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Commission approves Carson Sperry PD amendment, converts commercial tract to up to six single-family lots
Summary
The commission approved an amendment to the Carson Sperry (Rivertown Landing) planned development to replace a proposed mixed-use commercial tract with up to six single-family lots; applicant and neighbors held multiple community meetings prior to the vote.
The Conway Planning Commission on June 5 approved a revision to the Carson Sperry planned development (also called Rivertown Landing PD) that removes a mixed-use commercial component on one tract and instead permits up to six single-family lots on that tract.
Staff summarized the PD’s history: adopted in February 2007 for mixed-use development on about 28.5 acres, the PD has been amended multiple times (2010, 2017, 2018, 2022). Earlier amendments replaced some multifamily and mixed-use proposals with single-family detached homes; the 2017 amendment permitted 50 single-family detached homes on portions of the PD. The applicant held community meetings; residents had expressed concerns about the potential traffic and impacts of commercial/upper-floor residential uses adjacent to single-family neighborhoods.
An applicant representative told the commission the revised plan would reduce commercial acreage in the PD but retain commercial elsewhere, changing the PD composition from roughly 75% residential / 14% commercial to about 82% residential / 7% commercial (the balance being a large pond). The representative said the intended change reduces likely traffic impacts because access to the tract would require travel through the residential area.
A commissioner moved to approve the amendment, with a stated limit of six single-family lots on the tract. The motion passed; commissioners recorded support and thanked both the developer and residents for multiple public meetings that produced the revised proposal.
