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Council denies special-use permit for lay-down yard after residents raise flooding concerns
Summary
Council voted to deny a special-use permit for a proposed lay-down yard at 630 W. New River Road after residents presented photos and testimony alleging past flooding and that prior fill on the property redirects stormwater toward their homes.
The council on July 27 denied a special-use permit for a lay-down yard proposed at 630 West New River Road, following extensive public comment from neighbors who said prior fill and walls on the property have increased flooding risks for adjacent residences.
The applicant described prior coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and said the portion of the proposed lay-down yard was previously determined to be upland. He told the council that work avoided mapped wetland areas and that he sought to formalize a lay-down area roughly 500 feet by 160 feet. Several neighbors disputed that characterization and presented photos and chronology of floods in 2016 and May 18, 2021, saying raised fill on adjacent property and hard barriers prevent natural flow and push water into their yards and apartment parking areas.
Candy Parr, introduced by the clerk, told the council: “The water cannot get through... It acts as a levy.” Another neighbor, Kathy Hembrick, told the council that local streets and back yards now flood more frequently and asked whether a feasibility or drainage study had been done. After public comment councilman Williams moved to deny the permit and the motion passed.
