Planning & Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

Thursday, March 26, 2026

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning & Zoning Board
Meeting Type
Planning & Zoning Board
Location
Washington, AR
Meeting Date
March 26, 2026

Transcript

62 sections (from 321 segments)

2:50 – 3:33Speaker 1

All right, I'm going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. U my name is Lauren Shackleford. I'm the current chair for the Washington County Planning Board. This is the regularly scheduled March 26, 2026 Washington County Planning Board meeting. Uh, we'll start with roll call, please. Anthony McNut here. JPC, he's absent. Uh, Michael Thompson. Robert Dry here.

3:30 – 4:15Speaker 1

Shantel Pereier, I know she's absent. U Marla Pearson, Lauren Lauren Shackleford here. Okay. So, we have five of the seven board members. So, we do have a quorum. I'll call the meeting to order. I will note the applicants that have the three conditional use permits. It does take a majority of the board for approval, which means you need four votes. So, you'll have to have four or five votes for approval out of this group. You always have the ability to table if you want to, but just to let you know that on the front end. Um, first thing we need to do is the approval of the minutes from our last meeting, which was February 12th, 2026. Those have been submitted for review. Any questions, comments, additions that need to be made to the minutes as presented, sir.

4:14 – 4:29Speaker 1

Okay. Okay. I would entertain a motion for approval of the minutes. I move to approve the minutes February 12th, 2026 as presented. Got a motion. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

4:27 – 5:12Speaker 1

Any opposed? All right. Approval of the agenda. I'm going to make a recommendation. We have three conditional use permits. Uh Summers US AR 5474 cross hydraulic repair East Springdale commercial park. Uh the applicant for summers is in route has let us know that they're behind a wreck. So I'm going to propose that we move item A to item C. So go we'll hear Cross Hydraulic first, East Springdale second, Summers US third on the conditional use. Uh any changes other than that as proposed Sam? No sir. Okay. And I would love to remind like the um attendee just like to sign in for like record keeping. Thank you.

5:09 – 5:33Speaker 1

Okay. So, can I entertain a motion for approval of the restated agenda? I make a motion to approve the restate agenda. Got a motion. Is there a second? I second that. Got a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right, let's move on. We'll start as I mentioned with item B, cross hydraulic repair conditional use permit. Start with a staff report, please.

5:34 – 7:33Speaker 1

Vicinity map, site map, neighbor map. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a small-scale hydraulic repair and maintenance business within an an existing shop building attached to their residence. The subject property is 132 acres with the proposed project occupying 0.25 acres. The business would operate Monday through Friday 8 to 6 with the applicant serving as a sole employee and operator. Customer visits would be by appointment only with a maximum maximum of five customers per business day. The business would operate within the existing 50x50 shop on the property. Therefore, no new construction or land disturbances are proposed. All utilities are existing and no additional services are planned. The 50x50 residence is served by an existing septic system which would also accommodate the attached shop building. Parking is sufficient to accommodate the anti- anticipated daily customers is provided on the existing 50x 50 or 50x 80 gravel driveway located in front of the shop. No outdoor lighting or signage is proposed. The business would provide repair, maintenance, and rebuilding of hydraulic systems and components such as cylinders, pumps, hoses, and related equipment. All work would be performed entirely indoors and no noise or noise would be minimal and limited to normal operation of smallcale mechanical tools. There would be no retail storefront. Any product sales would be limited to incidental repair work. Hydraulic fluids would be stored in sealed containers with all used fluids collected and disposed by a licensed waste contractor in compliance with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. Planning staff has not received any complaints regarding this project

7:30 – 8:13Speaker 1

planning conditions. And as a reminder, like this property might have been presented to you in January. It's the same one we had the cell tower, Gene George cell tower like to the west side of it. So Okay. Yep. All right. I appreciate it. Any questions of board members for staff? Seeing none, is the applicant or applicants representative here? If you would please come up to the mic, state your name and address for the record. Tell us a little bit about your project. Anything you feel we need to know beyond staff report. My name is Michael Cross. Uh, address 18 392 Deer Road,

8:10 – 8:54Speaker 1

Bay Field. Okay. Any I mean, so you're this is your property, your shop. You're doing this. You're Yes, sir. Okay. You're the only employee? Yes, sir. Okay. Um All right. Any additional information you think we need to know above and beyond what the staff report is? Not to my knowledge, sir. Have you seen the conditions of approval was presented by planning staff? You have any issue with any of those? No, sir. Okay. All right. Any questions of the applicant from board members? They said that uh you had planned to use waste services to haul off contaminants and that you were going to store everything and it covered like the hydraulic wheel correctly and things like that. Is that accurate?

8:51 – 9:32Speaker 1

Yes, sir. Any other questions? Okay. I would like to make the comment I appreciate you going through the process and formally getting the conditional use and doing this properly. A lot of things we just start and don't do it. So, I do appreciate you following that. Thank you. Yes. And condition number 10, we had we added condition number 10 like which is like the regulation from the APA and like ADAQ just like for any use hydraulics. Okay. Yeah. And they're aware of it. All right. Appreciate it, sir. Thank you. Is there anybody from the public that would like to make public comment on this conditional use permit request? Okay. Seeing none, I'll close it and bring it back to the board for action.

9:30 – 9:51Speaker 1

I'll make a motion that we approve the cross hydraulic repair cup as presented. I'll second that motion. We got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? All right, moving on. Let's go to East Springdale Commercial Park conditional use permit, please. Staff report.

9:47 – 11:45Speaker 1

Vicinity map, site map, neighbor map. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to construct and operate a restaurant, two commercial buildings, and two flex space warehouse buildings on approximately 7.31 acres. The development is proposed to occur in three phases. Phase one of the project would include construction of a 4,500 foot restaurant, an asphalt parking lot with 39 standard spaces, two ADA compliant parking spaces, a screened and fenced dumpster enclosure, and the installation of a septic system and detention pond to satify satisfy all phases of the project. The proposed restaurant would employ 10 employees and operate Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 to 11:00. Phase two of the project would include construction of a 10,000qt commercial building, 36 standard parking spaces, and two ADA spaces. Phase three of the project includes the construction of a 30,000 ft commercial building, and two 12,000 ft flex space warehouses. The flex space buildings would be subdivided into multiple tenant suites designed for shared occupancy. A minimum of five standard parking spaces will be provided per tenant space along with additional shared parking areas. ADA compliant parking spaces will be provided in accordance with ADA requirements. Specific tenants for the commercial buildings and flex space warehouses are are unknown at this time. The commercial buildings are anticipated to accommodate additional restaurants or retail sales establishments. The flex space units are expected to be occupied by trade related businesses and small storefronts or offices. The anticipated hours of operation are Monday through Friday from

11:42 – 12:32Speaker 1

6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 6:00 to noon. After some after hours work may be required as needed. There would be 10 employees for the front commercial B business, five to 10 employees per flex space, and up to 30 employees for the back commercial business. Our large-scale development approval will be required for each phase. Planning staff has not received any complaints conditions. One of the comments we received from the health department is this septic system design is going to be um contingent on like the type of like restaurant and the type of food they're going to be using. So that's all be going to be discussed during the large scale. Okay. But the the property itself like already per to accept any kind of septic system.

12:30 – 13:00Speaker 1

Will there be three different septics for the three phases? It's going to be one huge septic system, but it's going to be divided in between depending on like the type of food and type of services. Oh, yeah, definitely. And the detention pond will accumulate for the entire thing. Okay. All right. I appreciate that. Any other questions of staff for board members for staff? Are we required to make an approval for all four phases or multiple?

12:58 – 13:29Speaker 1

It's three phases. Yes. And yeah, they applied for like phased cop. So once you apply for a phase CUP, you approve like that CUP with the three phases, but each one of them has to come back separately as a large scale. So you're going to see this again with all the designs and all the um all the information, the extra information for each building, but but we're being asked to make a determination for suitability without knowing the tenants or the uses. We've just been given a broad range.

13:27 – 14:06Speaker 1

Yeah. And and that's the whole idea. It's like you know like you're like giving them the opportunity to like uh operate any any other uses than agricultural use and single family. H but they already like explained that it's going to be in three phases and once they come back each one of them is going to be specific to that to that phase. At that point you can always say like no I need like more condition on this or like I we can like table this or we can go back and like redis it. So right now we're in the phases the phase of like hey let's give you the permission or not to operate whatever type of business is alcohol going to be served at this

14:04 – 14:46Speaker 1

event. Yeah it's one of the conditions there like we have if anything is going to be served as alcohol they have to follow the ABC regulations and and that's one of the things that like it's a state requirement so they have to go through the whole process. What is the regulation? Because there's obviously there's a church right next door to this. Oh yeah. That's if they approve it, that would be between them and the state. If the state is like within a distance, you cannot have it. They cannot have it. Is there county regulations that or is it just a state regul? No, it's a state regulation. It's the same as gambling and everything else like clock machines and Yeah. No. Okay. Other questions of board members for staff?

14:44 – 15:15Speaker 1

It is possible to approve a cup for one phase but not all three tonight. Correct. Uh it's um since they applied for like three phases, we have to approve it as like three phases and it does not mean that they will come back for like phase two and three for the large scale. Maybe financially it might not work for them. So they can't come like just like for one phase. The whole the whole construction right now is focused on like phase one which is like the restaurant and the other two phases is just like in the future if like financially it's going to work for them.

15:13 – 15:58Speaker 1

What's the timeline on the phases? Is uh so we approve a c today. Oh, the CU today like if you approve it, it's going to they have like uh since this is attached to a large scale, they have 12 months from the approval date to establish to initiate the process and once that process each large scale takes 18 months to finish. If they don't finish it within 18 months, they come and ask for like uh they come and ask like the uh planning department for like 90 two 90 days backto-back extension. Other questions? Probably. Okay. Probably for the applicant. Is the applicant or the applicants representative here? Or both. That'd be great.

16:00 – 16:51Speaker 1

He may come up here at one point, but I'm Braden Wise with Bates and Associates. Um, I'm here representing Oki uh Oki Construction. Um, I think y'all pretty much hit on everything that needed to be talked about uh in regards to the restaurant. Um, if you know we should get if we do get approved and we start working with the state and everything and we find that we are too close with the way it's drawn right now with proximity to that church. We were thinking about possibly moving it to the east side which would give us more distance and a bigger buffer between us and the church or the the restaurant and the church. And then we would we would just swip swap the uh commercial building. So there there'd be more buffer, but we we have planned for that. Um but right now it's just drawn in as a conceptual.

16:48 – 17:29Speaker 1

Do you have any input on timeline from phase one to phase two to phase three and I know if you would please state your name and address for the record if you would. Uh Tim Oi and 5168 Springdale. Yes sir. So, uh, that, uh, we're actually signing a lease with the tenant for the restaurant and so they're ready to go. We've got to have it done. I mean, as soon as we get through and get it submitted to you guys, I mean, I've got a I've got a 12-month timeline with them right now. So, I need to get rolling. And then, as far as when phase two or phase three might potentially come back

17:27 – 18:08Speaker 1

now that we have that lease with them, we're planning on doing phase two. We have a we have a dentist right now that's looking at about 1,800 square feet in that flex that front building. Okay. Um and then right now that's that's all we've got. It's about 8 9,000 ft. So, okay. Of total building. You know, little bit of a park there trying to I don't know. They sent some pictures of Hifel kind of what we did out at H Highel and did a restaurant there and kind of did a few flex spaces in there. Got some office and different things. Okay. All right. Other questions of the applicant by board members?

