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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
November 2, 2015 AGENDA
Subject
Approval of Land Use
Plan Amendment at the
Southeast Corner of
Arkansas Systems Drive
and Chenal Parkway.
LU15-19-01
Submitted By:
Planning and Development
Action Required I Approved By
Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Bruce Moore
SYNOPSIS
To approve Land Use Plan changes at the Southeast
corner of Arkansas Systems Drive and Chenal Parkway
LU 15-19-01 From Mixed Office Commercial to
Commercial.
FISCAL IMPACT
none
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission voted 9 for and 2 absent to approve the
changes.
CITIZEN
No neighborhood associations were deemed to cover the
PARTICIPATION
site or immediately adjacent. One comment was received
from a citizen concerning the ability of the infrastructure to
support the proposed uses.
BACKGROUND
The site is undeveloped and Zoned Planned Commercial
District (PCD) for two structures one commercial in nature
and one mixed office and commercial. This was approved
two years ago but remains valid. A new FCD request has
been approved for this site by the Little Rock Planning
Commission and was heard by the Little Rock Board of
Directors on October 5, 2015. Past developments
approved by the City for this site have allowed for a
number of commercial uses, so a change to Commercial on
the Land Use plan could be viewed as recognizing the
existing zoning pattern.
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
This site is located at the intersection of a Collector and
a Principal Arterial. Commercial activities are generally
found to be appropriately placed at those intersections.
Chenal Parkway has three north bound lands and
two southbound lanes at this point and Arkansas Systems
Drive has been built to Collector standard. The roadway
infrastructure should be able to handle any additional
traffic generated.
The Office areas are northeast, southeast and southwest of
the application area. Most of this area is developed or
proposed for office development. A larger area of
undeveloped Office use area exists northwest of the
Rahling Road-Chenal Parkway intersection. There are two
areas of Mixed Office Commercial one along the south
side of Saint Vincent Way to the west which is partial
developed. The other is east of Kirk Road to the east of
the application area and is undeveloped at this time.
There will be available Office and Mixed Office
Commercial areas on the Plan if this area is changed to
Commercial. While there are areas of Commercial
shown on the Land Use Plan in the immediate area that are
undeveloped, a large amount of them have been zoned
thought the planned unit development process and are
awaiting buildout. Previous actions through the Planned
Development process had approved a predominantly
commercial development pattern for this site. Thus a
change in the Plan to Commercial is not a major change
and basically recognizes the City's previous `use' actions.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARKANSAS
SYSTEMS DRIVE AND CHENAL PARKWAY LU15-19-01
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission has reviewed the Land
Use Plan and now recommends it for adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
SECTION 1. Located in T2N R14W Sec. 36 at the Southeast corner of
Arkansas Systems Drive and Chenal Parkway, the Land Use Plan is changed from
Mixed Office Commercial to Commercial as shown on the attached graphic.
SECTION 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be
invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the
remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if
the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a
part of the ordinance.
SECTION 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the
same that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to
the extent of such inconsistency.
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PASSED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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APPROVED:
Mayor
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Name: Land Use Plan Amendment — Chenal Planning District
Location: Southeast Corner of Arkansas Systems Drive and Chenal Parkway
Request: Mixed Office Commercial to Commercial
Source: Tim Daters, White Daters
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Chenal Planning District from Mixed Office
Commercial to Commercial. Mixed Office and Commercial provides for a
mixture of office and commercial uses to occur. Acceptable uses are office or
mixed office and commercial. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use
is mixed office and 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. The proposed use
on the application is "commercial".
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is wooded and currently zoned Planned Commercial Development
PCD and is 5.1 acres ± in size. Immediately to the south is land occupied by
a strip commercial shopping center, the Centre at Chenal, zoned Planned
Development - Office PDO. Farther south is Office and Institutional District 0-2
with office uses and General Commercial C-3 with newly built strip centers and
vacant land. To the west across Chenal Parkway, is 0-2 and Planned Office
Development POD that are both occupied with offices. Directly across Chenal
Parkway is a piece of vacant property zoned Planned Commercial District PCD.
To the north are lands zoned Office and Institutional District 0-2 and General
Office 0-3, all occupied with office uses. Also to the northwest is the Promenade
shopping center zoned Shopping Center District C-2. To the east, across Kirk
Road is the Fellowship Bible Church on land zoned Single Family R-2,
Multifamily MF18, and Neighborhood Commercial C-1 with a Conditional Use
Permit for the church.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On June 17, 2003 multiple changes were made in the general area from Office to
Multi Family on Rahling Road near Champlin / Kirk Road; and from Single Family
to Multifamily and from Single Family and Multifamily to Low Density Residential
on the site of Fellowship Bible Church.
