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HomeMy WebLinkAboutapplicant letter with itemCity of Little Rock Department ❑ Planning an era oilmen Planning Zoning and 723 West Markham Subdivision Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 (501) 371-4790 November 8, 1999 Dave Parker Saturn West, LLC 1700 N. Shackleford Little Rock, Arkansas 72212 Dear Mr. Dave Parker, Enclosed is a copy of your item that is a part of the agenda for the November 11, 1999 planning commission meeting. If there are any questions, please call me. Sincerely, LMinyardd Planner II encl. \BRIANIU9919-02 DOC November 11, 1999 ITEM NO.: 6.1 FILE NO.: LU99-19-02 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Chenal Planning District Location: 15500 Chenal Parkway Request: Office to Commercial Source: Dave Parker, Saturn West, LLC PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Chenal Planning District from Office 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 very in type and scale, depending on the trade area they serve. This application to amend the Land Use Plan has been filed concurrently with a PCD for an automobile dealership. Typically, a major Land Use Plan amendment, which this one would be classified as, would be filed on the Planning and Rezoning agenda and would not be heard at the same time as the rezoning. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned 0-3 General Office and is approximately 4.3 + acres in size. A mini -storage warehouse sits in a Planned Office Development northwest of the applicant's property. A vacant tract of land is located in a C-1 Neighborhood Commercial zone north of the applicant's property. A radio station sits in an 0-1 Quiet Office zone northeast of the property in question. The vacant property, east of the applicant's property is in a MF -18 Multi -Family zone. Southeast of the applicant's property are single family dwelling units located in R-2 Single Family zoning. Directly south of the property in question is a vacant Planned Commercial Development. Southwest of the property is a vacant C-3 General Commercial zone. Highland Valley United Methodist Church is located in an 0-2 Office and Institutional zone with a Conditional Use Permit on the neighboring property to the west. November 11, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU99-19-02 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: On April 20, 1999, a change was made from Office to Commercial with a Planned Zoning District required east of Kirk Road on Chenal Parkway. On December 15, 1998, a change was made from Single Family to Public Institutional at 715 Wellington Village Road approximately 1,000 feet northeast of the applicant's property. On December 15, 1998, a change was made from Single Family to Public Institutional at #1 Covenant Drive 2100 feet to the east of the area under review on the south side of Chenal Parkway. On May 6, 1997 changes were made form Single Family, Public Institutional, Multi -Family, Neighborhood Commercial, and Park/Open Space to Single Family, Low Density Residential, Public Institutional, Office, Neighborhood Commercial, and Commercial at various locations west of (and including) the applicants property. The applicant's property is shown as Office on the Future Land Use Plan. The Future Land Use plan shows Neighborhood Commercial and Office north of the property in question. South of the property, Park/Open Space and Commercial are shown on the Future Land Use Plan. Commercial and Park/Open Space are shown east of the site in question. Directly to the west of the applicant's property, Public Institutional is shown. MASTER STREET PLAN: Chenal Parkway is shown as a Principal Arterial on the Master Street Plan. A Class I Bikeway is proposed along Chenal Parkway from Bowman Road to State Highway 10. Kanis Road is shown as a minor arterial. Wellington Village Drive is shown on the Master Street Plan, as a proposed minor arterial and will connect Kanis Road to Rahling Road. PARKS: The median of the Chenal Parkway along Rock Creek is shown as open space on the Master Parks Plan. 2 November 11, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU99-19-02 CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the Rock Creek Neighborhood Action Plan. The Office and Commercial Development goal listed three objectives relevant to this case. The first objective is promotion of commercial development to meet the needs of neighborhood residents. The second objective is maintaining as much as possible the existing topography, trees, and green space. The third objective is enhancing the primarily residential character of the community. ANALYSIS: Much of the property along Chenal Parkway between the Parkway Place subdivision and the proposed intersection of Rahling Road and Kanis Road is shown on the land use plan as Commercial and Mixed Office Commercial. The same area is also zoned a variety of C-3, C2, 02, 03 and PCD's. The most recent change in the area was a change from Office to Commercial with a Planned Zoning Development required for a automobile dealership west of the Highland Valley United Methodist Church. This site was the subject of a Land Use Plan Amendment on June 28, 1988. This was in conjunction with a rezoning request that was originally scheduled for the December 1, 1987 Planning Commission meeting. There were several deferrals initiated both by Staff and by the applicant so that traffic studies could be made concerning the then arterial, which is now known, as Wellington Village Drive. Wellington Village Drive is currently shown as a Minor Arterial and built to those standards. At that time, Commercial was shown on both sides of Wellington Village Drive (to the east and the west) with frontage along Chenal Parkway. The applicant at that time was Jim Hathaway. It was his opinion that there needed to be more commercial to the east of the intersection to adequately house a commercial development. A rather lengthy discussion ensued concerning zoning of the site. As a result of that meeting, the zoning was changed to C-2 for 15.4 acres and 0- 3 for 3.88 acres. In addition, the Land Use Plan was 3 November 11, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.) changed to reflect those the configuration that we Commission meetings, Mr. that the owners would not area zoned 0-3. FILE NO.: LU99-19-02 changes. Those changes are still have today. During those Planning Hathaway stated on three occasions request for a zoning change on the Wellington Village Drive is the major entry into a large -area of single family homes located to the north and east. An area of Office could provide a better transition from the commercial areas along Chenal Parkway through Office and Suburban Office to the Single Family areas to the north. Although it is recognized that this site is at the intersection of two arterials, Staff feels that the Land Use classification of Office is suitable. There are areas of Commercial on the Land Use Plan that have not been developed. For example, the 15 acres of C-2 to the immediate east is vacant. The area to the west of the Highland Park Methodist Church is largely undeveloped with the exception of the recent PZD of September 21, 1999 for an Acura auto dealership. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Gibraltar/Pt. West/Timber Ridge N.A., Parkway Place Property Owners Association, Spring Valley Manor Property Owners Association, Aberdeen Court Property Owners Association, Bayonne Place Property Owners Association, Carriage Creek Property Owners Association, Cedar. -Hill Terrace Property Owners Association, Eagle Pointe Property Owners Association, Glen Eagles Property Owners Association, Hillsborough Property Owners Association, Hunters Cove Property Owners Association, Hunters Green Property Owners Association, Johnson Ranch Neighborhood Association, Marlowe Manor Property Owners Association, and St. Charles Property Owners Association. Staff has received no comments from area residents. 4 November 11, 1999 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.) 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