The Commissioner of State Lands will auction about 80 tax-delinquent parcels next month in the Wilson Lake Road area near Lakeside Country Golf Course.
The owner, Benton-based Stephens-Baker Development, was denied a sewer extension that would have serviced some of the undeveloped lots in 2016, when the city of Hot Springs' utility connection and extension policy limited utility access in the unincorporated area of its 145-square-mile service area.
The lots are outside the city limits but inside the city's planning area, land up to 1 mile beyond the corporate limits that's subject to the city's subdivision code.
The new policy that took effect in April lifted those restrictions, the product of an interlocal agreement the city and Garland County ratified earlier this year giving the unincorporated area equal access to connections and extensions in return for the county giving the city a per-capita share of revenue growth generated by the 0.50% sales tax the county levies in support of its general and solid waste funds.
The lots could have been serviced by the water main that runs down Wilson Lake Road, but the city's utility code won't grant water connections unless a wastewater disposal system is already in place.
The 80 parcels will be auctioned Sept. 2 at the Hot Springs Convention Center during the Land Commissioner's annual public auction of tax-delinquent lands in Garland County. More than 450 parcels are on the auction list. They can be viewed on the Land...
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