Jonesboro Board Meeting - April 21, 2026: Two Variance Approvals
Jonesboro Board Meeting - April 21, 2026
The board convened at approximately 7:45 PM and approved previous meeting minutes from March 17. Two variance requests were heard and approved unanimously. One member (Bailey) recused himself from the second item.
Consent Calendar
- Motion to approve the previous minutes from March 17 was passed unanimously via roll call.
Discussion Items
- Variance for Black Equipment (Kruger Drive): John Ely of Associated Engineering requested a variance from parking requirements (asphalt, curb and gutter) for a storage area for heavy equipment. The site is in an industrial park, and the board noted similar variances had been granted before. Screening was discussed: screening is not required in industrial zones surrounded by industrial uses. The variance was approved via roll call (Millard aye, Billy aye, Campos aye).
- Variance for City of Jonesboro (911 Center, Monroe and Madison): Kyle Cook of Brackett Crunch represented the city. The property is in the industrial arts district and requires a 24-foot front facade depth. The building is a hardened 911 center with no windows, making full depth impractical. The project proposed a 5-foot gallery space with art exhibits and murals, meeting other code requirements (12-foot top lid, 70% glass requirement). The board found the proposal met the intent of the downtown development code. Mr. Bailey recused himself. The variance was approved via roll call (Millard aye, Billy aye, Campos aye).
Key Outcomes
- Both variance requests were granted unanimously.
- Meeting adjourned shortly after the second vote.
Meeting Transcript
Ready? Okay. Thank you for your patience for two minutes. Um we are ready to get started. Can we have a roll call? Good morning. Here's Millard. Here. Billy. Here. Campos. Here. We um have a motion to approve the previous minutes from 317. So thank you very much. All right. Um the first one is the city of Jonesboro. Why don't y'all get first on the list? What's that about? Kind of. Do you not know we're serving the taxpaying people of Jonesboro, not the city itself? So I'm gonna skip that and go on to the second one. All right. Oh that's o that. Mr. Bailey is gonna recuse himself. He can step down in a minute. So John, come on up. And we'll put the city second. John Ely with Associated Engineering on behalf of Black Equipment. We are asking for a variance on the parking requirements of asphalt and curb and gutter for storage area. Black is looking to construct a storage area for some heavy equipment where they're stored on Kruger Drive, much like Burke Reynolds did and other people like that. And we're asking for a variance. That'll be a fence that you can't see through. Fence chainly glass seven. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Gotcha. Well, board members, y'all know we've approved these before, especially in the industrial park. And uh do you have any questions for John? John, you're not asking for any kind of variance on the landscaping plan to do landscaping outside of it. So by now. You're not asking for any variances on the landscaping. You're gonna put the landscaping in. That's no, it's just a storage area. Didn't he also ask about screening? So are you screaming on screening the fence with the being all industrial? I'm not sure if it's required. Commercial to residential, you would. Yeah, with come with industrial all around it, uh, the screen's not required.
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