Ordinance #11,874

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                     

NO.  11,874                     

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

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 ±.26 acre tract of land, more or less, from the R-1, Single Family Residential District to the C, Campus District, presently located in Ouachita Parish and more particularly described as follows: 

Lot 8, Square 18 Cole Addition

Otherwise known as 801 North McGuire Avenue

            APPLICANT: University of Monroe (MA 109-18)

WHEREAS, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission recommending approval, on a 4-0-1 vote.  The property is presently zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. This lot was acquired by the State of Louisiana for the ULM Campus. The property will be used as part of an existing parking lot on the ULM Campus. The C, Campus District zoning classification would be a more appropriate zoning classification for the proposed use as this property will be a part of the existing university campus.

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 ±.26 acre tract of land, previously described 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 C, Campus 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 11th of September, 2018.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  17th,19th & 21st    day of  September          , 2018,

            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 & Wilson

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:       Woods & Clark

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the   25th    day of  September      , 2018.

Gretchen H. Ezernack                             

CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

James E. Mayo                                  

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO