ORD NO 14-2013 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO 14' 2013
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO 07 -1963 (VAN
BUREN MUNICIPAL CODE NO. 14.04.01) FOR THE PURPOSE
OF REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF VAN
BUREN, ARKANSAS, AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, is duly incorporated under the law of the State
of Arkansas, with all powers, authority and duties of a city of the first class; and
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren has adopted the Zoning Ordinance for the City of Van
Buren (Ordinance No. 07- 1963); and
WHEREAS, a request has been made by Serenity Construction, LLC., represented by
Satterfield Land Surveyors, P.A., to rezone certain property within the city limits
of the City of Van Buren; and
WHEREAS, notice of a Public Hearing was duly published in the Press Argus Courier on
October 19, 2013, and a public hearing was conducted as required by law (A.C.A.
14 -56 -422) on November 5, 2013; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this hearing, the Planning Commission has recommended that
certain property within the city limits of the City of Van Buren be rezoned from
its previous classification to the following:
Property Zoned New Zoning
R -2 (Two Family Residential District) R -3 (Multi Family Residential District)
Legal Description:
Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 9 North, Range 32 West,
Crawford County, Arkansas being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter. Thence along the
West line of said Forty, North 02 degrees 47 minutes 47 seconds East, 213.32 feet to a point on the north
right of way line of Interstate 40 and south right of way line of Dora Road. Thence leaving said West line
along along said right of way line, South 71 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East, 70.00 feet to a set rebar
with cap. Thence leaving the north right of way line of Interstate 40 and along the south right of way line of
Dora Road, South 71 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East, 471.95 feet to a set rebar with cap. Thence
leaving said south right of way line, South 30 degrees 42 minutes 26 seconds West, 88.40 feet to a set rebar
with cap on the North right of way line of Interstate 40. Thence along said north right of way line the
following bearings and distances: North 68 degrees 08 minutes 31 seconds West, 355.80 feet to an existing
right of way marker. North 36 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West, 119.40 feet to the Point of Beginning,
containing 0.72 of an acre and subject to any Easements of Record, all according to survey by Satterfield
Land Surveyors P.A., Job No. 39,604, dated August 2, 2013.
and
WHEREAS, the proposed rezoning herein was recommended by a majority vote of the entire
Planning Commission, in accordance with A.C.A. 14 -56 -422.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The above described property is hereby rezoned from R -2 to R -3 and the Van
Buren Zoning Map is amended to reflect this rezoning.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did
pass, approve, and adopt, by a vote of J' for and Q against the foregoing Ordinance at its
regular meeting held on the 18 day of November 2013.
Robert D. Fr- u an
Mayor
ATTESTED: 'P 1 A TS FORM:
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Barbie Curtis Candice A. Settle
City Clerk/Treasurer City Attorney