Commission considers rezoning of several properties.
The City of Benton Planning Commission will meet to discuss several properties on May 6th, 2025, at 6 p.m. The location will be at the new Benton City Hall, at 410 River Street.
Read below for the properties and details. Also see the minutes from the previous meeting’s discussion.
AGENDA
1) Establish a Quorum/Call to Order
2) Approve Minutes from April 1st, 2025 Planning & Zoning Meeting
3) Board of Adjustments
a. 809 Pearl Street [Variance]
4) Planning Commission
a. 809 Pearl Street [Rezone from C2 to R2]
b. Rolla Road [Site Plan for Multi Family]
c. 206 Third Street [Rezone from R2 to R5]
d. Browning & Winchester [Rezone from C3 to R2]
e. Browning & Winchester [Preliminary Plat for Attached Housing]
f. 521 Third Street [Preliminary Plat for Attached Housing]
g. Business Park [Preliminary Plat]
h. Dobbs Creek [Preliminary Plat – Tabled from 04.01.2025]
5) Other Business
a. Planning Commission Packets [Electronic Copies; Bruce]
Meeting Adjourned
MEETING MINUTES – APR 1 2025
Chairman Stilwell called the meeting to order.
All Members Were Present:
- Carl West
- Brett Chumley
- Lois Burks
- Darrell Wood
- John Clements
- Pamela Gibson
- James Stilwell
- Andy Warford
- Mark Chilton
- John Parton, Comm. Development Director
- Chelsea Matthews, City Planner
Approval of the minutes of March 4th, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting
Chairman Stilwell asked if there were any additions, deletions, or corrections to the minutes. Commissioner Gibson makes a motion to approve the minutes, as is. Commissioner Chilton second. Motion carried.
Board of Adjustments
Planning Commission
1601 Hudson Street [Rezone from R2 to R7]
Commissioner Chilton recused himself.
Chairman Stilwell asked Ms. Matthews to introduce the rezone request. Ms. Matthews reads the memorandum that states that GarNat Engineering, on behalf of Folsom Holdings, LLC, is requesting approval of a rezone at 1601 Hudson Street. The property is currently zoned R2 [single family district detached housing] and the applicant is requesting the property be rezoned to R7 [multi family residential district]. Chairman Stilwell calls for any questions or comments regarding this request. Vernon Williams with GarNat Engineering speaks in favor of this item. Commissioner Burks makes a motion to approve this request. Commissioner Clements second. Motion carried 7-0. Since this is a rezone request, this request will go before City Council at the end of the month for final approval.
1712 Thomas Road [Rezone from R2 to C3]
Commissioner Chilton recused himself.
Chairman Stilwell asked Ms. Matthews to introduce the rezone request. Ms. Matthews reads the memorandum that states that GarNat Engineering, on behalf of Folsom Holdings, LLC, is requesting approval of a rezone at 1712 Thomas Road. The property is currently zoned R2 [single family district detached housing] and the applicant is requesting the property be rezoned to C3 [service commercial]. Chairman Stilwell calls for any questions or comments regarding this request. Vernon Williams with GarNat Engineering speaks in favor of this request. Commissioner Clements makes a motion to approve this request. Commissioner Warford second. Motion carried 7-0. Since this is a rezone request, this request will go before City Council at the end of the month for final approval.
Winchester Drive [Preliminary Plat]
Commissioner Chilton returns to meeting.
Chairman Stilwell asked Ms. Matthews to introduce the preliminary plat. Ms. Matthews reads the memorandum that states that Hope Consulting, on behalf of Kennedy Development, is requesting approval of their preliminary plat at Winchester Drive. The rezone request that was submitted in March 2025 was denied by Planning Commission. This updated preliminary plat now meets the current R2 zone requirements. Chairman Stilwell calls for any questions or comments regarding this item. Jonathan Hope with Hope Consulting speaks in favor of this item and clarifies that they will take out the hammerheads and put in cul-de-sacs to meet City code. Discussion is made around the room regarding problems with flooding and drainage. Mr. Hope states that they have tripled the detention area past city requirements to help with this issue. Several citizens from the area come to speak against this item. Commissioner Chilton makes a motion to approve this preliminary plat. Commissioner Clements second. Motion carried 7-1 with Commissioner West voting “no”.
Dobbs Creek [Preliminary Plat; ETJ]
Chairman Stilwell asked Ms. Matthews to introduce the preliminary plat. Ms. Matthews reads the memorandum that states that Davidson Engineering is requesting approval of a preliminary plat for Dobbs Creek. This property is currently outside of Benton City limits but is within the ETJ so the City of Benton must oversee the approval process. Ms. Matthews clarifies that the Developers/property owners are wanting to annex the property once the preliminary plat has been approved so that they are able to utilize City services. Chairman Stilwell calls for any questions or comments regarding this request. Bear Davidson with Davidson Engineering speaks in favor of this request. Discussion is made around the room regarding the high number of lots. Several citizens from the area come to speak against this item. The consensus of the group has concerns about potential traffic, the number of lots, potential blind spots, and potential safety issues. Mr. Davidson asks if we can table this item so that he is able to go back to his team and try to address all of these concerns. Commissioner Gibson makes a motion to table this item. Commissioner Burks second. Item tabled 8-0.
#001-04759-000 & #001-04751-000 [Annexation]
Chairman Stilwell asked Ms. Matthews to introduce the annexation request. Ms. Matthews reads the memorandum that states that Richardson Engineering, on behalf of Azteca on Highway 5 is requesting to annex into Benton City Limits as a C3 [service commercial] zone. The purpose of this annexation is to be able to utilize City sewer. Chairman Stilwell calls for any questions or comments regarding this request. Tristin Phillips with Richardson Engineering speaks in favor of this request. Commissioner Gibson makes a motion to approve this request. Commissioner Burks second. Motion carried 8-0. Since this is an annexation request, final approval will go before City Council at the end of the month.
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