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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice of Land Use AmendmentCity of Little Rock Department of Planning and evelopment Planning Zoning and • 723 West Markham Subdivision _Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 1::( (501) 371-4790 Tuesday November 17, 1998 NOTICE OF LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT LU98-04-02 WHAT: Amend land use plan from Low Density Residential to Suburban Office WHERE: 1723 North University (See map on back) WHY: Request from property owner WHEN: Planing Commission Meeting 2nd Floor Board Chambers City Hall - 500 West Markham December 17, 1998 - 4:00 p.m. For additional information, please contact Brian Minyard or Walter Malone, Planning and Development - 371-4790 or by fax 371-6863. Written comments may be submitted to: Planning Division - LU Amendment Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Z(501) ity of Little Rock Department o Planning an Development Planning Zoning and 723 West Markham Subdivision Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 371-4790 Tuesday November 17, 1998 NOITICE OF LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT LU98-04-02 WHAT: Amend land use plan from Low Density Residential to Suburban Office WHERE: 1723 North University (See map on back) WHY: Request from property owner WHEN: Planing Commission Meeting 2nd Floor Board Chambers City Hall - 500 West Markham December 17, 1998 - 4:00 p.m. For additional information, please contact Brian Minyard or Walter Malone, Planning and Development - 371-4790 or by fax 371-6863. Written comments may be submitted to: Planning Division - LU Amendment Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 City of Little Rock [),apartment of Planning and DevelopmentPlanning Zoning and 723 West Markham Subdivision Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 (501) 371-4790 April 21, 1998 Mary Jane Bailey 5018 Club Road, Suite 102 Little Rock, Arkansas 72207 Dear Ms. Bailey, Your application for a land use plan amendment at 1723 North University will be heard before the Planning Commission on December 17, 1998. The hearing wil be held in the Board Room on the second floor of City Hall at 500 West Markham. The meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m. Yot.ir amendment will be item 3 on the agenda. The Planning Commission does request that you or your agent be present. Sincerely, U E Brian Minyard Planner II encl. \brian\108 doc To City Planning Staff and the Planning Commission: In regard to the request to change the city plan for 1723 N University, please consider the following points. We are going to put a small office in the existing building. The office will accomodate two or three people. We will have several computers, a copying machine and other light office equipment. Our business is currently located at 5018 Club Road, Suite 102 where we have approxiamately 260 sq. ft. We will not resell the building, we are in need of a permanent location. Access in the alley was established and has been in use for this block for the past several decades. The traffic will increase little or none over residential use. We have already removed an accumulation of trash --a grocery store cart, a very large pile of half burned debre and assorted items not properly prepared for trash pick-up. We intend to improve this alley access in whatever way the city recomends. It is my understanding that the buildings just across the street, on the Northeast side of this intersection, also opperate from an alley access. I am not informed on right- of- way issues and they were not mentioned in staff's report to me, but have been told that it would be necessary to increase the city's right-of-way if this request were granted, We further understand that permission from the city would be necessary for us to have the space we need for parking and signs. If granted this permission, we are fully aware that any disturbance caused by the city in this right of way would be repaired at the property owner's sole expense. As of this writing we have received approximately forty statements in support of his change. One neighborhood group has written in support and none have opposed. Finally, this property is located on the east side of N. University, which is business from Kavanaugh to 65th St., with the exception of the sixteen and seventeen hundred blocks between Cantrell and the Prospect Building. The neighbors see it as an improvement to have a small office on this corner, and I am assured by staff that suburban office is designed to be compatible with a neighborhood.