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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance with GraphicsOFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION OCTOBER 20,1998 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment — Rodney Parham Planning District — LU98-02-02 — Markham Center Drive RECOMMENDATION CITIZEN 1�7�YS�17.V YS�I�1 BACKGROUND Action Required I Submitted By 'Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Cy Carney Amendment to the Land Use Plan from Single Family to Suburban Office and Suburban Office to Commercial. Planning Staff recommends approval. August 6, 1998 Planning Commission Meeting. This item was placed on consent agenda and approved with a vote of 11-0-0. The property is currently zoned 0-3 and is approximately 1.8 acres in size. Two existing hotel/motels are located to the south of the site and are shown as Commercial on the Land Use Plan and have either a PCD or an 0-2 CUP. To the north, east and southeast, lie various office buildings in Suburban Office category and zoned 03. This site, as well as the other two hotel/motels, faces the I-430 freeway. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area included in the amendment an area immediately to the east of Natural Resources Drive. This area has been partially developed as office. The property in the expanded area is currently zoned O-1 and shown as Single Family on the Land Use Plan. This expansion would acknowledge the existing uses and zoning of the area. The expanded area is currently zoned 0-1 with R-2 to the north and east and C-3 to the south. Single Family lies to the east of BACKGROUND I the expanded area and Office lies to the north. An existing area CONTINUED of Suburban Office lies to the south and Commercial to the southwest. This site is one of the last sites to be developed in the area. As shown on the graphic, the lot immediately to the south is shown as Commercial. This land use change would be a logical expansion of the commercial to this one last lot. The lots to the north and east are already built, and therefore the chance of commercial spreading any further north or east is a mute point. This change would be an extension of the existing node of the motcYhotels to the immediate south. Staff believes the changes are appropriate acknowledging the existing use and zoning of the expanded area and to expand the existing Commercial area north per the original application. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN (16,222) IN THE RODNEY PARHAM PLANNING DISTRICT FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO SUBURBAN OFFICE AND SUBURBAN OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL; AND 2OR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That Suburban Office at Lot 6, Bixler Commercial Addition be amended to Commercial on the Land Use Plan. SECTION 2. That Single Family on the east side of Natural Resources Drive north of Markham Street be amended to Suburban Office on the Land Use Plan. SECTION 3. That the Land Use Plan be changed from Single Family to Suburban Office and Suburban office to Commercial on the attached sketch and be changed in the Land Use Narrative. PASSED: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED: Mayor September 17, 1998 ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: LU98-02-02 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Rodney Parham District Location: Markham Center Drive Recruest: Suburban Office and Single Family to Commei:cial and Suburban Office Source: The Mehlburger Firm PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Rodney Parham Planning District from Suburban Office and Single Family to Suburban Office and Commercial. Suburban Office provides for low intensity development of office or office parks in close proximity to lower density residential areas to assure compatibility. Commercial includes a broad range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and professional services, and general business activities. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area included in the amendment an area immediately to the east of Natural Resources Drive. This area has been partially developed as office. The property in the expanded area is currently zoned 0-1 and shown as Single Family on the Land Use Plan. This expansion would acknowledge the existing uses and zoning of the area. CURRENT LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned 0-3 and is approximately 1.8 acres in size. Two existing hotel/motels are located to the south of the site and are shown as Commercial on the Land Use Plan and have either a PCD or an 0-2 CUP. To the north, east and southeast, lie various office buildings in Suburban Office category and zoned 03. This site, as well as the other two hotel/motels, faces the I-430 freeway. The expanded area is currently zoned 0-1 with R-2 to the north and east and C-3 to the south. Single Family lies to the east of the expanded area and Office lies to the north. An existing area of Suburban Office lies to the south and Commercial to the southwest. RECENT AMENDMENTS: May 20, 1997, a change from Office to Commercial on area along the north side of Chenal Parkway between Bowman and Autumn Roads. September 17, 1998 ITEM NO • 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU98-02-02 June 18, 1996, a change from Single Family to Park/Open Space on two lake/recreation areas in Twin Lakes. A change from Suburban Office to Single Family on the area from 16th and 22nd Streets west of Aldersgate Road. A change from Multifamily to Mixed Office on the area west of John Barrow Road and north of Tanya Drive. December 19, 1995, a change from Office to Commercial on area northwest of the Kanis/Shackleford intersections. February 7, 1995, a change from Office to Mixed Office Commercial on area south of Chenal Parkway and west of Hermitage Road. August 2, 1994, a change from Single Family to Multifamily on east of Reservoir Road and north of Grassy Flat Creek. MASTER STREET PLAN: Markham Center Drive is shown as a local street on the plan and is built with a 36, cross section. BACKGROUND: This site is one of the last sites to be developed in the area. As shown on the graphic, the lot immediately to the south is shown as Commercial. This land use change would be a logical expansion of the commercial to this one last lot. The lots to the north and east are already built, and therefore the chance of commercial spreading any further north or east is a mute point. This change would be an extension of the existing node of the motel/hotels to the immediate south. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Leawood, Sturbridge, Colony West, Echo Valley, Treasure Hills, Sante Fe Heights, Pennebrook, Beverly Hills, Walnut Valley, Rainwood Cove and Pleasant Valley. Comments were received from two owners in the expanded area in support of the change. One phone call was received form an adjoining neighbor in opposition to the change. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the changes are appropriate acknowledging the existing use and zoning of the expanded area and to expand the existing Commercial area north per the original application. 2 September 17, 1998 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU98-02-02 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 17, 1998) This item was placed on the consent agenda and was approved with a vote of 11-0-0. ��r■r r■w■ r.. t 0 u �G 3C3 • oo � n�daoo o moo` >�° og a �� OOO 0 a � Wp t o d 0-0F III z 77 s /Os oo6oGlij "'€jn 0 CD QJ w9GpNCTp 4p, O(P,pc)o� �6CI� F2� F � 4 aOod✓ ' 01 o6OooC7Pood❑ �C cD i . 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