18:06 – 18:48Speaker 1

Ju just for the record like uh number 12 is like the restaurant has to follow the uh Arkansas department of health like requirements for like restaurant and uh food services. Uh the alcohol service it's in the staff report but I'm going to like after your permission I'm going to add this as a condition here. So it's going to be condition number like 20. Okay. Do you have to follow the ABC regulation if alcohol is served? Okay. All right. Have you guys Have you seen the conditions of approval? You're you're good with since it's presented. I think so. I mean, unless something else got Okay. You understand what he's saying? We're going to probably add an additional condition that obviously you have to comply with ABC regulations for

18:47 – 19:23Speaker 1

for a distance from the church and that sort of thing. Okay. Um, we have a cabinet manufacturer that is building for all the homes that are out there in that area and they're looking for a spot. So, that one of those back buildings they may take the 30,000 footer and so they're working with Schuber Mitchell and se several of the house builders. Okay. So that that's possible. It could all go at once. We may come back here pretty quick and show you everything. And you understand it takes a separate large scale development for each phase. So we'll have the opportunity to review and and talk about conditions there again as well.

19:21 – 20:01Speaker 1

Okay. All right. Other questions of the applicant from board members? Who's the owner of the is is the owner or the applicant the owner? What's the what's the structure? Well, I think it's under Is it under grant flex? I'd have to read that. Yeah, it was it wasn't clear because it it looks like Tango. Is that who it is? Which is what's Tate? Stacy Tate. That must be the existing owner. That's the existing one of the property. So is is the land purchased on contingency? Yes. Right now.

19:59 – 20:41Speaker 1

Yeah. We're we've got it under contract. Actually, tomorrow money goes hard and so that's why we we came down to the wire. So it was kind of pending tonight if you guys say this is somewhat acceptable and everything. And then we're going to proceed on purchase the land and you know start getting the drawings the phasing done for you. Yep. There's references in here to various retail. Um, but for the most part, it's restaurant, maybe another restaurant, and then commercial. But then it there's also places in our packet and in your application that reference retail.

20:39 – 21:08Speaker 1

We're just not 100% sure on what's going in there for flex space. And so we wanted to keep wanted it to stay open and keep our you know the door open for anything that might come through. The front building we really see being retail up there next to the grocery. The back area we see more as a flex type office space contractors office warehouse kind of warehouse type stuff

21:06 – 21:45Speaker 1

stuff that we've seen in other places in the county. And they do have like water line and like the plans showing like the location of the hydrants. So they're going to have some sort of separation system. And we have like uh if you go move north, we two years ago we approved 2024 we approved a flex space. It's like the same concept. Northwest Arkansas flex space cup. So and we might see one next time. The only thing the only reason I even could care about retail is increased traffic right there. Oh yeah. And that with with if it's commercial space, even restaurant space, there's going to be a lot of

21:44 – 22:28Speaker 1

I know, but it's like they still it's on a highway and if they're going to get like any permitting, it's going to be through like our dot. Uh correct. Correct. Yeah. They're going to get like permits like for any extra. I don't think they're going to have any extra so far because they have an exit like an entrance already from uh the highway and there's another one like on the adjacent lane. So they have like two two um two already established like roads. So and it does have ingress egress to five lane US state and to fire as well. Yeah, they already have that permit like already in place. Is that up lane that that's an improved road or is it I don't know if I'm saying that right. EU PI L. Is that a that a gravel drive or is that a

22:27 – 23:10Speaker 1

I believe it's a gravel drive at this time. We would most likely improve that during our large scale. Sam would that typically be that's a large scale question that's most likely if it requires like any any improvement they have to do that improvement on their side of the uh construction uh and they have like to coordinate with the uh road department to do anything else. So far we have not received any complaints from the road department. They said like it's okay, but considering that like the first phase is going to be the restaurant which is like on 412. We never had like that deep discussion about like that like uh East Road yet. Your application references outdoor music. Oh, you shouldn't.

23:09 – 23:45Speaker 1

Yeah, it says will there be outdoor music box check? Yeah. No, it should be no like I guess like Where is this? There's a million. So, no outdoor music. No. Yeah. Do you need do you need this to be added as a condition? We can I would say I would say this there is a residential area. Okay. Yeah, definitely. So, do you do you want to entertain a motion to add Thank you. Okay. Absolutely. Okay. Are you good with that? Oh, say what? Say that again. Are you good with no outdoor music?

