Planning committee approves 35,000-square-foot metal-sorting building at 1800 Van Pelt Street

The North Little Rock design review committee recommended approval and the Planning Commission accepted the recommendation for Alter Trading Company’s site plan at 1800 Van Pelt Street, where the applicant plans a roughly 35,000-square-foot building to house a new metal-sorting system.

Travis Tolley, representing the applicant, told commissioners the project upgrades an existing recycling yard and will house a metal-sorting device designed to separate non-ferrous metals for reclamation rather than sending them to a landfill. “It’s an existing yard there, recycling facility. They’re gonna build an approximate 35,000 square foot building that’ll house a new sorting, metal sorting, device… to reclaim those and keep those out of the landfill,” Tolley said.

The design review committee considered the application as SD-2025-28 and agreed to recommended items 1 through 13 in the staff report; the commission moved to accept that recommendation. Tolley said most new work will be south of the railroad line that bisects the site and that a few variances are part of the submittal; he said the applicant is pursuing those variances as required.

No public opposition was recorded at the microphone during the hearing. Commissioners asked standard procedural questions and then approved the recommendation by voice vote.

The approval allows the applicant to proceed with the site plan subject to any conditions and outstanding variances and to obtain building permits before construction begins.