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ORDINANCE NO.-.~
AN ORDINANCE TO ZONE CERTAIN UNZONED PROPERTY .AND TO REPEAL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH,
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed with the City Planning
r' } Commission of the City of West Memphis by William L. Johnson Co., Inc.,
as the owner of the hereinafter described property and was heard by that Com-
mission i.n a regular meeting on the ~r day of 1957,
as provided by statute and the ordinances of the City West Memphis; and
WHEREAS, notice was duly published on the 23rd day of ~.pril, 1957
that a hearing would be held by the City Council of the City of West Memphis at
3 o'clock P. M. on Mayl6, 1957, for the purpose of taking action upon such
petition and calling upon all interested parties to appear at such hearing to-make
known their objections, if any, in connection with the petition for zoning of
lands hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, at said meeting and by the petition previously filed with
the Council, it was requested that the following lands, to-wit:
All, of the unzoned acreage in the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4)
Section Seventeen (17) Township Six (6) North, Range Nine (9)
East, all being within the City limits of West Memphis, being
all that part of said Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) which lies
North of George T, Kendal's Third and Fourth Additions to
the City of West Memphis, East of the Drainage Ditch along
the North-South center line of said Section Seventeen (17),
South of Polk Avenue as extended to Walker Street and West
of Walker Street,
be zoned as an "F" Light Industrial District; and
WHEREAS, no persons appeared to offer a protest against the zoning
of said lands as requested, the Council findsth at the petition should be granted
and said lands should be zoned as requested, now therefore,
} BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION I. "F". LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT: That the following
lands, to-wit:
All of the unzoned acreage in the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4)
Section Seventeen (1?) Township Six (6) North, Range Nine (9)
East, all being within the City limits of West Memphis, being
all that part of said Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) which lies
North of George T. Kendal's Third and Fourth Additions to
the City of West Memphis, East of the Drainage Ditch along
~ the North-South center line of said Section Seventeen (17),
~ South of Polk Avenue as extended to Walker Street and West
of Walker Street,
be, and the same are hereby zoned as "F", Light Industrial District.
SECTION II. ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH REPEALED:
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: It is found by the Council
that none of the above-described lands, has been made the subject of a zoning
ordinance since such lands have become a part of the City of West Memphis,
and , in order to maintain an orderly systemof zoning of districts within the
City of West Memphis in keeping with a proper city plan, it is necessary that
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zoning of the above-described property be immediately accomplished and,
therefore, an emergency is found to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication as re-
quired by law.
SECTION N. COPY OF ORDINANCE FILED FOR RECORD:
A copy of this ordinance, when duly certified by the City Clerk, shall be
subject to being filed and recorded in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk
and Ex- Officio Recorder within and for Crittenden County, Arkansas.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of West
Memphis, Arkansas on this 16th day of May, 1957.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK