Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Please help yourself. We will take items as they are listed on the agenda. I will read each item and ask the person representing the request to come forward to the podium. Please state your name and address for the recording secretary. Present any information and make any comments you have about your request. Had to swallow something. be prepared to respond to any questions that members of the planning commission may have of you. Thank you. Item number one, roll call. Anita Picket, present. Jason Depri is absent. Dr. Hickerson here. Chris Owens here. Corey Mobs

here. Uh Boots Thomas here. And Chairman Neil here. [clears throat] We have only one absent and we have a quorum and we can conduct business. Next item is the adoption of the summarized minutes for the uh September 9th meeting. Move for approval. Move. You have a second. Have a have a motion and a second and a voice vote. I I I minutes are approved. Uh item number three, entertainment district revisions. request by No. No. You got the wrong packet.

I got the wrong packet. Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. The minutes were from October 28th. Okay. This is the one I got dropped off at. Okay. We got two. This one says November. Long one. November 12th. Yeah. Item number three. Yeah, it is. You got it. Okay. Go ahead. Go ahead.

All right. Okay. All right. Request by Joseph and Christian Smith 338 PR 12:30, Texas County, Arkansas 7185 to reszone parcel 00032171 on each 9th from R2 single family residential to C3 open display commercial for the purpose of operating a farm equipment store. Legal description. Property is legally described as FRL Port Northeast Northwest. Continuing west [snorts] number 8290010 of section 27 Township 15 South Range 28 West of Miller County, Arkansas containing 5.3 5.93 acres more or less. Award three, a request for reason for request. Applicant wishes to construct and operate a farm equipment store. The adjacent property owned by the applicant was reszone previously but proved to be too small for the purpose there. Therefore, they purchased the adjacent property in order to accomplish their plans.

Okay. So they own this property here. We reszoned it previously C3. They were going to open a farm store there, but the property wasn't big enough for what they wanted to do. So they have purchased the property next to it. Um this is their land here. That's C3. This here is the VFW. Um, they will have to put in a septic tank, septic system. Um, and they are here unfortunately having sat through our workshop.

Was this the property that we were resoneing? You guys were going to do a little nursery or something, wasn't it? We we sell skid steer attachments, tractor attachments. Yes. And we were going to add some plants and stuff once we get out on the highway. Um, the only reason that we haven't built on it yet is we went ahead and had the perk test done. And the way that the lines were going to fall on it, there wasn't really any room for us to do what we already do, which are we sell culverts and then we also sell the equipment. Um, there just wasn't enough room there because you can't sit in any of those things on the septic lines. Okay.

So, um, we, you know, of course, we had talked to the neighbors who owned this property, which is between us and them. they actually live there and we had talked to them and just let them know that we would like to purchase it if they ever wanted to um get rid of it and they contacted us. We bought it this past summer and um so it gives us more room now to be able to do what we need to do storage lies on the land. So Okay. Could could you just state your name for the Sure. recorder. Kristen Kristen Smith. Okay. All right. Very good. Anybody else have any comments? Well, obviously since you purchased the land from your neighbors, nobody's opposed to it. I'm guessing. I don't I don't think so.

So, Jamie, is is your map uh I'm confused. The property is in a zigzag shape, of course. Does it run all the way to the street? Yes. Okay. So, in your map, it doesn't show it going all the way to the street, but Okay, I got you. No, it goes all the way to the street. That's my line. All right. It goes to 82, but there's nothing there's not another street that it comes back down to on the south side. All right. So, the little the little uh zigzag part that your your land borders your original property and then it steps over. It does.

And somebody else owns the little gap between the two of you. Mhm. Yes, sir. Okay. And you're going to put your septic system over on the new property and then have a continuous property big enough to put your farm store. So, actually the new property will just be used for mostly storage. Since we already have a perk test on the old property, we will probably continue with it on the old property. All right. So, once again, your reasoning was is that Viller County wouldn't wouldn't give you when they allowed you to put your septic in, there's not enough room. Correct. Okay. culverts take up a lot of space. So,

that's all I had, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Anybody else have any questions? No. Thank you. Sounds good. Is there any opposition present? Seeing none, chair would entertain a motion. I move we have clear the reszoning. Second. Second. Motion to approve and and second. If we have Anita Picket, yes. Dr. Hickerson, yes. Chris Owens, yes. Cory Mobs, yes. Boots Thomas, yes. And Chairman Neil, yes. Motion passes. Next item.

Thank you for your patience. You talking to me? all [laughter] of them. Uh item number four,

reszone uh request by Dustin Hughes, 114 South Leah Avenue, Texas County, Texas, 75501 to reszone the property located at 700-710 East Broad from West from W1 warehousing and wholesale to M1 Limited. manufacturing for the purpose of operating a custom cabinetry and woodworking shop. Legal description property is legally described as part west northeast 1.667 acres and part southwest southeast 291 8 acres and part southwest northeast.255 255 acres contain of section 30 township 15 south range 28 west of Miller County Arkansas and containing 2.2 two acres more or less warranted.

Okay, so this is the old stone studios. Um you will recall that we had a gentleman who wanted to do an MM uh mixed martial arts venue there. He has withdrawn that proposal. It never went to the board. So the current owner would like to reszone it to do a custom woodworking and cabinet cabinet shop. [snorts] Um, oddly enough, that's not allowed in W1, but it is allowed in M1. So, they're reszoning it to M1. Um, we've had no opposition. Okay.

A fight club. No, no, we're not doing a fight club. Yay. All right. Does anybody have any questions? If y'all got something going on down now in the back back there, are y'all doing some remodeling already behind me there? Yeah, I'm kind of We're not talking. Yeah. Great. Are are you doing the cabinet shop or are you leasing that building for another act applicant? No, sir. It's for myself. I'm moving from Lydia Street. I've got some new equipment coming. My building was big enough over there. So, move it over here. Nice. Perfect. Welcome to town. Okay. All right. That's a good use of the land. some moving business from Texas side to Arkansas.

I said it out loud. All right. All right. Thank you. You have any any other comments you want to make? Uh all right. Any opposition? No. None present. Move we approve the reszoning. Second. Got a motion and a second to approve the request. Anita Picket. Yes. Dr. Hickerson. Yes. Chris Owens. Yes. Cory Mobs. Yes. Boots Thomas. Yes. And Chairman Neil. Yes. Uh the request passes. Okay. Item five we off. Okay.

So item six. Okay. Are we going to hear item five at a later date or is that a dead issue? Thank you. We'll probably hear it at a later date.

Bertha Dunn's daughter has requested that we put a street topper on Ray Street. Better in your lip. Um in honor of Miss Dunn. Some of you were on the board with Bertha. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Uh I think uh the I took her the reason for request is uh self-explanatory. Alberto was uh sub uh served on the board a number of years and uh this would be certainly worthy of of her recognition uh by this request. I agree.

All right. Chair would entertain a motion. So move second. Moved in a second. Second. Okay. All right. I think you can just do a voice vote. Okay. All right. Voice vote. All in favor? I. Any opposition? So move. Very good. All right. Good job. I have nothing else. Nothing else. [laughter] We're all chairman. We entertain a motion. I move we adjourn. Second. All in favor? I I motion this talk about the entertainment.