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Cherokee County board previews multiple rezoning cases; executive session sought for Pea Ridge litigation
Summary
Planning staff briefed the board on several zoning items including a special use permit for a proposed self-storage facility (Barry Dunlop/Paradigm Engineering), a board-initiated rezoning for Pea Ridge tied to pending litigation, a small-lot rezoning by Joel Richard Enterprises, and multiple applicant withdrawals and postponements.
At the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners work session, planning staff walked commissioners through a heavy slate of planning and zoning items and several applicant-initiated withdrawals or postponements.
Mr. Troyer (speaker 5) told the board item 10.1 concerns a special use permit requested by Barry Dunlop for Paradigm Engineering Services to use about 6 acres of a larger 22-acre parcel for a self-storage facility, and that the Planning Commission recommended denial. Mr. Troyer said staff has not received the applicant's requested postponement or community engagement update.
On a separate matter, staff reviewed a board-initiated rezoning of roughly 63 acres near Pea Ridge Road (from R40 to R20). Commissioner (speaker 4) recommended the board go into executive session because the item involves pending litigation. The board agreed to discuss the litigation behind closed doors before deciding how to proceed.
Mr. Troyer summarized other cases: a request by Joel Richard Enterprises to rezone 1.5 acres from AG to R40 (the Planning Commission recommended R60 and the applicant accepted that change) to allow a house on an 'orphan' lot on Jack Page Drive; a postponement request for Boat Trail 5 until May 5 after the project was reduced in scope; and the withdrawal of two other cases, including a daycare-related modification off Bells Ferry Road and a subdivision application on East Cherokee Road after the applicants resolved access issues.
Commissioners asked technical questions (septic vs. sewer on Reed Street lots and environmental-health approvals for small lots). Staff said the RA district typically requires sewer, but environmental health has approved septic for those Reed Street lots; staff noted the lots are smaller than typical and may reflect grandfathered or special circumstances.
The board did not take final action on these items at the work session; several matters were set for future public hearings or postponements, and the Pea Ridge rezoning was flagged for additional closed-session discussion because of litigation.
