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ORDINANCE NO. `1 `1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXISTING ZONING
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Marion Thomas, claiming to be one of the owners
of the property hereinafter described, filed an application for
an amendment to existing zoning ordinance with the Planning
Commission of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, asking that
said property be rezoned from RS-7 to RM-2; and
WHEREAS, Bob Eden, Chairman of the Planning Commission for
the City of West Memphis, in accordance with law, caused a notice
to be published in the Evening Times notifying all persons of the
hearing to be held on December 10, 1964, on the aforesaid application;
and
WHEREAS, on the 10 day of December, 1964, at 5:00 P.M. in the
court room of the Municipal Court of West Memphis, Arkansas, the
said application for amendment to existing zoning ordinance was
presented by Marion Thomas to the Planning Commission of the City
of West Memphis, Arkansas, and after the same was thoroughly con-
sidered, the said Planning Commission voted unanimously to rezone
said property from that of RS-7 to RM-2; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, has certified its recommendation to the City Council of
West Memphis, Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of West Memphis, Arkansas, deems
it in the best interest of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, to
accept the said recommendation of said Planning Commission;
NOW, THEREFOREI BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas:
Section l: The existing zoning ordinance of the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas, be and the same hereby is amended so that
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the property hereinafter described shall be situated in Zone
RM-2 as opposed to the existing zone of RS-7; said property
being described as follows:
Lots Seven (7) , Eight (8) , Nine (9) , Ten
(10) and Eleven (11), Block Eighteen (18),
Wheeler Subdivision to the City of West
Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, according
to a Plat of Record, recorded in Plat Book 2
at page 113 in the office of the Circuit Court
Clerk and Ex Officio Recorder of Crittenden
County, Arkansas.
Section 2: That it is ascertained and declared that there
is an immediate and urgent need for the said amendment to the
existing zoning ordinance in order that the said property may
be improved without delay. It is, therefore, declared that an
emergency exists and this ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
shall take effec and be in force from and after its passage.
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Mayor
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City D1erk
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