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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
OCTOBER 15, 2019 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Otter Creek Planning
District – LU19-16-01
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 Otter Creek
Planning District, 10101 Stagecoach Road, northeast edge
of a commercial business center at the Otter Creek Road &
Stagecoach Road intersection from Neighborhood
Commercial to Commercial.
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission 6 for, 0 against, 4 absent, and 1 open to
approve the change at their September 12, 2019 Hearing.
BACKGROUND
The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is
northeast of Stagecoach / Otter Creek Parkway, at 10101
Stagecoach Road. The request is to amend +4 acres of
Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to Commercial (C) and it
is currently undeveloped and being filled.
To the north of the amendment area is shown as Parks and
Open Space (PK/OS) along Callagahan Branch. Beyond
the PK/OS area (Floodway of Callagahan Creek) are
Mixed Use (MX) and Office (O) areas to the north. To the
east of subject area is vast PK/OS area (Fourche and Otter
Creeks). There is Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to the
west of the subject area. This NC area is occupied, with a
Pharmacy, a Public Library, a Gas Station, an animal
hospital.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
To the south of the subject property is a telephone
switching facility; it is shown as Commercial (C) on the
plan. To the south of this property is undeveloped
commercial land. This is the only available undeveloped
commercial land in the vicinity. To the south of this, along
Otter Creek Road, is shown as Commercial (C) on the Plan
and occupied with two Banks and an automotive store.
Across Stagecoach Road, to the west of these commercial
areas are occupied commercial uses including a bank, a
grocery shopping, a gas station, and retail stores on
Shopping Center District (C-2) zoned land. To the south of
this land is a fast food restaurant at the northwest of Otter
Creek/Stagecoach intersection on a C-3 zoned land.
The proposed amendment is not a change in use but a
change in intensity of the commercial use. The proposed
change area is already part of the current
commercial/business node as its north eastern edge. Since
the change area is not next to a residential or single family
area, the increase in intensity of this commercial use is not
going to impact any residential negatively in the vicinity.
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Otter Creek Home Owners NA, Bentley
Court NA, and, Chateaus on Stagecoach Neighborhood
Associations. Staff has received no comments from area
residents.