Springdale council tables rezoning appeal for RV park expansion after neighborhood objections

The Springdale City Council on Jan. 14 voted to table an appeal by the owners of an existing RV park seeking to rezone a parcel on Highway 71 North from Agricultural District A-1 to Manufactured Home Park (MHP).

The move to table passed by roll call (7-0). Council members directed staff to prepare an ordinance amendment to allow RV parks as a permitted use in the C-2 commercial district and set a follow-up schedule that brings a public hearing before the Planning Commission in February and the council on Feb. 11.

The appeal came after a unanimous (9-0) denial at the December Planning Commission. Derek Gibson, speaking for the applicant group, said he “personally take[s] full responsibility for why we’re here tonight” and described the ownership group’s local experience operating RV parks and planned improvements including 50 additional RV slots, a bathhouse, an extra entrance, green space and detention ponds. Gibson told the council the owners prefer a rezoning to MHP because a conditional-use approval in A-1 would be tied to the current ownership and “complicates…