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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 954, known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is amended as recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission by the changes in zoning classification as follows: From Residential (R-1) to Commercial (C-3) the following described property:
A part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and a part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter all in Section 20, Township 14 North, Range 4 East of the 5th Principal Meridian in Craighead County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows: From the Southwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 20, the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 16 minutes West 311 feet to a point; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds East 1322.1 feet to a point; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes East 501.3 feet to a point; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes East 1318.2 feet to a point; thence South 89 degrees 16 minutes West 198.6 feet to the point of beginning containing some 15.3 acres, more or less, subject to a 60 feet buffer zone, abutting the residential property along and parallel to a portion of the West property line of subject property. The buffer zone will remain residential (R-1).
Section 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that the proper use of the tract of land described in this Ordinance is being delayed because of improper zoning, and that therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, it shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of March, 1980.