ORDINANCE NO. 91

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT THE CHOUDRANT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT BY ANNEXING CERTAIN PROPERTY INTO THECORPORATE LIMITES OF THE VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT; TOPROVIDE FOR THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR SAID PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF;AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, a Petition was received by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen requesting that the property more particularly described hereinafter be annexed into the corporate limits of the Village of Choudrant;

WHEREAS, the Lincoln Parish Assessor has certified the valuation of the property within the area proposed to be annexed and that the Petition was signed by the requisite number of property owners;

WHEREAS, the Lincoln Parish Registrar of Voters has certified that the Petition was signed by the requisite number of registered voters; and

WHEREAS, proper notice of the receipt of the Petition has been given as required by LSA-R.S. 33:172B, and no request for a public hearing was made by anyone.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Aldermen of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, convened in Regular Session this 6th day of August, 2007, that the following Ordinance is hereby enacted:

SECTION 1.

The following described property is hereby annexed into the corporate limits of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana; to-wit:

TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST

LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA

Section 24 East one-half (E ½) of the South one-half (S ½)

of the Northwest Quarter (NW ¼) of the

Northwest Quarter (NW ¼), which property is

subject to that certain Boundary Agreement

filed for record on May 31, 2006,under Registry

No. F-75024 and recorded in Conveyance Book 1197,

Page 692 of the records of the Clerk of Court,

Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.

SECTION 2.

The property annexed herein shall be zoned R-1 (Rural, Single-Family Residences) and subject to the zoning requirements set forth in Ordinance No. 65 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana.

SECTION 3.

The Choudrant comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Map of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana are hereby amended and reenacted to reflect the annexation of the property described hereinabove into the corporate limits of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana and the zoning classification assigned to said property.

SECTION 4.

Except as amended hereinabove, all other provisions and zoning designations set forth on the Choudrant Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Map of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, shall remain in full force and effect without change or alteration.

SECTION 5.

If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause and/or phrase of this Ordinance or the application thereof is declared unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid by the valid judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction such unconstitutionality, unenforceability or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and/or phrases of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the Village of Choudrant without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase. To that end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.

SECTION 6.

All other ordinances, or any parts thereof, which are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

SECTION 7.

This Ordinance shall become effective after final adoption and publication in the manner prescribed by law.

The above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced on July 2, 2007, at a regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, a public hearing having thereafter been held, title having been read, and a motion to adopt said ordinance was made by Alderman O’Neal. The motion was seconded by Alderman Aswell, and after having been considered by title was adopted as a whole by the following YEA and NAY vote:

YEAS: Aswell, Morrison, O’Neal

NAYS: None

ABSENT: None

WHEREUPON, the Ordinance was declared duly adopted this 6th day of August, 2007.

CELESTE H. BUTLER, Clerk BILL SANDERSON, Mayor

VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT