HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesJune 12, 2003
ITEM NO.: 16 FILE NO.: LU03-29-02
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Barrett Planning District
Location: 25902 Cantrell Rd,
Reg_uest: Single Family to Commercial
Source: Raymond Benny Fletcher, Shirley Fletcher
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
This application is a Land Use Plan amendment in the Barrett Planning District
from Single Family to Commercial. The Commercial category includes a broad
range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and professional
services, and general business activities. Commercial activities vary in type and
scale, depending on the trade area that they serve.
Staff is not expanding the application since the property covered consists of more
than one large lot in close proximity to an intersection.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The applicant's properties consist of three tracts of land currently zoned R-2
Single Family and cover a combined total of approximately 4.91 + acres in size,
with about .88 ± acres located at the northwest corner of Morgan Cemetery Road
and State Highway 10, and two tracts of land covering about 4.03 + acres located
on the south side of State Highway 10. All of the applicant's properties can be
described in two areas. The tract of land north of State Highway 10 is the site of
a vacant commercial structure (formerly a cafe) and accessory buildings, with all
of the surrounding land to the west, north, and east consisting of vacant property
zoned R-2 Single Family. The applicant's properties on the south side of
Highway 10 are next to each other and consist of a vacant house on a large lot
while the remaining property is vacant. The neighboring properties on the south
side of Highway 10 next to the applicant's property consist of a house on a large
lot to the east, vacant land to the south, and houses built on Lois and Connie
Lanes to the west. All of the neighboring property is zoned R-2 Single Family.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
No Land Use Plan amendments have been approved within the last five years
within a 1 -mile radius of the application area.
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SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 16 FILE NO.: LU03-29-02
The applicant's properties are shown as Single Family on the Future Land Use
Plan. All of the surrounding property is shown as Single Family on the Future
Land Use Plan.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
State Highway 10 is shown as Principal Arterial while this segment of Morgan
Cemetery Road is shown as a Local Street. Highway 10 is built as a rural two-
lane highway and would be subject to half street improvements in order to
conform to Master Street Plan Standards. Morgan Cemetery Road is built as a
rural two-lane road with open drainage and also would be subject. to half street
improvements in order to conform to Master Street Plan Standards. A Class II
Bikeway is shown from Ferndale Cutoff to Chenonceau Boulevard. The
improvement of Highway 10 to Master Street Plan Standards would require the
designation of a bike lane even though the Master Street Plan does not
recommend additional right-of-way or paving for Class II Bikeways.
PARKS:
The applicant's properties are located 1/3 of a mile west of the Joe T. Robinson
Elementary and Junior High Schools and are located outside the city limits.
However, the Park System Master Plan recognizes public schools as facilities
eligible for providing for the recreation needs within eight blocks of all Little Rock
households as a part of the "Eight Block Strategy." The applicant's property is
also located near the "Take it to the Extreme" trail the western leg of the
proposed loop system of trails intended to circle the city.
HISTORIC DISTRICTS:
There are no historic districts that would be affected by this amendment.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little
Rock recognized neighborhood action plan.
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's properties are located outside city limits a little over 1 mile to the
west of the developing commercial node at the Chenal / Highway 10 intersection.
The applicant's properties are also located about 1 mile west of Highway 300, the
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June 12, 2003
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 16 FILE NO.: LU03-23-02
western boundary of the Highway 10 Design Overlay District. Most of the
Commercial nodes on Highway 10 are located at intersections with Principal and
Minor Arterials. The applicant's properties are located at an intersection of a
Principal Arterial with a Local Street.
The Commercial development that is occurring in the vicinity of the applicant's
properties is located a little over a mile to the east at the Chenal / Highway 10
intersection. The Chenal / Highway 10 Commercial node contains land available
for non-residential development that is not yet developed to its full potential.
About 68.4± acres of undeveloped non-residential land is located at the Chenal /
Highway 10 intersection. There are existing nodes of Commercial areas that are
not developed at the intersections of Highway 10 with Chenal Parkway / Highway
300 and Chenonceau starting one mile east of the applicant's property. There
are nodes of Neighborhood Commercial that are not fully developed at the
intersections of Highway 10 with Barrett Road and Goodson Roads located about
one mile to the west. Most of the existing non-residential development at these
locations is primarily businesses that serve a rural market with much of the areas
shown as Commercial remaining vacant.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS;
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Greystone Manor
N. A. Staff has not received any comments from area residents at this time.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is not appropriate. A change to Commercial is pre-
mature at this time with other undeveloped areas of Commercial shown on the
plan in the general vicinity.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JUNE 12, 2003)
The item was placed on the consent agenda for withdrawal. A motion was made
to approve the consent agenda and was approved with a vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes
and 1 absent.
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