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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.954, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: Statement of Legislative Purpose and Intent.
The intent of Article 7 of the Zoning Ordinance is to permit a combination Subdivision and Residential Planned Unit Development review for parcels of land into one process in order that all aspects of a proposed development can be reviewed and acted upon simultaneously. It is also the intent of this article to provide a combination of fixed standards and guidelines pertaining to zoning and subdivision regulations for the administrative review of specific development plans. In this way, applicants may be granted relief from specific regulations and may be awarded certain premiums in return for assurances of overall planning and design quality. By permitting and encouraging the use of such procedures, the MAPC will be able to make more informed land use decisions and thereby guide development more effectively in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the municipality. Specifically, the purposes of Article 7 are to encourage:
(a) Development which is more desirable than that which would occur through strict applications of the zoning and subdivision ordinances.
(b) More efficient and economic arrangements of varied land use, buildings circulation systems and facilities.
(c) Better utilization of sites characterized by special features of geographic location, topography, size or shape.
(d) Preparation of more complete and useful information which will enable the MAPC to make more informed decisions on land use.
(e) Residential developments within existing residential and commercial zoned areas utilizing fixed regulations and general guidelines to allow an orderly development of recognized legitimate forms of housing previously restricted or denied by sub-division and zoning regulations.
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