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BEFORE THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS IN RE: APPLICATION OF MR. & MRS. LEE SMITHEE, JR. On the 3rd day of November, 1970, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smithee, Jr., owners of the following described pro- perty situated in the City of Batesville, Arkansas: A part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 6 West, des- cribed by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said section, township and range, run thence East on the line 99 yards (297 feet), thence South 49 yards (147 feet), thence West 99 yards, thence North 49 yards to the place of beginning. requested the City Planning Commission to rezone the above �... described property from a Residential Zoning District classification R-2 to a Commercial Zoning District classification C-2; that notice of the hearing was had by publication in the Batesville Guard on the 4th day of September, 1970, and proof of publication of said notice has been filed with the Commission in the form and manner required by law; that the Commission finds that the property is situated so that it is best for use as commercial property and to allow the classification of residential property to remain would result in a large financial loss to the petitioners; that at the present time the property that is adjacent to this property is being used for commercial purposes under rezoning order earlier made by this Commission; that the ultimate plan and program of the City Council and the City Planning Commission will not be prejudiced in any way by the pro- posed change and that the change would be to the best interest of not only the petitioners but to the City of Batesville, Arkansas. That this is the first application filed by the petitioners for proposed change; that the petitioners have paid the fees as required by law for the filing of same; and the finding of the Commission is that the classi- fication should be changed from R-2 residential to C-2 commercial as asked for in the petition.