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Developer asks Benton City for fee waivers and fencing delay for materials yard; council raises gifting and safety concerns
Summary
Applicant Carl Sarver proposed a materials/construction yard next to Dollar General and requested waivers of water/sewer connection fees (~$7,250) and one year to install required site-obscuring fencing. Council members expressed concern about gifting public funds, floodplain fencing constraints, access through Dollar General, and asked staff and the city attorney to craft a written agreement or bond if concessions proceed.
Planning staff summarized a proposal from applicant Carl Sarver to use a parcel east of Dollar General as a materials and sales yard for bark, gravel and sand and asked whether the council would consider concessions such as waiving water and sewer connection fees and giving a one-year timeline to install required site-obscuring fencing.
"He was asking if the city would be willing to waive our water and sewer connection fees, which would be roughly $7,250," planning staff said, and noted the applicant understands he…
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