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ORDINANCE NO. S -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BATESVILLE ZONING CODE SECTION
XI, BY ADDING A SUBSECTION VI ; EXEMPTING EXISTING BUILDING IN
C-1 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS FROM OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOAD-
ING REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT WHEN SAID BUILDINGS ARE TO BE USED FOR
APARTMENTS, MOTELS, HOTELS, LODGING HOUSES OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL
DWELLINGS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES :
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,
ARKANSAS:
Section 1 : That Section XI of the Batesville Municipal Zoning
Code, pertaining to off-street parking and loading requirements,
be amended to include and add to said Section XI, Subsection Vi
the following: i
(VI ) . EXEMPTION OF C-1 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT: i
Nothing in this section (Section XI ) shall apply to
existing buildings in any C-1 Central Business Dis-
trict, except for the following:
(a ) Section XI shall apply to all new construction
in C-1 Central Business Districts.
(b) Section XI shall further apply to any existing
• building, or any part thereof , whenever the use to
be made of said building shall be for apartments , mo-
tels, hotels , lodging houses or other residential
purposes.
(c) Any remodeling or addition to an existing build-
ing shall not cause current off-street parking or
loading zones to be diminished below the standards
set by Section XI and if any current existing build-
ing does not comply with Section X1 at the present
any remodeling or addition to an existing building
shall not diminish the present parking or loading
zones currently in place.
Section 2 : That no other portion of the zoning code be changed j
other than the adding of the above stated subsection. Further,
if any part or parts of this ordinance shall be declared uncon-
stitutional or otherwise unlawful by any Court of competant juris
diction, then that part or parts of said ordinance declared to beI
unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful shall be severed from this
ordinance and other portions of this ordinance shall remain in i
full force and effect as if those portions declared unconstitu-
tional or unlawful were never a part thereof .
Section 3 : EMERGENCY CLAUSE: Whereas, the City Council finds
that owners of existing buildings in C-1 Central Business Dis-
tricts are unable to comply with the requirements of Section X!
and whereas the City Council finds that Section XI, as applied to
existing buildings, will unnecessarily stifle the growth of those
districts, and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate
preservation of public peace, welfare and safety, an emergency is.
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from,and after its passage.