title
Minutes for the Special Called City Council meeting on September 11, 1978
body
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
The City Council met in special session, Monday, September 11, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing an appeal filed by Jonesboro Properties, LTD and McCarty Motor Company against decision rendered by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission. Present, were Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney and all aldermen.
The request was for rezoning the following from R-1 to C-3:
The north 600 feet of the West 300 feet containing 4.13 acres of the following tract: The east 17 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the West 6 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter all being in Section 20, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Craighead County, Arkansas, less and except the West 250 feet.
Mr. Joe Boone and Charles Mooney representing the appellants pointed out to council that the surrounding property in this area is zoned commercial, Nettleton Avenue is a heavily traveled street and is not suitable for residential Areas, and the Land Use Plan as adopted by the City Council provides that this property be used for commercial development.
Mr. Mooney advised council that the intended use for the tract of land would be a first-class showroom for McCarty Motor Company and that if the property is developed, the owners would not object to a stipulation requesting a privacy fence be erected.
Property owners in this area spoke to council and offered the following objections:
1. The property is surrounded by R-1 except for a small tract;
2. The property is within walking distance to three schools, two banks, shopping centers, and
Indian Mall;
3. Development Plan for land use is only a guide line, and the final decision should be that of
the City Council
After all those desiring to be heard had spoken, Mr. Park moved that the council concur with the decision handed down by the Planning Commission by refusing to re...
Click here for full text