23:40 – 24:25Speaker 1

Yeah. They have an outdoor deck, a patio that you need outside at Centerton. They have it Highful and they have one at Bella Vista also this group that's putting it there. It's a 20 by 20 deck. They don't have live music. They don't have live music. No. Or like amplified. That's the whole idea. Amplified music. You can always play like soft music but not something that's going to be that no party or anything like that. All right. Any other questions of the of the applicant? Okay. Appreciate it. Thank you. Is there anybody in the public that would like to make public comment on this item? So that would be condition number 21. Okay, seeing none, I'll bring it back to the board.

24:26 – 25:10Speaker 1

Obviously, I ra them through the call. So with the additional uh so we're going to take items conditions of approval as stated we're adding compliance with the ABA on any ABC I'm sorry on any site distance for for permitting and another condition for no outdoor music or no amplified outdoor music no amplified outdoor music acoustic jam on your one um yeah that that's my motion. Okay, we have a motion for approval subject to those two additional conditions and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right. Is the applicant for Summers Community cell tower here yet?

25:09 – 27:07Speaker 1

You are. Okay. All right. Let's go ahead and go back to the top and to item A. We will pick that up now, please. And start with a staff report, please. Vicinity map, site map, neighbor map. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit approval to build a new communication cell tower. The lease area will be approximately 100 by 100 on the total 10.51 acre property. The actual facility will be 75x75 fenced in area. The compound will be accessed from West Highway 62 via a 12- foot wide gravel drive within a 30-foot access utility easement leading to a 12-oot locked gate at the facility entrance. The facility will include a 33.5x7 gravel parking and turnaround area. The proposed wireless communications facility will include a 315 ft unmanned tower with a 10-ft lightning rod. Vertical Bridge has certified that they intend to allow shared use of this tower to include Verizon Wireless antennas at a 310 center line and spaces for two additional future providers. The proposed facility has received or is in the process of receiving all necessary approvals to comply with the NEP, NEPA, FAA, and FCC requirements. The applicant submitted the site plans and structural analysis for the tower which have been signed and stamped by a certified professional engineer. A comprehensive administrative communication tower review was completed by the planning staff on 1 19206 concluding that the submitted proposal meets planning and zoning codes. There are no other communication towers within a 1m radius. So a collocation on existing existing towers is not feasible due to the absence of towers in the area

27:04 – 27:49Speaker 1

that meet Verizon's technical criteria and operational specifications. The site will operate 24/7 to provide critical communications and data service to the community. The facility compound will not be open to the public and will be secured by a 6-ft chain link fence topped with three strands of barbed wire to ensure security and privacy. The facility will remain unmanned with recurring traffic limited to light trucks for equipment, maintenance, technicians. Due to the facility's automated operation, there will be no water service, plumbing, sewer, or septic. Planning staff has received two two phone calls requesting additional information conditions.

27:47 – 28:11Speaker 1

A those phone calls were complaints. Sorry. U one of the neighbors he said like I don't want it back there but like he I told him like you're more than welcome to come by and and like express your concerns but it's a cell tower basically we have like um a chapter like in our code just like for sale towers. Yeah.

28:09 – 29:30Speaker 1

Any other questions of staff by board members? Okay. Applicant if you would please state your name and address for the record. Tell us a little bit about the project. Uh Chris Patterson, West Monroe, Louisiana, uh representing Falcon Foster, who represents Vertical Bridge in this endeavor. Um as mentioned, this is a proposed 325 foot total tip height uh freestanding uh lattis base tower with Verizon as the anchor tenant at uh the 300 and I believe 305 foot height on that. Um, as referenced, it is on a piece of property set back off of the highway. Uh, the existing access road off of the highway will be the primary access. We're not proposing a new piece of a a new entrance off of the highway. Uh, our access easement will branch off of the owner's driveway at a point down the driveway. Uh, at that point, it will be gated and locked, secured from the public. Um and as also mentioned is more than a mile away from the nearest existing tower. So it fills a hole in the uh need for coverage for indoor and outdoor for both of um the emergency services and residents in the area as well as traffic on the highway. Um that's really it in a nutshell. So if you guys have any questions for

29:29 – 30:12Speaker 1

only question I had you so the tower is designed for two additional future providers. Is is it typical two? Is it usually more than that or uh depending on reason? Uh I'd have to double check. Uh typically it's designed for three carriers total. So it is coming in with one carrier on it. Okay. Two more. But uh lattice tower this size. I've seen more than three towers on it. Just it's designed for the the proposed loading or the estimated loading for two more additional carriers. Okay. And it can support more. Okay. All right. the way it was explained to me like that's they built that structure and they have tenants right on each one of them. Yeah, it seems like the ones we've looked at in the past had more than two additional carriers.

