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ORDINANCE NO. 714
AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE A TRACT OF LAND LYING
IN THE NE4 OF SECTION 7, T-6-N, R-9-E, CRITTENDEN
COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FROM RS-7, SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENCES, TO RM-2, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENCES
WHEREAS, Guaranty Loan & Real Estate Co. has petitioned the Planning
Commission of the City of West Memphis to rezone certain property, hereinafter
described, from R.5-7, Single Family Residences, to RM-2, Multiple Family
Residences; and
WHEREAS, notice was duly published on February 8, 1972, as provided
by law, of a hearing to be held before the West Memphis City Planning Commission
at 3:30 P. M. on February 23, 1972, for the purpose of hearing any interested
parties in connection with the rezoning and redesignating of said lands; and
a WHEREAS, at said. meeting on February 23, 1972, said petition was
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considered by the Planning Commission and no persons appeared to protest the
same, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that said petition
be granted: NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS
SECTION I. That the following described property, to wit:
A tract of land lying in the NE4 of Section 7, T-6-N, R-9-E, Crittenden
County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows: Commencing
at the Southwest corner of Block 8, Holiday Gardens Extension, as
recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 295, Office of the Circuit Court Clerk
and Ex-Officio Recorder of Crittenden County, Arkansas; thence
northeasterly along the east line of McAuley Drive West a distance
of 150 feet to the point of beginning; thence continue northeasterly
along the east line of McAuley Drive West 405 feet more or less;
thence southeasterly along a curve to the right with a radius of
1245 feet a distance of 690 feet more or less to a point on the west
right of way line of Goodwin Avenue; thence southwesterly along the
west line of Goodwin Avenue 405 feet more or less to a point 190 feet
from the centerline of Barton Avenue; thence northwesterly on a curve
to the left with a radius of 840 feet a distance of 460 feet more or less
to the point of beginning. Containing 5. 1 acres more or less.
be and the same is hereby rezoned and. redesignated as RM-2, Multiple Family
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Residences.
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SECTION II. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: It is hereby ascertained and declared to
be a fact that the property above described is in the process of development; that
the passage of this Ordinance is in the interest of the public peace, health, safety
and. welfare of the citizens of West Memphis; therefore, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
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PASSED this 2nd day of March, 1972.
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Tilden Rodgers, ayor
ATTEST:
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Charles F. De Graff, City rk