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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-07-03 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BATESVILLE ZONING DISTRICTS MAP; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS,Azemi Holdings LLC requested that the below described property,and as shown at Exhibit A,be re-zoned from Commercial Community(C-1)to General Family Residential(R-2)in order to develop said property into much needed multi-family residential use; and, WHEREAS,the Batesville Planning Commission has reviewed the relationship of this property with the Comprehensive Plan and determined in a prior action to amend the Plan in support of such use and that the requested re-zoning would be consistent with said Plan;and, WHEREAS,the Batesville Planning Commission conducted a properly advertised public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting on July 7,2025 to consider said proposed amendment to the Zoning Districts Map; and, WHEREAS,the Batesville Planning Commission,finding such use to be an appropriate use buffer between intense commercial use to the north,east and west of said property and single family residential use to the south of the property,voted at its regularly scheduled meeting on July 7,2025 to approve the requested amendment to the Zoning Districts Map as being in the best interest of the future development of the City of Batesville by expanding housing choices,and further recommends that the Batesville City Council adopt said amendment to the Zoning Districts Map. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS THAT THE BATESVILLE ZONING DISTRICTS MAP IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: For the following described property,from Commercial Community District(C-1)to General Family Residential(R-2)zoning classification, as displayed on Exhibit A attached hereto: A 1.53 acre tract of land being part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter(SE'/4 SE '/4)of Section 15, Township 13 North,Range 6 West, in the City of Batesville, Independence County,Arkansas,being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 15;then run along the south line of said SE '/4 SE '/4, N88°54'09"W,a distance of 675.74 feet to a calculated point;thence leaving said south line, NO1°45'52"E,a distance of 304.95 feet to a found ''/z"rebar,representing the point of beginning: thence run N88°54'26"W,a distance of 311.49 feet to a found'h" rebar;thence, NO2°36'43"E,a distance of 217.40 feet to a set'/z" rebar;thence S88°14'05"E,a distance of 308.25 feet to a set%" rebar;thence SO 145'49",a distance of 213.72 feet back to the point of beginning of said 1.53 acre tract. The foregoing also described as Assessor parcel ID numbers 1 1003730001 Road Easement Description A tract of land being a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter(SE'/4 SE '/4)of Section 15,Township 13 North,Range 6 West, in the City of Batesville,Independence County,Arkansas,being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 15;thence run along the south line of said SE '/4 SE '/4, N88°12'01"W,a distance of 675.74 feet;thence NO2°28'00"E,a distance of 304.95 feet; thence N88°12'18"W,a distance of 273.52 feet to the point of beginning;thence N88°12'18"W,a distance of 25.02 feet;thence N04°03'40"E,a distance of 636.51 feet to the nominal south right-of-way line of Harrison Street;thence S79°25'43"E along said right-of-