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DRC reviewers say utility-line project is exempt from site-plan review; floodplain permit process to follow
Summary
Reviewers agreed the underground utility-line improvements are exempt from site-plan review under Chapter 6.1/Code 7 and will proceed with administrative floodplain permitting; reviewers flagged an early tree-clearing window to protect brown bats and noted road-permitting requirements if lines cross county roads.
Benton County DRC reviewers agreed the proposed underground utility-line improvements are exempt from site-plan review and will proceed through administrative floodplain permitting, the applicant said.
Nathan, the applicant representative, told reviewers that “the application no rise ticket has already been submitted” and that the team will pursue floodplain permitting rather than a full site-plan review. He said the city of Bentonville is requiring a grading permit for tree-clearing work connected to the project.
The action matters because the exemption in “chapter 6.1 of our development code number 7” narrows the review to…
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