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AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF CITY PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF PA DUCi1H, KENTUCKY, AND PRESCRIBING TIIE
li QUALIFICATIONS, DUTIES AND COMPEMATION OF TIIE MEMBERS THEREOF.
KENTUCKY.
BE IT ORD'.INED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF PADUCAH,
SECTION 1.
That a Board of City Planing and Zoning Commissioners in and
for the Gity of Paducah, Kentucky, be and the same is hereby created.
This Board is to consist of the Mayor of said City and four other citizens
of said City, these four other members to be appointed by the Mayor and
the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen and the Chairman of the Board of
11 Councilmem, said appointments to be approved and ratified by the General
Council. These four men together with the I.iayor shall constitute and
compose the Board of City Planing and Zoning Commissioners, The members
of said Board shall hold office for the periods of one, two, three and
four years respectively from the date of their first appointment hereunder,
and thereafter for a term of four years, and until their successors shall
have been appointed and qualified.
SECTION 2.
Said Board is hereby authorized and directed to provide a
it plan for the future growth and development Of said City; and in accordance
therewith to divide said City into districts or zones for the purpose of
defining and establishing, \s,o far as practicable, the territory or zones
within which factories, foundaries and industrial plants shall be located;
also railroads and electric lines, terminals, stations, shops and yards;
also zones for 'exclusive residential sections and residential sections
and residential sections with business houses, stores and shops; and also
shall provide for the location of parks, play grounds and other public
places; to the end that the growth and development of said City may be
regulated and controlled along lines that will best preserve and promote
the health, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the citizens of
said City.
SECTION 3.
1 To aid said Board in the proper discharge of its duties
it is authorized, after first obtaining the consent and approval of the
General Council, to employ an expert consulting engineer to make a canvas
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and survey of said City and the territory adjacent thereto, and to plan
and zone the same in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 hereof.
SECTION 4.
The compensation of the members of said Board shall be
$1.00 per year.
This ordinance shall take effect and be In force from its
passage, approval and publication.
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