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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Public Hearing Minutes
August 2, 1958
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The City Planning Commission of Jonesboro, Arkansas met to conduct a Public Hearing on certain requests made for changes in the zoning classification of certain areas of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, a minimum yard requirements and location of accessory buildings, as presently set forth in Zoning Ordinance #954. This hearing follows action taken by the Planning Commission at a regular meeting on July 17, 1958, and official notice of this hearing, as published in the Jonesboro Sun on July 18, 1958.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Planning Commissioners C.D. Frierson, Mrs. Clifford Hill, Minor Markle, E.A. Stuck, Neal Thayer and Caleb Watson.
OTHERS PRESENT: Many citizens.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Planning Commissioners Dean Ellis, Al Hendrix, and Lloyd Rebsamen.
The hearing was called to order by Chairman Markle, who requested the secretary to state the purpose of the hearing.
Requests for revisions of the Zoning Map and certain provision of the Zoning Ordinance were heard, as follows:
Item #1. A request by Mr. Tom Burress that that Zoning Map be changed to place all the area north of Cate Street and east of Bridge Street, now classified as R-2 in I-1. There were no objectors.
Item #2. A.B. Medlin requested that an area bounded by the Cotton Belt Railroad on the north, on the west by Gee Street, on the south by Burke Street and on the east by Culberhouse Street, be changed on the Zoning Map from I-2 to I-1. There were no objectors.
Item #3. Carl Barkley, Don Gilbert, Bewey Grigsby, and Guy Pardew Jr., all discussed problems arising from the minimum yard requirements and required set back lines as presently set forth in the ordinance. It was the consensus of all these people that the Zoning Ordinance should be changed to conform to minimum requirements as set forth by the Federal Housing Administration. There were no objectors.
Item #4. Harry McDonald urged more strict en...
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