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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
January 21, 2020 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Chenal Planning District
– LU19-19-01
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 Chenal
Planning District from RM, Residential Medium Density
and SO, Suburban Office to NC, Neighborhood
Commercial.
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission 9 for, 0 against, and 2 absent to approve the
change at their December 5, 2019 Hearing.
BACKGROUND The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is
southwest of Highway 300 and Highway 10 intersection.
The Land Use Plan shows Residential Medium Density
(RM) on the west and Suburban Office (SO) on the east for
this property owned by Deltic Real Estate LLC. The
request is to amend this tract to Neighborhood Commercial
(NC). The property is currently vacant partially wooded.
The subject area is at an intersection of two State
Highways (Highway 300 and Highway 10). The western
half of this intersection is mostly vacant and wooded.
There is a church and AT&T switching station northeast of
the intersection, shown as PI (Public Institution). The
property to the southeast of the intersection is shown as SO
(Suburban Office). This property has several mobile homes
on it, that have been used as businesses in the past and is
zoned C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial District). Further to
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
the east along Highway 10 are two single family homes
zoned R-2 (Single-family District) and shown as SO. To
the northwest of this intersection is vacant and wooded
land shown as SO. West of the amendment area is the Joe
T Robinson schools complex shown as PI. To the south of
the subject area is vacant land which has been
plotted/subdivided for single family homes.
The development of Chenal Parkway by this property
owner and others moved the major commercial intersection
less than half a mile to the east. This property owner is the
original owner of much of the land south of Highway 10
which is being primarily developed with single family
subdivisions. The street layout and subdivision design has
been done to limit access and connectivity. Thus the two
single-family subdivisions adjacent and to the south of the
application site will have no direct access to the site.
While the uses will be adjacent on a map to access each
other will be a drive of over a mile.
There is C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) zoned property
adjacent to the east of amendment property. This land has
historically had local service type commercial and business
uses. The subject area will be the continuation of this area.
The intersection (Highway 300-Highway 10) is identified
as a non-residential business area by the Plan.
Neighborhood Commercial has been shown on the Plan
historically and there is C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial)
zoning currently in place at the intersection. While the
area is not likely to fully function as neighborhood
commercial due to the development patterns of the
surrounding area, the site is adjacent to residential where
commercial use should be Neighborhood Commercial by
definition. The lower intensity commercial uses of
Neighborhood Commercial would be more desirable with
the existing public/quasi-public uses and residential uses.
Notices were sent to the Duquesne Place POA. Staff has
received no comments from area residents and
neighborhoods.