City of Monroe, LA

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                     

                                                                                                                                             NO.  12,059           

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

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 rezone a ±9-acre tract of land located in Ouachita Parish from B-3, General Business/Commercial to B-1, Neighborhood Mixed Use District in order for the applicant to be able to develop the area with residential lots and a commercial strip.

301 Plum Street (All of Square 27 and Square 28 of Ouachita Mills Second Addition as per plat on file and of record in Plat Book 1, Page 41, in the Clerk’s Office, Ouachita Parish Courthouse, Monroe, Louisiana, and including the alleyways within Square 27 and Square 28 and including all of Pear Street lying north of Plum Street and west of Florida Street, Monroe, Ouachita Parish Louisiana.)

      APPLICANT: Cedrick Hemphill, (MA 102-21)

WHEREAS, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission recommending approval, on a 5-0-1 vote. The applicant wishes to develop this vacant property in part for single family housing and a commercial strip mall. The B-3, General Business/Commercial District does not allow for both these uses. The B-1, Neighborhood Mixed-Use District is the appropriate zoning district for this development.

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 and the boundaries thereof which map is described in Section 37-34 of the City of Monroe Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and which map shown the Zoning Districts and Boundaries thereof, be and the same are hereby amended to zone the ±9 acres previously described to B-1, Neighborhood Mixed-Use 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 11^th day of May 2021.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  14th, 17th & 19th      day of  May            , 2021.

            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:            Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:       None.

            And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  25th    day of  May             , 2021.

Douglas Harvey                     

CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                     

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                 

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

MAYOR’S VETO