1361ORDINANCE NO . ~ ~ ~% I
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT USE OF LOTS 17
and 18, M. L. THOMPSON SUBDIVISION SECOND ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS ( 218 - 220 EAST
THOMPSON ); AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City Planning
Commission to allow a Special Permitted Use of a Bus Station
r ,
~ ~ f acility in a Commercial District, as required by Ordinance
1258 as amended.
WHEREAS, after Notice had been published for the time and
in the manner as provided by Ordinance No. 1258 as amended, the
matter was heard by the City Planning Commission and the Planning
Commission recommended that a Special Permit Use be granted to
said property to perirrit the Bus Station in the C-1 General Business
District subject to the detailed site plan and special conditions
as follows:
1. The hours of operation of the bus station under the
Special Permit be from 6:30 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.;
2. That a total of ten (10) parking spaces of which one
(1) would be designated as a handicapped space be
provided on the site;
3. That while automobiles may gain ingress and egress from
either Bond Street or Thompson Street, that all bus
traffic would have a one-way circulation pattern,
entering on Bond and exiting on Thompson. The prescribed
radii of the curb at the street are so designed to
accommodate this type of movement by the bus vehicles;
4. That the screened trash pickup be on the south side of
the building;
5. That a minimum of twelve (12) feet from the north
property line be retained and developed as a landscaped
area including grass, shrubbery, trees and/or flowers
that would be approved in a site plan submitted to the
Design Review Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION I: That the following described property, to-wit:
Lots 17 and 18, Thomp
City of West Memphis,
(being located at 218
~ be, and the same hereby is
~ the usage of a Bus Station
son Subdivision Second Addition to the
Crittenden County, Arkansas,
- 220 E. Thompson)
granted a Special Permit Use permitting
Facility with the detailed site plan
and special conditions as follows:
1. The hours of operation of the bus station under the
Special Permit be from 6:30 A.M, to 8:00 P.M.;
2. That a total of ten (10) parking spaces of which one (1)
would be designated as a handicapped space be provided
on the site;
3. That while automobiles may gain ingress and egress from
either Bond Street or Thompson Street, that all bus
traffic would have a one-way circulation pattern,
entering on Bond and exiting on Thompson. The prescribed
radii of the curb at the street are so designed to
accommodate this type of movement by the bus vehicles;
4. That the screened trash pickup be on the south side of
the building;
5. That a minimum of twelve (12) feet from the north
property line be retained and developed as a landscaped
area including grass, shrubbery, trees and/or flowers
that would be approved in a site plan submitted to the
Design Review Commission.
SECTION II: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III: That it has been found and determined by the
City Council of the City of West Memphis, that this property is
in the process of being the facility of the Bus Station and made
available for public use and the immediate passage of this
Ordinance is necessary for the development and use of said property
for the pruposes of a Bus Station. That the Council is of the
opinion that the passage of the same is necessary for the growth
and expansion of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and in the
interest of the public health, peace, safety and welfare of the
City of and the inhabitants thereof. Therefore, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and
approval.
ADOPTED this ls~- day of December, 1988.
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