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Home My WebLink AboutLU00-05-01_staff reportINFORMATION RELATIVE TO PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS FOR THE LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON September 19, 2000 ITEM NO.# Land Use Plan Amendment - Downtown Planning District 15� anning Staff Recommends: Approval Planning Commission Recommends: Approval Right -of -Way Issues: N Vote: 8 Ayes 0_ Noes 3 Absent _ Abstention ITEM NO.# Planning Staff Recommends: Planning Commission Recommends: Right -of -Way Issues: Vote: _ Ayes _ Noes _ Absent _ Abstention ITEM NO.# Planning Staff Recommends: Planning Commission Recommends: Right -of -Way Issues: Vote: -- Ayes __ _ Noes Absent Abstention August 17, 2000 ITEM NO.: 7 FILE NO.: LU00-05-01 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Downtown Planning District Location: Various Locations Request: Various Requests per Capitol View/Stifft's Station Neighborhood Action Plan Source: Capitol View Stifft's Station Neighborhood Action Plan PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Downtown Planning District from Service Trades District to Mixed Use and Service Trades District to Public Institutional and Parks and Open Space. The Public Institutional category includes all public and quasi facilities which provide a variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries, fire stations, churches, utility substations and hospitals. The Parks/Open Space category includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts, flood plains and other designated open space, and recreation lands. The Mixed Use category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planning Zoning District is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three. s EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: A portion of the property is currently zoned POD (the Cathedral School location). A PCD is located on the corner of Cantrell Road and North Street the remainder of the area is zoned 0-3. A portion of the area (which was not included in the Cathedral School POD) is zoned I-3. These areas are predominately adjacent to the railroad right-of-way (and shown on the Future Land Use Plan as Parks and Open Space). 0-2 (Dillard's Headquarters) and 0-3 zoning is located to the north of the site. August 17, 2000 ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-05-01 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: Maryh 7, 2000, a change from various land uses to Mixed Use Urban was made to an area to the east to the east of the proposed changes. The Mixed Use Urban was made to an area bounded by the Arkansas River, I-630, the Union Pacific Railroad and I-30. November 16, 1999, a change was made from Single Family to Mixed Use south and west of the area in the 3200 block of W. 7t' Street. On April 20, 1999, a change from Single Family to Mixed Use was filed adjacent to W. 12th Street. These changes were recommendations made by the Stephens Neighborhood Action Plan Steering Committee. As a part of the implementation of the Capitol View/Stifft's Station Neighborhood Action Plan the Future Land Use Plan was reviewed (July 16, 1996). Several changes were recommended (Multi Family to Mixed Office Warehouse - south of W. 7th Street, Low Density Multi Family to Single Family - south of W. 6u' Street, Low Density Multi Family to Office -north of W. 7th Street, Single Family to Parks and Open Space - south of Boone/W. Markham Street and adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way, Low Density Multi Family to Single Family - north of W. Markham Street and Industrial to Mixed Office Warehouse - east of Gill Street and west of the Union Pacific Railroad). In January and June of 1996 two Single Family designations were changed to Public Institutional. The Central High Visitors Center and the Little Rock School District are housed at the locations of these changes. MASTER STREET PLAN: Cantrell Road is shown as a Principal Arterial and North Street is shown as a local street on the plan. A Class III bikeway is designated north of Cantrell Road from Riverfront Drive to Gill Street crossing under Cantrell Road and following Cantrell Road to North Street. Then following North Street to the Railroad Tracks at LaHarpe then once again crossing under Cantrell Road and following along the river. Also in the area is a proposed Class I bikeway which 2 August 17, 2000 ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-05-01 is adjacent to the railroad right-of-way and Gill Street following along to the intersection with the bikeway at CanVell Road. PARKS: There are no park sites in the immediate vicinity or any park sites currently included in the Master Parks Plan for the area. CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The Capitol View/Stifft's Station Neighborhood Action Plan contains two goals relevant to these requested changes. The first goal concerns community preservation goal which indicates the desire to involve all segments, of the neighborhood in identifying, protecting and enhancing key structures and places. The second goal, private investment goal is to promote private investment in the neighborhood. Action statements which will assist in the development of these goals are to review the future land use plan to identify possible areas for changes and to amend the future land use plan to reflect public institutional uses in the area and to reduce the intensity of uses allowed on the eastern edge of the neighborhood. With mixed use developments and a planned development review the neighborhood as well as the developer will be better able to develop projects that "fit the image" of the neighborhood. As a part of the Capitol View/Stifft' s Station Neighborhood Action Plan a recommendation for inclusion in the future Parks Master Plan is the development of a trail through the neighborhood following east and south along the railroad right-of-way then at W. 5t' and W. 6t' Streets turning west and ending at the War Memorial Fitness Center. As a part of this proposal several vacant lots within the area are suggested to be converted into neighborhood "pocket -parks". ANALYSIS: The area is a predominately "built -out" area. The request is to recognize existing land uses in the area by changing the site of the Cathedral School to Public Institutional and a strip of Parks and Open Space on the west side of the site (this in keeping with the POD on file). The request is also to change an area south of Cantrell Road and north of North 3 August 17, 2000 ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont. Street to Mixed Use. a mixture of office res�iential component. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: FILE NO.: LU00-05-01 This area is currently redeveloping as and commercial while retaining a Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Capitol View Stifft's Station Neighborhood Association and the Hillcrest Neighborhood Association. Staff has received five comments from area residents. Two in support, 1 opposed to the change and 2 were neutral. Capitol View/Stifft's Station Neighborhood Association, which covers this site, is in support of the change. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the change is appropriate. The changes would allow for recognition of existing land uses in the area as well as encourage the continued mixed pattern of redevelopment along Cantrell Road. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (AUGUST 17, 2000) The item was placed on the Consent Agenda for approval by a vote of 8 ayes, 0 noes and 3 absent the Commission approved the change. 4 Plan Amendment y Case # LU -00-05-01 N 1100 BLOCK OF CANTRELL Cr: 15 0 TRS: T1NR12W4 0 500 1000 Feet PD: 4 Vicinity Map War& 1 Area Zoning Case # Lu -00-05-01 100 BLOCK OF CANTRELL Cr: 15 r ` TRS: T1NR12W4 0 500 Feet PD: 4 - - Vicinity Map Ward: 1