30:10 – 30:51Speaker 1

Yeah, it it would be like three it would be like more if they have to. Yeah. And being a a tall tower like this, it can support more and down the road if there are more carriers, you have to do a structural assessment on it every time. Okay. And they can be reinforced. The tower can be bulked up to carry extra weight if needed. Okay. All right. I appreciate it. Any other questions of the applicant from board members? Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Is there anybody in the public that would like to make public comment on this conditional use permit request? Okay. Seeing none, I'll close it and bring it back to the board.

30:48 – 31:06Speaker 1

Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve the summer's communication tower as presented. Second. We have a motion and second for approval subject to staff conditions of use or conditions of approval. All those in favor say I. I.

31:04 – 32:00Speaker 1

Any opposed? All right, let's move on to county land hearings. We'll start with item D, replat of tract E and F of Partardeu subdivision. Start with a staff report, please. Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is requesting a replat of tracks E and F within part subdivision. Original tract E is 2 acres and original tract F is 3.98 acres. After the replat, adjusted tract E would be 2.2 and adjusted tract F would be 3.78 acres. Conditions Okay. Any questions of staff from board members? Is the applicant applicants representative here? Hello, sir.

31:58 – 32:39Speaker 1

Uh yeah, Alan Reed, Alan Reed and Associates, DFL, Arkansas. I'm here representing the applicant on his replat. And uh obviously we're trying to correct the problem with the septic system here, so we're having to kind of bump out the line a little bit, but that's that's uh what we're trying to do. Okay. So, there was an existing septic that's crossed the line. So, we're readjusting the line. Yes. Okay. All right. Formal question I always ask. Is there an HOA POA associated with subdivision? Not that I'm aware of. No. Okay. Okay. Mr. Part is no longer with us, so I don't think u that there's anybody left. No.

32:36 – 33:20Speaker 1

Okay. All right. Um, any other questions of the applicant from board members? Okay. Appreciate it, Mr. Reid. Is there anybody in the public that would like to make public comment on this replat request? Seeing none, I'll close it and bring it back to the board. I make make a motion that we approve the replat track ENF of Purdue subdivision. Second. We got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right, Mr. Reed, you're back. We'll start with staff report on tract F of Part subdivision.

33:15 – 33:54Speaker 1

Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is requesting a replat of tract F within part subdivision following the property line adjustment between tract E and F approved under the previous project. After the proposed replat, tract F would be divided into two lots consisting of a 2.29 acre tract and a 1.49 acre tract. conditions. Okay. Any questions of board members for staff? Okay. So, the previous project was a lot line adjustment. The second one is a split. Okay.

33:52 – 34:24Speaker 1

Uh Alan Reed, Alan Reed and Associates. Uh now that we've uh cured our problem with the septic system. We got track the land that has two residents on it with two complete septic systems, water, everything. So, the my client would like to just divide that property. so that each house had its own track. Okay. So, we're basically doing a lot split so each resident's on its own track to property. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Any questions of the applicant from board members?

34:21 – 34:55Speaker 1

Okay. Appreciate it, sir. Anybody in the public like to make public comment on this? Okay. Seeing none, I'll bring it back to the board for action. I make a motion that we approve the refract F of Produce subdivision. Second. We got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Thank you, sir. All right, let's move on. Item F, replats of lot 30 and 31, Blackberry Ridge subdivision phase 2. Start with staff report, please.

34:53 – 35:38Speaker 1

Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is requesting a replat of lots 30 and 31 within Blackberry Ridge subdivision phase 2. Currently, lot 30 is 1.68 acres and lot 31 is 1.84 acres. After the replat, the lots would be combined and have a total acreage of 3.52 acres. Planning conditions. Thank you, Sam. I've got to ask it. We're doing a lot combination. Why can't we do this administratively? Okay. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate the answer. Okay. All right. The applicant applicants representative here.

