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Conway City board approves variance for oversized restaurant smokehouse with conditions
Summary
The Conway City Board of Zoning Adjustment approved a variance allowing a 512-foot accessory structure for a proposed restaurant smokehouse, exceeding the zoning code limit of 160 feet, and attached three conditions including required permits, exterior cladding to match the primary building, and an 18-month start-to-construction deadline. The transcript does not record the names of the motion mover, seconder or a numeric vote tally.
The Conway City Board of Zoning Adjustment approved a variance allowing an accessory structure of 512 feet to be built as a smokehouse for a proposed restaurant, a length the board noted exceeds the 160-foot limit for accessory commercial structures in the city's zoning code.
A planning department staff member told the board the lot is zoned C-3 and surrounded on the north and west by hotels and to the south by tractor-related uses, and described the request as an exception to the code because the structure is substantially larger than the 160-foot allowance. "I do believe that a new location for the dumpster has been approved by Conway Corporation," the staff member said, referring to the applicant's relocation of the dumpster so it would sit outside a 20-foot easement along the southern property line.
Jason Coington, who identified himself as the building owner, said his tenants "want to do the smokehouse to put their smokers in," and that the smokehouse needs to be close to the kitchen and dumpster for daily operations. Coington said the applicant worked with the fire department on design so the structure would meet safety expectations.
The board approved the variance with three conditions recommended by planning staff: the applicant must obtain all necessary permits from the permits and inspections department; the accessory structure must be painted or clad in materials that complement the existing primary structure; and the variance will become void if construction of the accessory structure does not begin within 18 months of approval. The transcript records commissioners moving and seconding the motion and the chair calling the vote, but does not record the motion maker's name, the seconder's name or a numeric vote tally.
The chair closed the Board of Zoning Adjustment portion of the meeting after the vote and the body adjourned. No public opposition was recorded during the hearing.
Notes: The planning staff's statement that Conway Corporation agreed to the dumpster relocation was reported in the hearing by staff and is presented here as staff's account rather than as an independent confirmation.
