City of Monroe, LA

O R D I N A N C E

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                     

                                                                                                            NO.  11,959               

            The following Ordinance was offered by Mrs.  Ezernack                  who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.   Clark              :

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR THE CITY OF MONROE, LOUISIANA

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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Monroe has held its Public Hearing with respect to the following proposed Zoning Map Amendment, to-wit:

An amendment to the Zoning Map to zone a ±2.639 acre tract of land, presently located in Ouachita Parish and more particularly described as follows: 

            A 2.639  Acre, more or  less, tract or  parcel  of  land situated  in Section 19,Township 18 North , Range 4 East of the Land District North of Red River, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and  is more particularly described as follows:

From  the  Northwesterly corner of  Block, A, Tower Commercial  Park as

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Parish, Louisiana, proceed S  80°51 '08  ''  E , along  the North  line of said 

Block A, Tower Commercial Park, a distance of 470.37 feet to a 5/8" iron rod for the POlNT OF BEGINNING; thence, proceed N 08°47'00" E, a distance of 160.00 feet to a 5/8" iron rod; thence, proceed N 52°59'47" E, a distance of 491.85 feet to a  ½ “iron rod; thence, proceed S 09°06'28'' W, a distance of 514.71 feet to a ¾ “iron pipe in concrete at the Northeast  corner  of  said Block  A, Tower  Commercial  Park;  thence, proceed N 80°51 ' 08" W, along the North line of said Block A, Tower Commercial Park, a distance of 340.07 feet to the  POINT  Of  BEGINNING.

1400 block of Oliver Road

            APPLICANT: (MA 112-19, NOE Holdings LLC)

WHEREAS, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission recommending approval, on a 6-0-1 vote. This ±2.639 acre tract is presently zoned OS, Open Space. The applicant would like to market this property to sell for commercial use and feels a commercial zoning classification would be more consistent with surrounding property and would make the tract more marketable. There are no purchase agreements at this time on the tract. The applicant would like to rezone this 2.639 acre tract from OS, Open Space to B-3, General Business/Commercial District. The recommendation is that the property be rezoned as B-3, General Business/Commercial District as it is an appropriate commercial zoning classification for the proposed use.

NOW, THEREFORE:

            BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana in legal session convened that the Zoning Map of the City of Monroe be amended to zone a ±2.639 acre tract of land, more or less as described above, and the boundaries thereof which map is described in Section 37-72 (formerly Section 27-30 (2)) of the City of Monroe Code and which map shown the Zoning Districts and Boundaries thereof, be and the same are hereby amended to B-3, General Business/Commercial District as shown on the map which is attached hereto and made a part thereof and which is adopted as the new Zoning Map of the City of Monroe.

            This ordinance was INTRODUCED on the 24th day of September 2019.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  27th & 30th of September and October 2nd , 2019.

            This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published was then submitted to a final vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

AYES:            Echols, Ezernack, Woods, Wilson & Clark

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:       None.

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  8th       day of  October           , 2019.

Juanita G. Woods                  

CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                     

CITY CLERK

James E. Mayo                       

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO