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AN ORDINANCE TO AIdEND ORDINANCE N0. 165 PASSED AND APNROVED ON THE 21ST
DAY OF APRIL, 199.
WHEREAS, Section 2 of said Ordinance defines and classifies
the territory comprising the City of Vilest Memphis into certain districts
and/or zones as therein set forth and shown by the ~~'Loning District Map~~
which is attached to said Ordinance and made a part thereof, and
WHEREAS, Section 13 of said Ordinance, as amended, provides
for a Board of Adjustment and the manner in which said Board may vary
the districts, zones or boundaries thereof as classified in Section 2
of said Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedure set forth in said Section 13
of said Ordinance, as amended, the Board of Adjustment met in regular
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session on the 18th day of December, 1950, pursuant to proper notice
and heard the application of Oak Terrace Apartments, Inc., for variation
in the classification and/or zoning of a portion of block One Hundred
Sixty-Six (lb6) of Kendal Addition to the City of West Memphis and heard
testimony of witnesses for the proponent of said application, and
also objectors to said application, and after deliberation, was unable to
arrive at a decision in the matter, and since it was determined that a
four-fifths (!~/5) majority could not be obtained, the application was
denied, and
WHEREAS, the proponent of the application advised the Board
of Adjustment and all opoonents of the application that an appeal would
be made to the City Council as provided by said Ordinance and amendments
thereto, and that said appeal would be heard before the City Council at
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7:30 P. M. on December 19, 1950, and
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WHEREAS, the matter was heard anew before the City Council
and after hearing testimony of all interested parties in behalf of
the application and the opponents-of said application, the Council
found that:
(A) The granting of the variation will not impair an ade-
quate supply of light or air to adjacent property; that it will not cause
congestion of the public streets or highway; that it will not increase
the public danger of fire or impair established grope rty values within
the surrounding area or in arty respect impair the health, safety,
comfort, morals and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of YJest
Memphis.
(~) That it is necessary to alleviate a shortage of housing
conditions in the City of tirest :Memphis.
(C) That it would be to the best interest of the Citizens
of West Memphis that said variation be granted.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THr~ CITY COU~dCIL OF THE CITY OF u`uEST MEMPHIS:
SECTION 1. AREA RECLASSIFIED - That the following described
lands, block and/or lots, to-wit:
Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (1t), Five (5)
Six (6), Seven (7), Eighteen (13), Nineteen (19)
Twenty (20), Twenty-One (21), Twenty-Two (22), Twenty-
Three (23) and Twenty-Four (21~), Block One Hundred
Sixty-Six in Kendal's Subdivision, an Addition to
the City of West Memphis, being a part of the Northwest
Quarter (Nbti4) of Section 17, in Township 6 North,
Range 9 East, in Crittenden County, Arkansas,
be and the same are reclassified and/or rezoned from Class "A" - Single
Family Residence District to Class "C" - Multiple Family Residence
District.
SECTION 2, REPEALING CLAUSE - Ordinances in conflict herewith
are amended as herein provided.
SECTION 3. E@QERGENCY CLAUSE - This Ordinance being necessary
for the i~rediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of
the citizens of Test Memphis, an emergency is declared to exist, and
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 19t~a day of December, 195Q.
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