Ordinance #11,960

O R D I N A N C E

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

 

CITY OF MONROE                                     

                                                                                                           NO.  11,960               

           

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

 

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 ±.79 acre tract of land, presently located in Ouachita Parish and more particularly described as follows: 

            5321 DeSiard Street

 

            APPLICANT: (MA 113-19, Joshua Chambless)

WHEREAS, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission recommending approval, on a 6-0-1 vote. This ±.79 acre tract is presently zoned R-4, High Density Multi-Family Residential. The applicant would like to construct a restaurant at this location, but it is not zoned for the intended use. The applicant would like to rezone this ±.79 acre tract from R-4, High Density Multi-Family Residential District to 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 ±.79 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