NLR forum today on sand firm's plan

A public forum is scheduled today in North Little Rock by Jeffrey Sand Co. of North Little Rock to provide information on a proposed sand storage and distribution site along the Arkansas River in Maumelle.

The meeting will be 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. today at American Pie Pizza restaurant, 9709 Maumelle Blvd., North Little Rock. The meeting will be open to the public.

The location for the proposed site for Jeffrey Sand Co. is on 22 acres of vacant riverfront property owned by the company on Crystal Hill Road on the border of Maumelle and North Little Rock.

The company's application for a conditional use permit will be discussed at the next regular Maumelle Planning Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 23 at Maumelle City Hall, 550 Edgewood Drive. The commission's recommendation would then be forwarded to the Maumelle City Council.

The application is to seek approval to locate a wholesale sales and storage business within a Service Commercial Zone that abuts a planned residential district.

The Maumelle City Council voted unanimously against amending city zoning regulations in 2007 that would have allowed Jeffrey Sand to locate the business on the same property.

Jeffrey Sand Co. has its headquarters at 2200 E. Lincoln Ave., North Little Rock, and has operations in Pine Bluff; Conway; Nashville, Tenn.; and Clarksville, Tenn.

Metro on 07/08/2015

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