HomeMy WebLinkAboutLU00-04-01Letter from ApplicantApr -11-00 04:06P Williams & Dean
To: Brian Minyard, Planner II
Department of Planning and Development
Fax #: 371-4789
Re: Land Use Application #LUOQ -04-01
Date: April 1 1, 2000
Pages: 5
Cc: Gary Dean
Brian,
501 224 0873 P.01
FA01MILE
Per our conversation, to complete our application for a Land Use Amendment, attached you
will find:
1. Project Vicinity Map
2. Copy of Cover Letter as submitted with P,D.D, Application detailing the use of the
proposed project,
Should you need anything further, please give me a call.
From the desk of...
Mark J. Alderfer, AIA IAk
Williams & Dean Associated Architects
18 Corporate Hill Dr., Suite 210
Little Rock, AR 72205
501)224.1900
Fax#; 501)224-0873
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VICINITY MAP
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April 10, 2000
Parents I Friends of children, Inc.
Guest House 4 Wellness Center
4500 W. Markham Street
Little Rock, ASR '12205
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Mr. Dana Carney
Zoning Administrator
Department of Planning and Development
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Re: Guest House and Wellness Center
Planned Zoning Development ;
43QO W. Markham Street
Dear Mr. Carney:
A R .0 H I T E C T 5, I N C
On behalf of Parents and Friends of Children, Inc., the office of Williams & Dean
Associated Architects is delivering the enclosed Application for a Planned Zoning
Development - Short Form for the subject Property. Along with the application form, ;
you will find a check in the amount of $155.00, the application Information Sheet, 3
copies of a recent legal survey, and 18 `copies of a Proposed Site Plan:
Williams & Dean Associated Architects has been retained by Parents and Friends of
Children, Inc. to provide architectural design services for this project. We have
prepared the Site Plan based on the legal and topographic survey prepared by
McGetrick Engineers.
Parents and Friends of Children, Inc.., the owners of the property, propose to
construct the guest house forthe use of family and friends of cancer and neonatal
patients of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The facility will be
residential in nature, similar to the Ronald McDonald House located adjacent to
Children's Hospital. Parents and Friends of Children, Inc. will own and operate both
houses and will utilize the same executive director for both houses. The facility
located at 4300 West Markham Street is to be called the Guest House and
Wellness Center.
The owner's Mission Statement is: "To provide lodging and a place of refuge for:
I.. Adult cancer patients of UAMS
2. Parents of neonatal patients at UAMS EIGHTEEN
3, The Wellness Center for the Auxillary of the Arkansas Cancer Research CORPORATE HILL DRIVE
Center (ACRC). " LITTLE ROCK, AR 71205
501.214.1900
FAX 501.224.0873
Residents will be ,referred by.the medical, Staff of the Arkanasa Cancer Research
Center (ACRO) or Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (CART!) at UAMS.
As a "home=away-from-home", no medical.!care will be administered in the new
facility.
Housing will consist of 15 double occupancy bedrooms for a patient and a family
member. Each bedroom will have'a-private bath •and two small closets. Communal
Living Room, Dining Room and Kitchens will de provided. The kitchens will be
residential in scale -and -are -provided to leo used by the residents in preparation of
their own meals. Support services; W11 include - Food Pantry, Laundry,' Library,
telephone and vending area. These uses' provide.the "lodging" of the mission
statement.
To support the ,lodging being provided; the ACRE Auxillary will provideservices in the
form of the Wellr'ess Ceriter. This part "of the; facility will provide spaces -for restfull and
therapeutic:activities such -as an exercise,.r-oom; music room, TV room, computer
room, reading. room, •Ccnference;Bbard,.roam.arid outdoor gardening�and activity
areas. These uses will provide the "re needed by the residents and families
facing the stress of medical treatment.
The physical facility vWl consist of atwo story; approximately 18,000 square foot
building. The building'will be fullysprinklered,:equipped with a full-size elevator and
be fully ADA accessible. The building as proposed will be classified as a Residential
Occupancy, with a Construction Type V _ Unprotected and Sprinklered. As
proposed, the. building complies with the'height and -area limitations"of this classification. -
The building will face W. Markham Street with ant open, covered vehicular drop-off
area between the building and an entry garden: The parking lot is accessed with a
single driveway entrance located at mid -Mock on Rose Street and will provide 32
parking spaces including two designated handicapped spaces. A small service drive off
of Rose St. will provide for the screened dumpste'r location as well.as a place to
accommodate the building's infrequent deliveries.
Due to existing underground utilities cros*g at mid -point of the property and the
topographic slope of the north half of the:propeity, the building has been placed to the
rear of the property, This allows the building to be nested into the natural slope of the
site i6d allows for an on -grade outdoor area tv be directly accessed, frons both Coors.
The north facade will be one story taPl and portray -a residential character to the
residential zoning north; east and west of the site. The parking lot and entrance
drive face W. Markham* Street and are in keeping.with th 03 zoning of the street.
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Thus,,b-y placing the building and'parking lot as-sh6wn the�current zoning of the
property is maintained and the uses of the new facility 'ire sympathetic to the adjacent
zoning, _
All disturbed areas of the site will be landscaped to exceed the minimum ordinance
requirements, specifically along both street frontages;:the parking lot, the entry garden
area, and the building perimeter: As much as possible of the existing trees and
vegetation on the north and west sides -of the property will be retained. Landscaped,
outdoeir garden areas are an important: part of the building program.
Should you have any questions, pr need any addition al;information , please feel free to
call,me at 224 1900. l look forwardto working'with,you and the City of Little Rock
through the planning process on this.Wery'worthwhile project, We think the Guest
House and Wellness Center will be a positive development for the'Hillcrest
Neighborhood and for the City of Little Rock.
Res �rectfully, JI)
A.
Mark J.
Sam PYe rroni, President of Parents and Friends of Children, Inc.
$ob Taylor, -Chairman House Committee '
Russelyn Hartke, Executive Director
Gary, Dean, Williams & Deah Architects