Commission OKs fence amendment
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
BENTONVILLE - After a year on the books, the city's fence ordinance will undergo some changes.
The Bentonville Planning Commission approved the changes during its regular meeting Tuesday, and the ordinance will go before the City Council at its next regular meeting.
The ordinance was originally created to regulate fences that impede the flow of storm-water runoff. The original ordinance prohibited fences and walls in platted drainage easements.
One of the major amendments to the ordinance now allows for fences in those easement areas on a case-by-case basis. It was said that several instances had come up in which drainage was not an issue on property, even though easements had been set.
Also, detention / retention ponds with permanent water at least 2 feet deep are required to have some type of fencing or protective wall, similar to hot-tub and swimming-pool regulations.
In other action, the commission voted to deny a rezoning request for. 25 acres -at 403 S. E. Third St. from single-family residential (R-1 ) to residential office (R-O ).
The home is next to the Bentonville's utility truck workshop in a neighborhood that features no other residential-office or commercial zonings. Commissioner Buddy Vernetti said he is concerned that if the commission approves this rezone, it could start a chain reaction around the Utility Department.
Property owner Pam Underwood said she has a hard time renting the property for residential use because of the truck traffic and said it would make a perfect location for her real estate company.
"The traffic on this street is phenomenal," Underwood said. "If you had to sleep during the day, you couldn't do it."
The city's future land-use plan depicts the neighborhood as R-1.
The Planning Commission also took the following actions:
• Tabled a final plat for the Laurynwood Estates, a 101-lot single-family subdivision at 9862 Glen Road;
• Approved a large-scaledevelopment plan for. 72 acres at 1106 S. Walton Blvd. for a 8, 030-square-foot office building;
• Tabled a rezoning request for 1. 278 acres on South Main Street from neighborhood commercial (C-1 ) to central commercial (C-3 ) for the Nov. 7 meeting; the developer plans to build six urban-style town homes on the northern portion of the lot;
• Approved a rezoning request for 3. 83 acres in the Summerlin subdivision off Morning Star Road from agricultural (A-1 ) to R-1;
• Approved a lot split for. 479 acres at 403 W. Central Ave.;
• Approved a property-line adjustment for 1. 36 acres at the corner of Southeast Eighth and South Main streets;
• Approved a final plat for the Summerlin subdivision, Phase 2, an 85-lot single-family development on Morning Star Road;
• Tabled a final plat for the Highland Park subdivision at 3301 N. W. Third St., a 56-lot single-family development;
• Approved a large-scaledevelopment plan for Fortune 500 Mfg. Co. for a 30, 000-square-foot warehouse on 11. 86 acres off Otis Corley Drive, with a cul-de-sac redesigned to create safer traffic flow and the road extended to eventually connect with Southeast 22 nd Street;
• Approved a large-scaledevelopment plan to create a new Arby's at its North Walton Boulevard location contingent upon the developer paying a fee in lieu of improvements to the intersection of Tiger Boulevard; improvements to the street were taken off the master plan last year, but could be added within the next few years;
• Approved a large-scaledevelopment plan for a new McDonald's restaurant off Peach Orchard Road;
• Tabled a large-scale-development plan for Airport Plaza until a conditional-use permit is presented to the commission at its Nov. 7 meeting; a conditional-use permit is required for operating a gas station in a C-1 commercial zoning; and
• Approved a conditionaluse permit for the proposed warehouse on Southwest Chucker Avenue in Zone 2 of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport overlay district, with areas of concern including nonreflective building materials for the roof and walls. Site lighting will be required to shut off so as not to impair pilots at night. No electronic devices are allowed that emit an electrical signature that might interfere with aircraft communications. The large-scale-development plan for the 108, 000-squarefoot warehouse was also approved with the condition that the airport advisory board be allowed to review and comment on the building elevations.
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