35:36 – 36:21Speaker 1

Yes. I'm Haley Hooper with Bates and Associates. Okay. So, we're basically just combining two lots into one. Is that correct? That's correct. Yes. So, same owner on both, just consolidating. Okay. Yes. All right. Any questions of the applicant from board members? Okay. Appreciate it. Is there anybody that would like to make public comment on this request? Okay, seeing none, I'll bring it back to the board. Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve the replot 13 and31, Blackberry Ridge subdivision phase 2 as presented. Got a motion. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion in a second. All those in favor say I.

36:19 – 36:57Speaker 1

Any oppose? Thank you. All right, moving on. Let's go to item G. Johnson minor subdivision, please. Vicinity map site map. The applicant is requesting a minor subdivision to split the parent tract into two lots. Currently, the parent tract is 3.84 acres. After the split, tract one would be 1.91 acres and track two would be 1.92 acres. Conditions. Okay. Any questions of board members for staff? Okay. Applicant representative Haley Hooper with Bates and Associates.

37:02 – 37:41Speaker 1

So, we're splitting a 3.82 84 into a 191 and a 192. No, no structures on either on the lot as it sits now. Correct. Not currently. No. Okay. All right. Any questions of the applicant from board members? Okay. Appreciate it. Anybody in the public like to make public comment on this request? All right. If not, I'll bring it back to the board for action. I make a motion that we approve the Johnson Minor Subdivision. Got a motion. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I.

37:38 – 38:22Speaker 1

Any opposed? All right. Moving on. Item H, Minor Subdivision. Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is requesting a minor subdivision to split the parent tract into two lots. Currently, the parent tract is 4.33 acres. After the split, tract one would be 1.33 acres and track 2 would be 3 acres. Conditions. Okay. Any questions of staff by board members? Why is this requiring approve? They're both going to be over two acres, right? Uh they're creating like two lots at less than five acres each.

38:19 – 39:02Speaker 1

Okay. So that's why Okay. And the southern like uh proposed track, you see the two black dots, that's where the the septic is being the perk test is being approved for both of them. Okay. Yeah. All right. And the the one on the north already have existing. Okay. If you would again state your name and name for the record. Yeah. Haley Hooper with Bates and Associates. Okay. All right. Uh, so you got an existing property on one, you're splitting it basically, I guess, to create a track to sell that does not have a structure on it. Correct. Correct. Okay. And you got ingress egress. Kind of hard to see here, Sam. The septic lines of the existing house are shown.

38:58 – 39:42Speaker 1

Yes, that's in green on top and the two points, the black points that where the perk has been approved. Okay. All right. Any questions of the applicant from board members? And you know as as like as always this has to go through the whole process of like signatures and approval by all the utilities, right? So health department they're going to go back again and inspect. Okay. All right. Is there anybody that would like to make public comment on this item? Seeing none, I'll close it and bring it back to the board for action. Make a motion to approve the Heims minor subdivision as presented. Got a motion. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I.

39:41 – 40:19Speaker 1

I. Any oppose? Thank you. All right. Moving on. Item I, replat of lot 5E, Magnolia Acres Subdivision phase 1. Vicinity map, site map. The applicant is requesting a replat of lot 5e within Magnolia Acres subdivision phase 1. Currently, lot 5e is 2.76 acres. After the proposed replat, lot 5e1 would be 1.68 acres and 5e2 would be 1.08 acres conditions.

40:20 – 41:03Speaker 1

Okay. Any questions of board or staff by board members? Pop your mic on if you don't mind. So they have they have a southern and they have like the one to the east like parallel to the road. So this one to the south it's going to go like all the way east north and then go back in. So that's the one for the weird looking shape like eastern side and that one the existing already have like the road frontage. So that's that's fine. I mean we've seen this like four times before. Same lot. All right. Hi. Hi, Kay Hooper with Bates and Associates.

