avenue to the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Madison Street, thence north along the centerline of Madison Street to the intersection of Madison Street and Burke Avenue; thence east along the centerline of Burke Avenue to the intersection of Burke Avenue and Union Street, thence north along the centerline of Union Street to the south rail of the main line of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, thence east along the south rail of the main line of s...

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