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June 2, 2026 | Technical Review: 4:30 PM | Public Hearing: 5:00 PM
The Bentonville Planning Commission held a public hearing and business meeting on June 2, 2026, to consider a consent agenda, three advertised rezoning requests, a parking waiver, and a large-scale development amendment. All votes were unanimous (6-0).
about the uh minutes questions or revisions to the minutes no um you see any questions or revisions that anyone wants to discuss for the uh consent agenda um before we talk about the new business let's uh does anyone have any questions on the three rezonings under advertised public hearings um um under new business the waiver for the uh least saying it's church parking lot you want to talk about that and give us some perspective on it right so uh the applicant is seeking to place more parking on site than code allows so the land sits today as uh t 4.1 I believe the 4.2 which has uh a maximum parking limit to the spaces so uh the applicant is asking for uh 253 and code limits it to 109 we offered up uh some conditions on the back end of the staff report if the commission is thinking about approving it to um ensure the new spaces are uh constructed with low impact development of course uh obey all laws uh all the new asphalt would have to meet the drainage manual requirements for additional runoff and then maybe some additional landscape buffer along the southerly property this this item is not in public hearing so what whatever questions you have let's ask them well well most churches if the if they're successful have a parking problem okay and that's gonna that's that's the way it is here in downtown churches and and uh they just probably don't have enough enough opportunity to find adjacent parking with other developments that's what usually what happens on most Sunday places but uh I don't think they have much opportunities next door to them do they no that doesn't didn't look like it's yeah um we have a the applicant here would you like to talk about it for us right on where's there we go um hi Cody Sexton with Bloon Associates um pretty much like we explained uh big church the church needs needs more parking um otherwise going by the code I think it was like four spaces per thousand square feet which you know when you math that out in your head that's not a whole lot for the church space um as mentioned we've we've already got planned for additional um green space landscape buffers on the perimeter to you know enhance and shield on the street corridors and we're certainly receptive to anything that we need to do to make it more desirable uh in the process of getting that parking so obviously their goal is they want everything to be nice as well so you can have multiple services I'm sorry you have multiple services uh that I do not know I'm just the engineers because right now multiple services the calculation it is parking is based upon having a service for that particular building size but so many of these towns and churches have multiple services and the problem is the transition people are coming in for the next service and there's still people parking and so the that's just an inherent problem that probably the code doesn't really figure in the the overlap so and I'm looking at it because I just don't see a lot of other options around the property that they can off of you at this time or change later um you mentioned the uh additional screening and staff board talks about to the south what about the other directions between this property and Mercy Clinic and Macaulay place and I street uh at the moment we've just got of course the plans are still fairly conceptual and we've been through the initial meetings with city staff at the moment we've got it on the south we do have typical landscaping on our plans on the other perimeters but nothing additional and it that's in excess of what the code requires at the moment um Uh at the moment we've just got of course the plans are still fairly conceptual, and we've been through the initial meetings with city staff at the moment. We've got it on the south. We do have typical landscaping on our plans on the other perimeters, but nothing additional and it that's in excess of what the code requires at the moment. Um looks like you're proposing the temporary septic system, I guess, until the city sewer capacity is available. Okay, and what's the plan for that space on site once you connect to the city? Um, I don't know there's a specific plan for it yet. Figure that out once it's once it's no longer of need and available. Any concern about having a septic field right by Macaulay place? Septic system will be permitted through the state, just like everything else. So okay. What about uh there's pretty significant storm and detention facilities for Macaulay place? What's what's the plan for addressing that? Um, our overall plan, and it doesn't show up on here, but we've already got we've got planned out an underground stormwater system that'll be split into two sections, about the north third of it uh will be contained and will tie into the existing stormwater system. Um going to the east, and the bottom two-thirds will be an underground system underneath the parking lot. And uh we've already had discussions with Macaulay to get a easement granted from them because they've got significant ponds and overall the overall plan is really if those are cooperative, that's just better for everybody. So that's that's the plan for our underground system to tie directly into their influent points on their property and then into their pods. Um obviously with the footprints that we have, and that we do need all the parking. We don't have a lot of spare room on the property to put upon, so we're all underground. Well, there were actually two two criteria in the code for parking, and they're a little under one of those criteria, but the code says the lesser of these two things and you know our parking spaces for 18,000 square foot search facilities, not gonna be nice. Um we have any other questions about this any thought about you want to put this on consent. I'm okay, then I was gonna suggest that yeah, but yeah, with the conditions, well, yeah, with the conditions. Well, I'll hang them like that then. Um questions on the advertised hearings. Eighth and C Street. Um you can take a break. Eighth and C Street, we have an amendment to the large scale development, Tom. Right. Uh the same materials, they just want to bring back some lighter colors. This one um have any questions about that item that one is not a public hearing. Do we want to look at moving that one to consent? Okay.