ORD NO 23-2008 CITY OF VAN BUREN. ARKANSAS
e ORDINANCE NO. a3 -2008
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VAN BUREN'S SUBDIVISION
REGULATIONS, ORDINANCE NO. 07-2003; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, after a review of the language in Ordinance No 07 -2003 by the Van Buren Planning
Department and the Planning Commission there appears to be language that is
confusing, superfluous and /or unnecessary in Article I (15); and
WHEREAS, notice of a Public Hearing was duly published, and a Public hearing was conducted
by the Van Buren Planning Commission to consider revisions thereto; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Van Buren Municipal Code herein were
recommended by a majority vote of the entire Planning Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Article I, Section 15, of Ordinance No. 07 -2003 (Van Buren Municipal Code
15.04.02) is amended as follows:
Subdivision within the corporate city limits shall mean the
division of or the assimilation of one (1) or more parcels of
land into two (2) or more parcels, building sites or other
divisions for sale or building development, and outside the
corporate city limits. but within the planninu jurisdiction.
shall mean the division of or the assimilation of one (1) or
more parcels of land into two (2) or more parcels. buildinu
sites or other divisions for sale or buildinu development
when any one (1) of the resulting contiguous parcels in the
ownership is reduced to less than five (5) acres.
"Subdivision" also included the development of land resulting
in the need for access to lots and parcels, the need to provide
or extend utilities, the need to improve adjacent infrastructure
due to insufficient existing capacity and the added demand
resulting from proposed development.
SECTION 2: The passage and approval of these amendments to the Van Buren Subdivision
Ordinance will make the subdivision regulations of the City more comprehendible
and apprehensible for the City and its citizens. Therefore, an emergency is declared
to exist and this Ordinance, being necessary for the preservation of the public peace
health and safety, shall be in full force and take effect immediately upon and after its
passage.
SECTION 3: The various provisions and parts of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be
severable, and, if any section or part of a section, or any provision or part of a
provision herein, is declared to be unconstitutional, inappropriate, or invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or affect the
remainder of this Ordinance and to that extent the provisions hereto are declared to
be severable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did pass,
approve, and adopt, by avote of (a for and 0 against, the foregoing Ordinance at its Meeting
held on the 20 day of October 2008.
N I
Robert D. Freyaa
ATTESTED APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Barbie Curtis, City Clerk/Trcasurer N. Donald Jenkins, Jr., City Attorney
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