Jonesboro Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting - March 17, 2026
Jonesboro Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting - March 17, 2026
The Board of Zoning Adjustments met on March 17, 2026, at 1:30 PM at the Municipal Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The board approved the minutes from the previous meeting and considered three variance requests.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes: The minutes from the February 17, 2026 meeting were approved unanimously by roll call vote.
Appeal Cases
VR-26-06 – Variance for Right of Way on Damron Drive
- Applicant: Horizon Land Surveying LLC, represented by Danny Burns, requesting a variance to allow a building permit on a pre-existing lot without dedicated public right-of-way on Damron Drive. Discussion indicated that Damron Drive was paved with MATA funds in the late 1990s to early 2000s but was never formally dedicated as public right-of-way. The board noted that the city has prescriptive rights and the applicant is dedicating right-of-way along their frontage. No opposition was raised. The board voted to grant the variance. (Motion carried, roll call vote: 5 yes, 0 no – exact tally not completely clear but unanimous.)
VR-26-07 – Variance to Repair Existing 8-Foot Tall Wood Privacy Fence
- Applicant: Moss Fencing, represented by Josh Moss, requesting approval to repair a 64-foot section of an existing 8-foot tall fence at 706 Sequoia Drive that is leaning and held up by ratchet straps. The fence is located on the east side next to 213 Indian Trails. The rest of the fence is in good condition. No opposition. The board voted to grant the variance. (Motion carried, roll call vote: 5 yes, 0 no – one member noted as "long negative vote" but likely unanimous.)
VR-26-08 – Variance for Minimum Lot Width for R-1 Zoning at 4104 Mount Carmel Road
- Applicant: Joshua Neely of Ridge Surveying and Consulting, representing property owners Randy Lloyd and James Cook. The request is for a variance from the required 60-foot lot width for access to public road right-of-way in R-1 zoning. The property (Tract A) historically had a trailer park with access via an ingress/egress easement. The applicant plans to build a single-family residence and will obtain a 40-foot strip from adjacent property to provide road frontage. The variance is needed because only 40 feet is available. No opposition. The board voted to grant the variance. (Motion carried, roll call vote: 5 yes, 0 no.)
Key Outcomes
- All three variance requests were granted unanimously.
- The meeting adjourned following staff comments and a motion to adjourn.
Meeting Transcript
Let's call this thing to order. Roll call, please. Good morning. Here. Billy. Have a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. All right. Second. Thank you. All in favor? All right. Horizon land survey LLC on Dameron Drive. Come on up and tell us what's going on. All right. I'm Danny Burns with Horizon Land Surveying. And here to represent Mr. Clayton on this one, but uh it's kind of a unique situation. We got a piece of property that's pre-existing. We're just trying to get a minor plat so it can get approval for a building permit. And the right-of-the-on Dameron Drive, but it's my understanding after talking with you know different folks that we don't know if Dameron Drive is public right-of-way or kind of what's going on in that situation. Um talked to some people in the area and they say that it was probably paid with the MATA project back in the late 1990s to early 2000s. But just kind of we don't know where the city stands at on as far as that road goes being public right away. Yes, Dameron Drive. Yes, and there's a this will be the third structure, I believe that's maybe the fourth that's got access off of that road. Yes, it's gonna be in the flood zone. We're gonna try and do adequate dirt work, get it removed. Not gonna be too close to property lines or anything like that. No, sir. What is the do you know the status of uh Dameron Drive? Um we know that it was paved with MATA funding of the late 90s. Um it was probably never um dedicated its right-of-way. Um but um when it came into the city, of course, we accepted what was there. Now, of course, we all know that unless a judge you know declares it it the right of way is not actually there, it's just you know so we um we really don't have a lot of information on it. We don't figure it's a public street, but it's being used for a public street. Is there any other driveways off of it? There's yeah, for that 4116, then there's also a driveway at the it dead ends into a driveway for 4121, and then 3129 on the corner has access off of it. I don't have the records, but uh Daryl, do you know if it was signed in under a petition back whenever they did the petitioning for all the county roads that got annexed in? Don't know. I don't 98 when that was it 1998 when that predicts that's kind of our guess. That's just kind of the time for the years we've been looking around is that all's right there past this property line. And all the surveys and you know work that we found in that area they they're showing is dedicated at 20 feet is what the right-of-way is right now with all the survey records. Did you say this was going on 4115? Yes, sir. Okay. Anyone here object to this ask proposal? Ask a variance. Harold, can we can we give a variance on a right-of-way that city didn't have you can give a variance on having to have the required right-of-way for a to get a building permit? Okay, um, they are dedicating right-of-way along their frontage. So you can um, but um, you know, basically you've got a prescriptive right-of-way out there right now.
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