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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BATESVILLE ZONING CODE TO INCLUDE
AN HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there is a need to preserve the character of historic residential
districts within the City of Batesville and;
WHEREAS, the current Zoning Code does not address or provide for an his-
toric residential district;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Bates-
ville, Arkansas:
The City of Batesville Zoning Code shall be, and is hereby, amended to in-
clude an Historic Residential District designation within the R-1 District des-
cribed in Section 5 of the City of Batesville Zoning Code.
The Historic Residential District shall be known as an HR District. This
district is comprised of an area where there are a significant number of his-
toric structures used as residences. Such area will be no smaller than three
(3) contiguous blocks, or six (6) contiguous half blocks.
Historic structures are houses that were constructed prior to 1940 and
are substantially in their original form at the time of the filing of the pe-
tition as described below.
In order to form an HR District or include land in an already designated
HR District, a petition must be filed and notice must be given in the same
manner as set out in the Code for a rezoning of property. This petition must
be signed by at least 60% of the land owners who hold title to at least 60% of
the land within the proposed district.
Existing uses in the HR District may be continued even in the event of
® the partial or complete destruction of an existing structure. Provided, how-
ever, if a historic structure within an HR District shall be used as a single
family residence, then that structure may not thereafter be used for any pur-
pose other than single family residential use.
All other conditions and provisions of the R-1 District shall apply to
the HR District unless specifically provided otherwise herein.
Any and all ordinances or code provisions that are in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict thereof.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2 n day of Cz= Ri c Q_ 1990.
Jim Shirrell , ayor
® ATTEST:
Larry Willi ms, City Clerk
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