41:02 – 41:47Speaker 1

You're getting a lot knocked out tonight. I am. Right. I hope you're I hope you're charging by the file and not the hour today. Right. All right. Uh, anything we need to know specifically about this? Obviously, the question is ingress, egress. It looks like there's I assume that's a utility and an access easement to the back property because it's kind of blurry to read here, but it meets all standards. Uh, any other questions of the applicant or applicants representative on this? Okay, seeing none, I'll bring it back to the board for action. Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. Got to open it up public comment first. Is there anybody who'd like to make public comment on this? Okay. Thank you, sir. Seeing none, I'll close it and bring it back to the board for action.

41:48 – 42:10Speaker 1

I move that we approve the Magnolia Acres. Got a motion for approval. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion and second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right. Moving on. The last item is item J. Pops KO preliminary large scale development phase two.

42:08 – 43:32Speaker 1

Vicinity map, site map, neighbor map. The applicant is requesting a preliminary large-scale development approval for phase two of the metal manufacturing business tesseract fab to bring the southern building into compliance with county planning and zoning regulations. The subject property consists of a 29.25 acres with phase 2 occupying approximately 3.5 acres of the project site. The business operates Monday to Friday from 6:00 to 6 with 4 to 10 employees. The conditional use permit was approved by the planning board on 692022 and ratified by the corner on 7212022. Phase one of the preliminary LSD was approved by the planning board on 8252022. Phase two of the project consists of a 60,331 square foot building equipped with all utilities, including a septic system, a total of 47 gravel parking spaces, two ADA compliance spaces, and a retention pond connected to a fire hydrant. Large-scale development approval must be or final large-scale development approval must be obtained prior to the project becoming fully operational. Planning staff has not received any complaints. conditions.

43:30 – 44:14Speaker 1

Okay. All right. So, Sam, give us a little background here. We phase one was approved through a quorum court. Yes. And everything was like done and now that like they're doing phase two and once phase two is like done construction, they're going to kind of apply for a final for both of them. Okay. And the same engineer, same same surveying company where like in both phases. So, that makes that makes it easier. Okay. All right. Appreciate that. And yeah, the applicant representative is here. Okay. All right. Um, any other questions of staff from board members? Okay. Applicant or applicants representative. I probably should have asked you instead of Sam. I apologize.

44:14 – 44:59Speaker 1

He makes more money. Yeah. James G with EDA, Springdale, Arkansas, here to answer any questions you may have on this. So, I guess he was I asked him this question. So this is the phase this basically like we looked at earlier. This is the second phase of a large scale development. This is the pre LSD. Um same engineer, same design design. So septic's good. Retention's good. Everything's good on the project. Yes, we we analyzed the detention pond that got constructed. It works for the entire site to be built out. So uh we don't see any issues with that. Uh this of course this LSD is for the southern building just to make it clear everybody. Uh the the northern building was phase one.

44:56 – 45:40Speaker 1

Okay. And this building's just a little over 60,000 ft. Correct. Okay. All right. But it does have its own septic. It's got fire protection. It's got ADA spaces. Okay. All right. Any question? And the fire marshall of the area also already like visited. Sound like they're okay. Okay. All right. Any other questions of the applicant from board members? Okay, appreciate it. Thank you. Is there anybody in public that would like to make public comment on this? All right, I'll bring it back to the board noting as was stated, so this is preliminary large scale development. The final development approval will have to come through once everything's completed, but before it becomes fully

45:39 – 46:16Speaker 1

operational for both. So, we will see this one again. Oh, definitely. In the near term. All right, that being said, is there any issues? Does anybody have any motions on this one? Mr. Chairman, I move approved. I second that. We got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? All right. Um, other business. Busy as usual. Like that's where like the um things start picking up after like the tax season.

46:13 – 46:45Speaker 1

Yeah. We next time we like so far we have maybe like 8 or 10 I can't remember like we have we have until tomorrow 2 p.m. might stuff like come trickle down. So next meeting is going to be um April 30th and I guess the one after that would be June 4th. Okay. April 30th and June 4th. All right. I appreciate it. Anything else for the good of the order? If not, I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. Make a motion to adjurnn. Second. All those in favor say I. I. in your

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