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ORDINANCE N0. f ~
'AN ORDINANCE TO .REPEAL ORDINANCE N0. 176 PASSED AND APP~VED ON JANUARY 3,
'''x],,950, AND TO AL4END SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE N0. 165 PASSED AND APPROVED
ON THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 1949.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YVEST MEMPHIS:
Section 1 -ORDINANCE N0. 176 passed and approved on January 3, 1950,
is hereby repealed.
Section 2 -That Section 13 of Ordinance No. 165 passed and approved on
the 21st day of April, 1949, be and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 3--.BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ESTABLISHED - A Board of Adjustment is
hereby established to consist of seven (7) members, to be appointed by
the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. All members of said Board
shall serve without pay. Tyro members of the first Board shall be
appointed for one year; two (2) for two (2) years; two (2) for four (4)
years, one (1) for five (5) years and. thereafter all members shall be
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..appointed for terms of (J~) years each. Dacancies shall be filled
for the unexpired term of any member, whose term becomes vacant, in the
same manner as original appoint-
manta. Upon appointment sad aa- ,
.mostly thereafter the, ,Boa'rd ahail
meet e.nd -organize ~iTd shall .elect,;
its o~vn. chait'tb:ar~ acid vice-chair.
man, each bf wlioni shall serve ftSr
one (1) year, or until. hie aucces
d~el3' quatlfiea. "The Mayor ~l1
appoint a secretary, who shall -hold
office during the will sand pleasure
of the Mayor, and shall .receive
such compensation from the iCity
of West. Memphis as may be fixed
from time ~ to time by the „City
Council of the City of West Mem-
phi~.
Meeti~ga: Meetings of the Board
#hali be held a''t such .times and at
such place or pIaeee Within the
Glty of Weet 14temphis ae the
Board may designate, but said
Board shall meet at least once a
~~ month and may meet at any time
on call of the charrrsan. The char-
man of the Boas` or in h!a ab-
ser-ce, the acting cha;irmans shall
ad~a#t~teter oath to all .persona of-
f~ring testimotty. He may also
impel the attendance of wit-
`messes. All meetings of the Board
shall be open to the public. The
Board shall keep minutes 'ol its
praeaedinga; el:~iug ~ ~te.nef
eaciX=1~i417tber. ~,. queeslbn, - '
m' #~~:or,.iaping~ •.~'•iwt~~tcli-
a°i'act, and shall ,keep
-other official actin ~; Y o~y~eh ''
shall be immediately filed >n the.
oti!!oe""ot the Board and ehau be '
,,,~gublic record.
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The presence of five (5) members shall be necessa~ to constitute
a quorum and the concurring vote of a majority of all members of 'the
Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision
-~ or determination of any administrative office or to decide in favor of
° the a licant on an matter u on which it is re uired to
PP Y P q pass under the
Zoning Regulations or to effect any variation in such regulations.
~~ e ~ a~lldfhg inspect or re- -.:
- -prss~istative ~ shall attend each
s~gAia#.iag of the Board and shall
'brtb$ ,~itx BIi, plena, apecifi-
£.oatioisa, ~}1tfa and ,papers relating.
' { to any case before the Board for
determination.
Whena~+er an appeal`or applica-
tion -for variati(sn is made to the
t
notice of the -time and place of a
public hee~ing upon such appeal,
which notiete a?iali be publiahi'~E'-~
least once, not lees than (10) days
precQdia~ the date of such hearing, .
in an official paper or a paper pf ~
..:.:.general=circulation. in the lnunici-
ity, such- notice to contain
e. cular location for which Lhe
variation is requested; '11 as
w]~yt the .pro
co~eBl~e -•cir
;~ ~ such additionaT~
once of such hearing to interested
persona and organizations ea it
8ha11 deem feasible and practieabl®. I
The sppellant or applicant shall 1
be req fired to pad •a filing fee of
eve (B1 dallara to cover .the coat
of gublis}iing and mailing notices ,
of .~ heari~ig end such other cost6
,~a~, b~. incntxed in connection
s~-.appeal or application.
$he~stary of -the board shall
Qepoeit with the.t;ity Treasurer, on .
~ t~!4r ~ 3~Ieaila.y of each; month,
i<e~ee` ebHected during-~:$ie pre-
c~ediag :morsttt. Pitblikli}~s may
be ._ - b~~e -to tip;
place of the
r r~ publicly an-
"i:he adjournment iIm ,
''ice ®! such a8= ~
tamed be published::
a period
to ~ .ifc ~fiordance with '
,trio @rdar~'tlss.~~'d permitt-
t~,w ~'~e of-~ `Mriildlxq or premises
~f~ be vaI#d for _a period longer
ths~ t60) Qi-3rg; unless such
~+saei #s . ~abiisliet! `' ~!lvithin each
period. M+dOd, -.::However, that.
whets use permitted ds de-
psaderit upon;' the st~ection or al-
tr~Lictr of a budd~g, sitCH order
"(~a11 conti:trte in >,fa~aee ~ effect ,
if;a buiidi~ parnslt for` such e
tion or alteration iN oiltained th- '
in such period and . witch srectioa
~;• a,~eration is _atM~tetl •' and ~ pro-
to oofYt}ttdtii~ ixr accordance
' ~ tlye test ~t,lu8ir pieisnit.
Tom. ~u quo=
before the kentli `!day of January,
make a report for the liscal year
preced~g to the Mayor, and city
Council, eianmari~g' c~iseis _con-
sidered sad actions taken..
