PEA RIDGE — Persistence paid off for Ted Slaughter who was granted approval for an impound car lot at 624 Slack St. by the Planning Commission at the regular meeting Tuesday, June 7.
Slaughter, who had requested putting an impound lot in the old lumber area west of the flea market in the former hardware store, was denied for the first location.
The Slack Street location is already zoned commercial and has been a car lot in the past.
Slaughter told planners he was going to erect a privacy fence around a portion of the lot for privacy, security and aesthetics.
He assured planners and the chief of police that he would not block traffic coming in and out of the lot, which has access from both Slack Street and Weston Street.
Questioned at length by planners, Slaughter said he had no intention of storing “junk” on the property and would not charge exorbitant rates. When questioned, he said that impounded cars that are not recovered by their owners after 45 days and specific notice may be sold, but he doesn’t intend to get into the used car business.
Two planners, Dr. Karen Sherman and M.J. Hensley, voted against the request.
As the commission prepared to adjourn, chairman Sherman asked school superintendent Mike Van Dyke why he, interim superintendent Dr. Roland Smith and Mike Castagna, project manager from Baldwin & Shell, were there.
Building official Tony Townsend said he had told theschool officials that if a majority of the planners approved waiving submission deadlines for the large scale deadline and tech review, the school’s remodel/ construction plan would be heard at the July meeting.
May 20 was the deadline for submission of the plans to be discussed at a June 2 tech review and at the July 5 meeting.
“We can have a tech review June 23 ,” Townsend said. “That won’t give you much time for revisions between then and the July5 Planning Commission meeting.”
School officials agreed.
Planners approved a temporary permit to move major utilities on the Intermediate School campus.
Townsend said the city did not have a permit process in place for demolition of buildings.
The large scale development plan will be discussed at the tech review meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, then presented to the Planning Commission July 5.
News, Pages 1 on 06/15/2011