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Planning Commission backs special-use grading permit for 6820 Crystal Hill with timeline, stormwater and restoration conditions
Summary
The North Little Rock Planning Commission recommended approval of a special-use permit allowing grading and stabilization at 6820 Crystal Hill Road, imposing a 12-month permit limit, stormwater controls and a restoration plan requiring replanting. Residents pressed for stricter enforcement and cited ongoing runoff and past missed deadlines.
The North Little Rock Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend a special-use permit that would allow grading and site stabilization at 6820 Crystal Hill Road while imposing conditions intended to control stormwater runoff and restore vegetation.
Thomas Pownill of Thomas Engineering, representing the applicant, said the site was cleared previously for an entertainment project that was later dropped and that material—primarily darker-gray shale—has been removed from the property. “They still have dirt they would like to move,” Pownill said, and he presented a grading plan and engineering calculations designed to route runoff into a sedimentation pond and a detention pond to ensure post‑development drainage would not increase.
David Cook, the city’s chief city engineer, said his department…
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