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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard Comm for LU19-11-01OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment – I-430 Planning District – LU19-11-01 Submitted By: Action Required √ Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Approved By Planning and Development Bruce Moore City Manager SYNOPSIS To approve Land Use Plan amendment in the I-430 Planning District at the southwest corner Kanis Road and Centerview Drive from Office (O) to Commercial (C). FISCAL IMPACT None RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning Commission voted 8 for, 0 against, 2 absent, and 1 open to approve the change at their July 18, 2019 Hearing. BACKGROUND The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is Southwest Corner Kanis Road and Centerview Drive. It is currently shown as Office (O) on Land Use Plan and is 2.2+ acres in area. The site is within a prominent business center near the intersection of two Interstates. Much of the retail and commercial is in the northern quadrants along Markham and Chenal Parkway. As well as the Kanis-Shackleford Roads and Kanis-Bowman Roads Intersections. Large office areas are along Markham west of I-430, and Kanis Road south I-630. West of I-430 along Kanis Road is mostly medical related office associated with Baptist Hospital. East of I-430 is an area built as an Office Park with additional office uses surrounding it. 2 BACKGROUND CONTINUED To the north and south of the subject property are currently mostly occupied Office uses. To the east there is an available +3.5 acres undeveloped office land. In addition to this office area to the west of the property, (east of Bowman Road) there are available Office and Commercial land both to the north and south of Kanis Road within the Mixed Office and Commercial (MOC) shown areas on the Plan. There are two commercial nodes at the arterial intersections to the west and east. To the west is the Bowman and Kanis Road intersection with a beverage shop, a Goodwill Donation Center, a strip mall to the northeast, and a big box retail shop (Lowe’s) to the northwest of this intersection. To the east is Shackelford and Kanis Road intersection with a gas station to the southwest, a bank, some restaurants to the southeast, a hotel and a retail to the northwest, and Arkansas Farm Bureau to the northeast of this intersection. The proposed Commercial use is to the southwest of Centerview Drive/Kanis Road intersection which is a potential commercial node with an undeveloped Planned Commercial Districts (PCD) to the southeast, and an undeveloped Planned Office District (POD) to the north of the same intersection. The proposed change to the Land Use Plan would create a new area on the Plan which complies with the potential commercial node at the amendment requested intersection. There has been limited to no commercial or office development along Kanis Road which has remained a two-lane rural road. The city has begun a public project to widen Kanis Road to Arterial standards, and the intersection which the amendment requested to the southwest of it will be a signalized one. Notice was sent to John Barrow Neighborhood Association. Staff has received no comments from area residents.