BENTONVILLE — Benton County planners on Wednesday rejected plans for a mobile home park near Centerton, citing safety and environmental problems with the site.
The Planning Board voted unanimously to deny the request to develop a mobile home park on land owned by Betty Mize at 14032 White Oak Lane. Todd Butler with Ozark Civil Engineering represented Mize at the hearing.
According to the planning staff’s report, the land has had a residential structure, mobile homes and and storage buildings on site for several years. Mize asked for approval of a mobile home development some years ago, Butler told the board, but was turned down because of problems with water and sewer service.
Mark Curtis, a board member, said he is still concerned about the proposed septic system since many neighboring homes are using well water. Other board members questioned the availability of fire protection in the absence of water lines and fire hydrants and because of the narrow road leading up to the heavily-wooded area.
The staff also said Mize was issued a notice of violation of environmental ordinances and ordered to clean the property, She was granted an extension until Nov. 25 after she told officials she had fallen through the floor of one of the mobile homes on the property and broken her leg. Ashley Tucker, board chairman, cited the ongoing issues with conditions at the site as another reason for voting to deny the request.
“There is a current violation of county ordinance and it’s existed that way for pretty much the last nine years,” Tucker said.
The board approved a request for a lot split for Jonathan Barnett for lot 6 of the Summerwood Subdivision at 21249 Abberly Lane in Siloam Springs. The approval was made contingent on Barnett obtaining the signatures of all other property owners in the subdivision on a notice of the lot split.
During the board’s Technical Advisory Committee phase of its meeting the planners heard a request from Lee Ann Fager of AT&T for a 255-foot-tall cellphone tower at 15114 Arkansas 264 in Lowell. Fager asked for a waiver of setback requirements, which establishes a “fall zone” equal in size to the height of the tower plus 50 feet. The board told Fager she will need to show the requirements would impose a hardship for the development of the project.