Members of the Alexander City Council heard a preview of a special meeting scheduled by the Alexander Planning Commission. The special meeting involves a review of a variance request, which if approved will allow one lot to be divided into two lots without the required 8,000 square-feet minimum.
Alexander Planning Commission Chairman Michael Huck announced the special meeting during the council's August 19 meeting. Huck explained the property owner wants to take one large lot, divide it into two and build a single-family site-built home on each as rental units.
The lot is located at 14916 Regency Drive in south Alexander. It sits at the corner of Regency Drive and Charles Street. Under the proposal the width of the property will be divided into two; from 120-feet to 60-feet for each lot. Under Alexander zoning the minimum allowable frontage width is 60-feet.
But, the minimum lot size allowed is 8,000 square feet, Splitting the lot provides one half with 6,916.5 square feet and the other will be 6,901.5 square feet.
"How does the property taxes work on that since it's one lot but two homes," asked Council Member Angela Griffin?
"No, it would be two lots," Huck said.
"Is that the only area that we're trying to do a variance on," Griffin asked? "Because I'm worried about it being an open in a can of worms. Are we willing? That we allow one resident to do it on a small."
"Well, first of all, his front is 120 feet wide," Huck explained. "Not all of the lots in that area are 120 feet wide. There are various generally smaller size lots. There are 100 (feet) or 60 (feet) already."
Explaining the process further, Huck said the property owner must bring written approval from the property owners and/or residents adjacent to the property to be divided. This includes properties across the street. These letters are to be brought to the special meeting.
Assuming no one opposes the plan, Huck said the planning commission would probably recommend sending it to the council for approval. Under the rules for approving variances, if the council accepts the recommendation then a public notice will be posted throughout the city notifying residents of the requested variance. If after 30-days no one submits a complaint the variance automatically goes into effect.
The special meeting of the Alexander Planning Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10. The meeting will be held in the courtroom at the Alexander Municipal Complex (City Hall) at 6:30 PM.
Church ready to present construction plans
Huck noted the goal is to have the project approved and ready so when the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA) approves Alexander's Master Development Plan in 2025, the council will be able to approve the church's sewer connection. Then the construction plans along with a letter from the Alexander Council will be sent to LRWRA and construction can begin. The LRWRA provides sewer service to the Pulaski County area of Alexander.
Other reports during the August 19 meeting;
Donations and more grants
"So, today we actually got two donations," Burnett began. "We had a gentleman donate a sign, bigger sign for the PD, (to) put up on the road, which was nice. We also got a 500 dollar donation from RBD Hale Steel."
The sign was donated by the Hwy 5 Sign Company.
Assistant Police Chief Jessica Burnett stepped up to report on grants. One grant program is taking the hard part out of spending the grant funds.
"It's a small grant, but it's really nice because it's not one where they send us the money. We have to buy a product, report the spending," Jessica Burnett said. "They actually buy the product and send it to you."
"So, we asked for 14 IFA K-Kits, which are response kits for active shooter situations," she said. "They're very compact."
The kits include a tourniquet, wound packing gauze, and a chest seal vent.
A new type of warning lights has been donated to the Alexander Police Department.
"We also got 14 guardian lights," Burnett said. "So, they sit up on their (officers) shoulder and they just wink blue like their car lights. So, if they're out and about on scene and they're walking around and it's dark, they don't have. The flashlight sometimes is not enough after. So, that blue light gets everybody's attention while they're walking around. Those will be donated to us. They come in at, save, the city $3,659.69."
ISO review and Seeking outside help on fire hydrant issue
"ISO came last month (July)," McCormick said. "We did all of our paperwork and went through all the processes that they were looking for. We're, we have a six month or so waiting time and they come back to tell us what our rating is again."
"So we met with the Arkansas Rural Water Association," Madison began. "I'm trying to get some information on how the Rural Water Association's worked and what the rules are. It was a good meeting."
"I'm in the process of crafting a letter to the water department (Saline County Water Works and Sanitary Sewer) based on stuff that we've had conversations with from them," Madison continued. "And I was requesting, I had asked for some of their ANRC (Arkansas Natural Resources Commission) pack work and stuff that we have for you. I was able to actually get it through the water association."
Alexander and Saline County Water Works and Sanitary Sewer (SCWWSS) have been debating over maintenance of the fire hydrants. Alexander claims fire hydrant maintenance is the responsibility of SCWWSS. While, SCWWSS claims the city has been responsible for fire hydrants since the annexation of Woodland Hills into Alexander in August, 2006.
Dog kennels and property cleanup
"We did get some portable dog kennels and they look pretty good," Wyatt said. "So hopefully in the near future, we'll be able to actually impound some animals that are either vicious or I know we have plenty of stray dogs around here."
Wyatt also promised to bring a list of properties for condemnation. He said these are properties in which owners have not responded to cleanup orders.
Property in probate
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