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Council approves special-use permit for salvage yard with screening and fencing conditions, 6–4
Summary
After a quasi‑judicial evidentiary hearing, council approved a special‑use permit for a salvage yard with conditions requiring a six‑foot berm, evergreen screening and an opaque privacy fence; applicant’s counsel said existing trees will be preserved where possible.
FAYETTEVILLE — In a quasi‑judicial evidentiary hearing, Fayetteville City Council approved a special‑use permit for a proposed salvage/junkyard, attaching conditions intended to reduce neighborhood impacts.
Councilmember Andre Hondros moved to approve the permit with conditions including: compliance with applicable standards and specifications; installation of a new six‑foot screening berm and planting of evergreen trees along the berm to reach 4–5 feet in height; and enhancement of the existing fence to an opaque privacy screen. Hondros read the required six findings of fact, citing testimony from an earlier May 26 hearing and the permit record.
Applicant counsel Robin Tatum Smith Anderson said the plan is to preserve as many existing trees as possible to satisfy buffering rather than clearing them. Councilmembers asked for clarity about preserving existing vegetation in buffers, and the applicant confirmed the intention to save mature trees where feasible.
The council’s vote on the special‑use permit was 6–4. The motion and the findings of fact were entered into the record as part of the quasi‑judicial process.
