22-3-302. Purpose — Creation.

22-3-302. Purpose — Creation. (a) To promote the general welfare of the state with respect to the State Capitol and to promote the general welfare of the property owners of the area as described in this subchapter, an improvement and comprehensive community zoning district, to be called the “Capitol Zoning District”, is created, which district shall embrace all that portion of land situated in Little Rock, Pulaski County, State of Arkansas, within the following-described boundaries: Beginning at the point where the centerline of 10th Street intersects the eastern edge of the right-of-way of the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island Railroad Line, thence northeast along the southern boundary of that right-of-way to the point where the centerline of Cross Street, extended northeast, intersects that right-of-way, thence south along the centerline of Cross Street to the point where that line intersects the northern edge of the Wilbur Mills Freeway (I-630), surveyed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, thence westward along the northern edge of the Wilbur Mills Freeway (I-630), as surveyed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, to the point of the beginning. (b)(1) In addition to the area described in subsection (a) of this section, the Capitol Zoning District also shall include an area surrounding the Governor's Mansion, which is located at 18th and Center Streets in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, within the following-described boundaries: Beginning at a point on the southwestern corner of 13th and Cumberland Streets, in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, proceeding south along the western side of Cumberland Street to the northwest corner of 16th and Cumberland Streets, and then proceeding west along the northern boundary of 16th Street to a point where the centerline of the alleyway between Scott and Cumberland Streets, extended northward, intersects that northern boundary, thence, south along the centerline of the alleyway, or an imaginary line bisecting the blocks between Cumberland and Scott Streets, to the southern boundary of 22nd Street, and thence west along that southern boundary to a point where an imaginary line bisecting the block between Scott and Main Streets intersects that southern boundary, thence south along that imaginary line to a point where the centerline of Roosevelt Road extended eastward intersects that imaginary line, then west along the centerline of Roosevelt Road to the centerline of Chester Street, thence north along the centerline of Chester Street to the centerline of 20th Street, thence east along the centerline of 20th Street, to a point where the centerline of the alleyway between Gaines and State Streets intersects the centerline of 20th Street, thence north along the centerline of the alleyway, or an imaginary line bisecting the blocks between Gaines and State Streets, to a point where that centerline intersects the southern boundary of 13th Street, thence east along the southern boundary of 13th Street to the point of the beginning. (2) In addition, the Capitol Zoning District may in the future be further extended by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Capitol Zoning District Commission to include the area in the following-described boundaries: Beginning at the centerline of Chester Street where it intersects with the centerline of 20th Street proceeding north along the centerline of Chester Street to I-630; thence east along the southern boundary of I-630 to the intersection of the centerline of Commerce Street; thence south along the centerline of Commerce Street to a point where it intersects the centerline of 24th Street; thence east along the centerline of 24th Street to I-30; thence south along the western boundary of I-30 to the intersection of the centerline of Roosevelt Road; and thence west along the centerline of Roosevelt Road to the point of intersection with the imaginary line that bisects the block between Scott and Main Streets.