On June 27, 2006 a change was made from Low Density Residential, Neighborhood
Commercial and Office to Mixed Office Commercial at the southeast corner the
roundabout at Kirk and Office Systems Drive.
FILE NO.: LU15-19-01 Cont.)
On August 19, 2014 as a result of the periodic review of the Future Land Use
Plan, two additional changes were made. A change from Residential Medium
Density, Residential High Density, Residential Low Density and Neighborhood
Commercial to Public Institutional to recognize Fellowship Bible Church and
from Mixed Use to Office north of Kanis and east of Rahling Road.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Chenal Parkway is shown as a Principal Arterial on the plan. The primary
function of a Principal Arterial is to serve through traffic and to connect major
traffic generators or activity centers within urbanized areas. Entrances and
exits should be limited to minimize negative effects of traffic and pedestrians
on Chenal Parkway since it is a Principal Arterial.
Arkansas Systems Drive is shown as a Collector on the plan. The primary
function of a Collector Street is to provide a connection from Local Streets to
Arterials.
Both Chenal Parkway and Arkansas Systems Drive are built to the standard with
the exception of the south/east bound lanes of Chenal Parkway across form the
site are only two lanes instead of three.
BICYCLE PLAN.-
Bikeway
LAN:
Bikeway I — Bike Path
This classification of bikeway is built separate from or alongside a road.
Additional paving and right of way may be required. This is shown along Chenal
Parkway and has been built in some sections on the west side of the right of way.
This Bike Path stretches from Cantrell Road along Chenal Parkway, Rock Creek
to Coleman Creek in War Memorial Park abutting or going through five parks.
PARKS:
According to the Master Parks Plan, this area is not in a service deficit area
meaning that there are either public or private park facilities within an eight block
radius of this site.
HISTORIC DISTRICTS:
There are no city recognized historic districts that would be affected by this
amendment.
ANALYSIS,
The site is undeveloped and Zoned Planned Commercial District (PCD) for two
structures one commercial in nature and one mixed office and commercial.
This was approved two years ago but remains valid. A new PCD request has
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FILE NO.: LU15-19-01 (Cont.)
been approved for this site by the Little Rock Planning Commission and is
scheduled to be heard by the Little Rock Board of Directors on October 5, 2015.
Past developments approved by the City for this site have allowed for a number
of commercial uses, so a change to Commercial on the Land Use plan could be
viewed as recognizing the existing zoning pattern.
This site is located at the intersection of a Collector and a Principal Arterial.
Commercial activities are generally found to be appropriately placed at those
intersections. Chenal Parkway has three north bound lands and two southbound
lanes at this point and Arkansas Systems Drive has been built to Collector
standard. The roadway infrastructure should be able to handle any additional
traffic generated.
There are large areas of Commercial, Office and Mixed Office Commercial
shown on the Land Use Plan in all directions from the application area. The
Commercial areas are generally around the Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road
intersection and the Chenal Parkway-Kanis Road intersection. At the Chenal-
Rahling Road intersection most of the southeast and southwest quadrants have
been developed. The northeast quadrant is the only one with a large area of
undeveloped Commercial land. At the Kanis Road-Chenal Parkway intersection
the area north of Chenal Parkway is developed but the areas either side of Kanis
Road, south of Chenal Parkway is undeveloped Commercial use areas.
The Office areas are northeast, southeast and southwest of the application area.
Most of this area is developed or proposed for office development. A larger area
of undeveloped Office use area exists northwest of the Rahling Road-Chenal
Parkway intersection. There are two areas of Mixed Office Commercial one
along the south side of Saint Vincent Way to the west which is partial developed.
The other is east of Kirk Road to the east of the application area and is
undeveloped at this time.
There will be available Office and Mixed Office Commercial areas on the Plan
if this area is changed to Commercial. While there are areas of Commercial
shown on the Land Use Plan in the immediate area that are undeveloped, a large
amount of them have been zoned thought the planned unit development process
and are awaiting buildout. Previous actions through the Planned Development
process had approved a predominantly commercial development pattern for this
site. Thus a change in the Plan to Commercial is not a major change and
basically recognizes the City's previous `use' actions.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
No neighborhood associations were deemed to cover the site or immediately
adjacent.
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FILE NO.: LU15-19-01 Cont.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(SEPTEMBER 24, 2015)
This item was placed on the consent agenda for approval. The motion passed
with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes, and 2 absent.
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