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ITEM NO.: 6.1 FILE NO.: LU01-18-02
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Ellis Mountain Planning
District
Location: 18425 Kanis Road
Request: Single Family to Neighborhood Commercial
Source: David Jones, Marlar Engineering Co. Inc.
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan Amendment in the Ellis Mountain Planning District
from Single Family to Neighborhood Commercial. The Neighborhood
Commercial category includes limited scale commercial
development in close proximity to a neighborhood, providing
goods and services to that neighborhood market area. The
applicant wishes to build a photography studio on the site.
Staff has not expanded the application. Expansion of this
application to connect with any other non-residential uses would
require an expansion of a half mile along Kanis in either
direction which would be premature at this time.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is vacant land currently zoned R-2 Single Family
and is approximately 1.36+ acres in size. All of the
surrounding property is zoned R-2 Single Family and consists of
large lot single-family residential development.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On April 20, 1999 a change was made from Office to Commercial on
Chenal Parkway east of Kirk Road about 1 mile east of the
property in question.
On May 6, 1997 multiple changes were made at various locations
north of the Chenal Parkway / Kanis Road intersection about :h of
a mile east of the amendment area.
The Future Land Use Plan shows the applicant's property and all
of the surrounding property as Single Family. There are also
three areas shown available for non-residential development
May 3, 2001
ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU01-18-02
within 1 mile of the application area. A node of Neighborhood
Commercial is located at the intersection of the Kanis and Denny
Road intersection. An area designated Commercial is also
located at the intersection of Kanis and Edgewood Roads. A
large tract of land shown at the intersection of Kanis Road and
Chenal Parkway is shown as Commercial.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
The Master Street Plan shows Kanis Road as a Minor Arterial with
a Class II bikeway starting at the intersection of Chenal
Parkway and continuing to the western planning boundary.
The Park System Master Plan shows a Priority 2 Proposed Open
Space on the banks of the nearby Rock Creek. An existing ditch
runs through the property and drains into Rock Creek. Any
development of this property would need to consider the
ecological and drainage effects on Rock Creek.
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 property is located in a rural environment
outside city limits. However, the status of Kanis Road as a
minor arterial will bring pressure for future non-residential
development along Kanis Road in the future. The commercial
development along this section of Kanis Road should be
concentrated at intersections of arterial streets as currently
shown on the Future Land Use Plan. This amendment would place
commercial development in the middle of an area shown as Single
Family that is isolated from the areas set aside for commercial
activities that are currently a half of a mile in either
direction. In addition there is non-residential land available
at the intersections of Kanis and Denny Road, Kanis and Edgewood
Road, and at Kanis Road and Chenal Parkway.
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ITEM NO.: 6.1 (Cont.)
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
FILE NO.: LU01-18-02
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
Gibraltar/Pt. West/Timber Ridge, Parkway Place Property Owners
Association, and Spring Valley Manor Property Owners
Association. Staff has received two comments from area
residents of a neutral nature.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is not appropriate at this time.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(MAY 3, 2001)
The applicant made a request to have the item withdrawn without
prejudice. A motion was made to approve withdrawal of the item
and waive the by-laws. The item was motion was approved with a
vote of 8 ayes, 0 noes, and 3 absent.
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