The City of Alexander Planning Commission will hold a public zoning hearing August 10 on a request by My Ample Storage to zone approximately 1.73 acres of land from Open Space/Recreational (OS/R) to Highway Commercial. My Ample Storage is located along Highway 5 west of North Alexander Road. The property was annexed into the city in 2018.
This specific parcel will be used to construct indoor storage units for boats and recreational vehicles. The planned construction on this site is only part of a much larger ongoing renovation of My Ample Storage.
At a July 20 special meeting, held by the planning commission, Engineer Jacob White, of Bond Consulting Engineers, Inc. in Jacksonville, Arkansas and My Ample Storage owner Terry Bean gave a presentation explaining how the property will be used. Along with an adjacent 3.27-acre parcel, which was annexed in January 2017, additional regular storage units have already been built with more to come. That parcel is already zoned Highway Commercial.
Much of this construction is due to a plan by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDoT) to widen Highway 5 from North Alexander Road to Highway 183 in Bryant. According to ARDoT’s plan, the widening project includes four lanes of traffic (two lanes in both directions), a center left turn lane, with bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides. Construction is slated to begin in 2024.
The widening will require the removal of My Ample Storage’s brick wall that borders Highway 5. To move it at least one row of storage sheds must be removed. Eventually the office building will also have to be relocated.
The zoning hearing is set for Tuesday (August 10) at 6:30 PM in the courtroom at the Alexander Municipal Complex along Highway 111. Following the public hearing the planning commission will hold its regular August meeting, at which the decision will be made whether to recommend rezoning the property to the city council.
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