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Type: MAUNOT
Party: Ordinance No. 1143
County: Pulaski
Attorney/Contact: Tina Timmons

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAUMELLE, COUNTY OF PULASKI, STATE OF ARKANSAS, AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: ORDINANCE NO. 1143. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY’S ZONING MAP FOR 48.149 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AT ZAJAC ROAD, TO BE DEVELOPED AS DEVOE BEND LAKE ESTATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, J. Eric Holloway, on behalf of parcel’s landowner Devoe Property Group, LLC, applied to amend the zoning map to change the zoning district from planned residential district (PRD) to R-1 residential district for 48.149 acres, more or less, at Zajac Road in the City of Maumelle, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas (county parcel no. 42M0350000100), intended to be developed as Devoe Bend Lake Estates, whose legal description is as follows:
A tract of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 13 West, Pulaski County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 13 West, South 00 degrees 57 minutes 09 seconds West 1225.75 feet along the East line of said Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, Section 35; thence leaving said East line South 71 degrees 56 minutes 16 seconds West 823.39 feet; thence North 87 degrees 49 minutes 44 seconds West 603.54 feet; thence North 67 degrees 05 minutes 40 seconds West 250.21 feet; thence North 27 degrees 08 minutes 23 seconds West 185.21 feet; thence North 28 degrees 23 minutes 03 seconds East 160.91 feet; thence North 34 degrees 27 minutes 21 seconds East 335.78 feet; thence North 12 degrees 22 minutes 32 seconds East 306.68 feet; thence North 13 degrees 39 minutes 35 seconds East 240.96 feet; thence North 02 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds East 289.03 feet to the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, Section 35; thence along the North line of said Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, Section 35 South 88 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds East 1319.35 feet to the point of beginning containing 48.149 acres more or less.
as shown on the preliminary plat attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and
WHEREAS, the planned residential district (PRD) “is intended to accommodate a variety of housing styles and densities and may include retail commercial activities geared to the PRD resident market,” Maumelle City Code § 94-443, and the R-1 residential district “is intended for the building of a one-family dwelling on a separate and distinct platted lot . . . and for those undeveloped areas of the city which are appropriate for future development for single-family residence purposes,” § 94-161; and
WHEREAS, at a public hearing on March 27, 2025, the planning commission approved a motion to recommend that the city council adopt the same amendment to the zoning map; and
WHEREAS, the city council has considered the recommendations of the planning commission and city staff, if any, and has obtained facts, statements, and other information concerning the request herein, including the documents attached as Exhibit A hereto; and
WHEREAS, the city council may amend the boundaries of the zoning districts whenever the public necessity and general welfare require such amendment, § 94-8; and
WHEREAS, the city council finds that evidence submitted sufficiently justifies the proposed amendment to the zoning map.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The city’s zoning map is hereby amended as follows: the zoning district for 48.149 acres, more or less, at Zajac Road in the City of Maumelle, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas (county parcel no. 42M0350000100), as fully described by the legal description above and as shown on Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is amended from planned residential district (PRD) to R-1 residential district.
Section 2. Repealer. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 3. Severance. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other portion of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative by a court of competent jurisdiction, such findings shall not affect the validity of the remainder of these sections, nor shall any proceeding invalidating any portion of any section operate to affect any portion of the remainder of said sections not specifically attacked in said proceeding.
Adopted this 5th day of May 2025.
Publication Paid from General Fund. DR1T 5/13/2025