The Springdale City Council voted on July 22 to approve multiple rezoning ordinances, moving four separate public hearings and ordinance votes to adoption.

Council members voted to amend the city’s zoning ordinance (Ordinance No. 3307) to rezone a property for a Red Barn Bakery development on East Robinson Avenue (the ordinance text referred to the parcel at 2368 East Robinson Avenue). The motion carried 8–0; the council also adopted the ordinance’s emergency clause by the same tally.

The council approved the rezoning of property at 3323 Wagon Wheel Road from agricultural to an institutional (P‑1) district for El Dorado Missionary Baptist Church, again amending Ordinance No. 3307. That ordinance and its emergency clause were adopted on votes recorded as 8–0.

A separate ordinance rezoned a property at 3280 North 50 Sixth Street from agricultural to low‑medium density single‑family residential (SF‑2) ahead of an informal plat submission; the motion and the emergency clause each passed 8–0.

The council also approved a rezoning to high‑medium density multifamily residential (MF‑16) for a parcel east of Johnson Road and south of West Sunset Avenue to allow a multifamily development. Planning staff told the council the site has a legal access easement that may be used as an emergency access but that the main access would likely be Johnson Road; officials said traffic, drainage and design details would be addressed later during a development plan review. That rezoning and the emergency clause carried 8–0.

Why it matters: Each rezoning authorizes a different land use and will affect future site plans, access and zoning enforcement. The multifamily rezoning near Johnson Road prompted council questions about traffic, access and how the easement could function if the property owner develops the site.

Discussion vs. formal action: Council discussion focused on clarifying access points for the MF‑16 site and ensuring design standards and traffic mitigation will be addressed at the development‑plan stage. The votes were formal adoptions of the rezoning ordinances; no additional direction to staff was recorded beyond the normal review process.

Ending: Planning staff said future development plans will return for review with engineering and traffic analysis as required; the council adopted the ordinances and emergency clauses to expedite implementation.