The Actas~'!'.,of Ad9uetmenta shall '
1lear and deride e.ppesU-frr~m and
revie~r any order, regttire~tteitt, de-
+s~pioa 'or determination me-de by
the Buildiag Inppector in the en-
forcement of ttihe goniag R,egula-
bona. The `Hoard shall have full,,.
power to .adopt. ;k-..rules for 'the
transaction of its business, tliY ~;
regy~lation of procedure before it;'`
and the earrytng' o~it oi, the powers
granted to it by the provisions
herein set.-#orth and not incon-
-.eivi~aut tkese'rrlth .~ - .~ ._.,, -_._
'-P ~ rt , :owner can
dhow that a a c aPl~
'the terms-of this Ordinance relsb- ;
ing to the use, eonstructian ar ;
alteration of buildings or strut- '
~tures or the use of laird. will im-
pose ,Upon him practical difficul-
ties or particular hardship, or it
would be to the blot interest o!
"ttie City of Weat Memphis rand this >,
inhabitants thereof to eh~ang'e tY is
.Ordinance relating to the tzae of
land, then the Board may Consider
$,ud allow such. variations to the
~stt•#ct a~plicatiori of the terms n!
this;;finance ~,a are in harmony
with its general purpose and intent
when the Board fie satisfied, under(
the evidence heard befoi~.#t; that
a granting of such vst~atit3il YVili
serve as a convenience
~~ bo~?i.Y
.~ ~eCant, br1~~
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i ; co t~onia ~' o__-'
dinary or ' exceptiacR~~~ ltatioa ~4.
condition' oP a e piece i~;'r
Property, the etr}c~ ap~li~atlon , of
any provision o~ ~# ~brdiaeaacs~.
would result in pectzl~ar and exe~•,
tional practical -~ffiault#ea s~f
particular hardahi<p` upail the owns
er of such property and atauotihL ;.
to a practical- confisce.t~ ,.;•
P~pertY as disti~ed, ~, ~,
me~iaconvenientsq~$o ±RtC~tr,
provided such relief can f'~ ` i
ed without subatantiai
to the public good grit Q#t
subatantiaAy impairing °the
Brat purpose and latent c~ ~~
c~anpreltensive plea a*;. ,; n,~
by the regula #i$ .P ,.
(-'~-~
Fahown on .the >~ ` `:~1 ~ ,.
eral diatrlcta which ~ l~ ~' ':
tacked to and irx~r #'
coning regiylati.._` ,~ .~
~ To, exere~..al~ tither -p~r~
delegated to it ~ 8ect3on
pope'a Digest of the 3tatuten ->tif'
Arkansas. ~•
Ta other casiB9i :~1te ~~
have. pawgr..ta maita_,ve~0ati~z;
from the romp?'ehe~'~e ~?l. ~- .
~;;to~io4ving '~o~~ ~.
kxr ..~ 4aA appiltatica~; !q 'risadlt ~ ;
file Board for a:''t
ProPe~Y
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!"`ctataoea:
the e}cten~ion of a .
1. To... .
,fit vixir~ece the boundary 'line
o! a district divides' a ~t ~ sinSle
ownership as' shown on record on
Januar3" 1, 1947.
2. To'.permit the erection and
use of a building or the 'use of
premises in any location fora pub-
. lic~` ~rvice corporation for public
utility purposes which ..the
determines - reaeofla111Y ~,. wel~,•
for the public canveaies-ce,
fare. f
$, To aut)roriss~ a vaxian~,
where, by reason of exceptional
narrowtsesd, shaUovv~-aea or ahapg,
of a specific piece o! 194 ~Y by
record on January
reasonttnof exceptional topograPh-
ing the biti~l'r`~,~ .
for varistioir i~ made
a full and~tsom ti.
are no valid ol`~ ~R
bons to tll+a varJatio7a, .
hoard i;e of. the opiniott '~'
beat interest of the Cit~'
Memphis and its inhabitants wow
be served by granting a vsrlatioli4;
then and in that event,- ttte' Boa~'d
may -grant the ° variation from the
comprehensive .plan provvided ltow-
ever, any person, including the.
raon raking the application;.
shall have tea ('19.1 ds~jr in-vrh#ch
to appeal. to the ~It~p~;~ouncii ,
the.. aetio~ x~f :the ' board. '~
appe9ti ', ~'"~c °~F Caa+ndl
matter shelf 1xa' aaiaard' ~'f,' ~`
.Pasty shall ~s~ the ~ • td aP-
pear before the City''-~
person aa8 also to be rbpreafusCed
blr counsel of his or her chAg.
ti
The e'~3 e a _ , ~N1`su-
of any permit . ' iiiittc'e
appeal iH given. ~'tftiCe of appeal
may be given to t~ -board either
vt~rbally or in writing..
In cousiderittg all appeals ant! "i
all ptroposedvariations to these
requiramen~a, the Board shall, be- i
lore naeWcing any. #inding, in a spe ,'
cific case, first determine that ti}f~,
proposed variation will not impeAF~d
an adequate supply of light an+j
air to adjacent property, or rea-='
eonably increase the congestion
in public atrtsets, oz: increaee the
.public danger o! lire, br reaao
ably.., dfi7ninieli...t7~~.# , epta
lashed property values wlthis the
aurroundtag area, br in any pother
respect impair. the health, safety, _
cpmiort, morals and welfare of the
inhabitants of the Citj- of West
Alenx~his.
l#iti-Qry .variation granted or de-
nied by the Board shall be accoln-
panied by 'a, written finding of
tact, . ,based tm sworn testimony
and ' ce, spedfying 'the re~-
son ~# ar dbayln8 such
v~ctitn-. . _:
Passed and approved this ~ ~ day of ~~~ ~~~.~<~~~~~~~
1951.
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Mayor
Attest
Clerk