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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Minutes
September 17, 1959
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The City Planning Commission of Jonesboro, Arkansas, met in regular session on September 17, 1959, at 7:30 P.M. in the Engineering Office of City Water and Light Plant.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Commissioners Carson Boothe, Dean Ellis, Mrs. Clifford Hill, Lloyd Rebsamen and Neal Thayer.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Planning Commissioners Charles Frierson, Al Hendrix, Minor Markle and Elmer Stuck.
The chairman and vice chairman being absent, the meeting was called to order by the secretary.
Upon motion of Carson Boothe, seconded by Lloyd Rebsamen, and carried, reading of minutes of the previous meting and a public hearing was dispensed with.
Herbert Parker presented a plat of Country Club Heights Addition-Extended, being an addition to a subdivision and presently being outside the corporate limits of the City of Jonesboro. Mr. Parker stated that all procedures were completed and that the annexation would be presented to the City Council at its next meeting for their approval.
After discussion, moved by Lloyd Rebsamen, seconded by Carson Boothe, and carried, that, subject to annexation and submission of the proper number of prints, profiles, and bill of assurance, the subdivision as presented be given final approval.
Fred W. Caldwell requested consideration for the rezoning of a strip of land 35 feet wide from north to south and approximately 500 feet long from east to west lying between Whitman’s Creek and the airport road and about 300 feet north of Highway 63 from I-2 to I-1. This change is requested so that a trucking firm could establish a business on a piece of land partly within and partly without the city limits at this location.
A request was made by Knox Webb for consideration and rezoning an area bounded by Matthews, Madison, Oak, and Union from R-2 to C-2.
A request was noted from Arthur Jones to rezone a lot on the east side of Church Street approximately 140 feet south...
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