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TITLE 13
PLANNING
Chapter:
13.04 Planning Commission
13.08 Land Use Plan
13.12 Metropolitan Planning Organization
CHAPTER 13.04
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections:
13.04.01 Commission created
13.04.02 Terms of members
13.04.03 Election of officers;rules
13.04.04 Employment of assistance, expenditures
13.04.05 Powers and duties
13.04.06 Planning area map
13.04.07 Amendments to Subdivision Ordinance
13.04.01 Commission created There is hereby created a City Planning Commission to
consist of nine (9)members, at least two-thirds (2/3) of said Commission shall not hold any other
elective or appointive municipal office. The members of the Commission shall be nominated by
the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
13.04.02 Terms of members The members of said Planning Commission shall be
appointed to a term of three (3)years. When the term of any member shall expire the Mayor
shall make a nomination to fill such vacancy for a period of three(3)years. When a vacancy
shall otherwise occur,the Mayor shall nominate a person to serve the remainder of the term.
13.04.03 Election of officers,rules At a time and place to be designated by the Mayor,
the Planning Commission shall meet and organize by electing from its members a chairman, a
vice-chairman, and a secretary. The Planning Commission shall make and adopt such rules and
regulations to govern its proceedings,which shall provide for a regular meeting date at least once
each three(3)months and more often if prescribed by the Commission.
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13.04.04 Employment of assistance; expenditures The Planning Commission is
authorized to employ such assistance as is deemed necessary in carrying out its duties and
responsibilities. It cannot expend or encumber city funds without prior appropriation by the City
Council
13.04.05 Powers and duties The Commission is vested with all the powers and duties
prescribed and set forth in A.C.A. 14-56-402— 14-56-409.
13.04.06 Planning area map
A. The planning area boundaries for the city of Van Buren,Arkansas, shall be a one
mile perimeter of said city limits, as set out in the Planning Area Map attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and more particularly described in
the legal description attached hereto. A copy of said map shall be kept on file at
the office of the Van Buren City Clerk and the County Recorder.
B. If it should be determined that there is a discrepancy between said reap and the
one mile perimeter,the map shall be the final authority of the location of the
planning area boundary.
C. The city of Van Buren hereby adopts all state laws.and regulations concerning the
enforcement of activities within its planning area boundaries. (Ord.No. 15-2013,
Secs. 1-3 J
13.04.07 Amendments to Subdivision Ordinance
Article II, Section A-1 The Subdivider shall submit to the Planning Commission twenty
(20) copies of a preliminary plat,together with the pertinent supporting data, at least twenty (20)
days prior to the meeting of the Planning Commission at which consideration is requested. A
subcommittee of the Planning Commission will.review the preliminary plat at least sever(7)
days prior to the Planning Conunission meeting, and make recommendations to the Planning
commission on the availability of utility easements, and street right-of-way to serve the properly
under consideration. (Ord.No. 2-2000, Sec. 1.)
Article H, Section B-2 Twenty(20) copies of the final plat shall be submitted to the
Planning Commission for review. The final plat shall be drawn at a scale of 1" = 100' or larger,
and shall be on a sheet size of 18"x 24", 14" x 36", 30" x 42" or 22" x 34". (Ord.No. 2-2000,
Sec. 2.)
Article H, Section B-7 Pursuant to Section 5-C,Arkansas Planning Law Act 186-1957;
The County Recorder shall not accept any plat for record without the approval of the Planning
Commission. Following approval of the Planning Commission and acceptance by the City
Council,if the properly is located within the city or within the five mile jurisdiction,fifteen(15)
copies of the Final Plat shall be filed with the County Recorder. (Ord.No. 2-2000, Sec. 3.)
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CHAPTER 13.08
LAND USE PLAN
Sections:
13.08.01 Plan is accepted
13.08.02 Filed
13.08.01 Plan is accepted The new 2009 Master Land Use Plan, as recommended by the
Plamiing Commission, a copy of which is attached hereto, is hereby adopted as the official
master land use plan for the city of Van Buren. (Ord.No. 2009-3, Sec. 1.)
13.08.02 Filed The passage, approval,and adoption of this new land use plan is made in
accordance with A.C.A. 14-56-422(5), and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk,who
shall also file,with the County Recorder for Crawford County, a copy hereof. (Ord.No. 2009-3,
Sec. 2.)
CHAPTER 13.12
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
Sections:
13.12.01 Creation
13.12.02 Authorization
13.12.03 Execution and delivery
13.12.04 Performance
13.12.05 Filed
13.12.01 Creation
A. The City Council hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the
city to join with the entities named above in the formation of a Metropolitan
Planning Organization
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1. For the purpose of banding together the territory under the jurisdiction of
the signatory parties the geographical area specified below,
2. To create greater eligibility for grants, loans, and other consideration
under federal legislation including,but not limited to 23 U.S.C. 134, et
seq., as amended,that can be used for the expenses of planning,research
and technical assistance to help the organization determine feasible actions
that will improve the existing, as well as the future economic and social
environment of the territory under the jurisdiction of the signatory parties,
and
3. To provide other services and benefits,for which such functions may in
many instance be discharged or performed by a common entity to the
mutual advantage of all, including the citizens of the planning area.
B. The agreement for the formation of the Metropolitan Planning Organization
establishes a planning area to be comprised of the area within the geographical
boundaries of the following:
Crawford County,Arkansas
Sebastian County,Arkansas
District 1 of Leflore County, Oklahoma, and
District 1 of Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
(Ord.No. 2010-23, Sec. 1.)
13.12.02 Authorization The formation of a Metropolitan Planning Organization
pursuant to the Acts mentioned above,to be known as the Frontier Metropolitan Planning
Organization and the city's participation in the same, are hereby authorized. Upon the
dissolution of the existing Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization and the formation of the
new Metropolitan Planning Organization, all assets, any, and all contractual rights and
obligations,as well as any liabilities of the existing Metropolitan Planning Organization shall be
transferred to,received by, and assumed by the new Metropolitan Planning Organization. (Ord.
No. 2010-23, Sec.2.)
13.12.03 Execution and delivery There is hereby authorized the execution and delivery
of an agreement by and between the city and the other governmental subdivisions of the state of
Arkansas and Oklahoma mentioned above, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
to execute and deliver the agreement for and on behalf of the city. The agreement is hereby
approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized
to confer with the other parties thereto in order to complete the agreement in substantially the
form submitted to this meeting with such changes as shall be proposed by such persons
executing the document,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Further, and specifically, if any member entity named herein or in the agreement form attached
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should choose to not be a member of the Metropolitan PlanrLing Organization,then the exclusion
of that member entity or entities shall have no effect on the authorization established by this
ordinance to enter into the agreement. (Ord.No. 2010-23, Sec. 3.)
13.12.04 Performance The Mayor and City Clerk,for and on behalf of the city, are
hereby authorized to execute and directed to do any and all things necessary to effect the
execution and delivery of the agreement, and the performance of all acts of whatever nature
necessary to effect and carry out the authority conferred by this ordinance. The Mayor and City
Clerk are hereby finther authorized and directed,for and on behalf of the city,to execute all
papers, documents, certificates and other instruments that may be required for the carrying out of
such authority or to evidence the exercise thereof. (Ord.No. 2010-23, Sec. 4.)
13.12.05 Filed The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file in the office of
the City Clerk as a part of the minutes of the meeting at which this ordinance is adopted, for
inspection by any interested person a copy of this agreement, and such document shall be on file
for inspection by any interested person. (Ord.No. 2010-23, Sec. 5.)
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