HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Directors itemsINFORMATION RELATIVE TO PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS
FOR THE LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON
December 17, 2002
A Land Use Plan Amendment # LU02-18-05 in the Ellis Mountain Planning
District at 12201 Colonel Glenn Road.
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
N/A
Vote: 6 Ayes 0 Noes 4 Absent 1 Abstention
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: _ Ayes ` Noes _ Absent Abstention
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: Ayes Noes — Absent Abstention
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
December 17, 2002 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment —
Ellis Mountain Planning
District — LU02-18-05 at
12201 Col. Glenn Road
Action Required I Submitted By
4Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Bruce Moore
Interim City Man
SYNOPSIS
Land Use Plan amendments in the Ellis Mountain Planning
District from Office to Commercial for construction company
office development.
FISCAL IMPACT
N/A
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission
recommended approval on November 14, 2002 (6-0-3-1 in
favor).
CITIZEN
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
PARTICIPATION
Gibraltar/Pt. West/Timber Ridge, Parkway Place Property
Owners Association, Spring Valley Manor Property Owners
Association, and John Barrow Neighborhood Association.
BACKGROUND
The property is currently zoned C-4 Open Display Commercial
at the corner of Colonel Glenn and Lawson Road, 0-3 General
Office (with a Conditional Use Permit for a
contractor/maintenance yard) at the back of the property, and
R-2 Single Family west of the fire station. The applicant's
property is approximately 5.15+ acres in size and occupied by a
vacant commercial building and two sheds while the back of
the property is vacant.
The portion of the applicant's property covered by this
amendment application is shown as Office on the Future Land
Use Plan. The part of the applicant's property located at the
southwest corner of Colonel Glenn Road and Lawson Road is
shown as Commercial. The property to the north and northeast
BACKGROUND is shown as Mixed Office Commercial. The property to the
CONTINUED east is shown as Community Shopping while the property to the
south is shown as Office. The property to the west and
northwest is shown as Single Family.
The applicant's property is located in a developing rural area at
the western city limit. Most of Colonel Glenn Road is
developing as a large-scale commercial corridor starting east of
I-430 and continuing to the applicant's property. The
applicant's property is located in the transition between the
developing commercial uses to the east and the semi -rural area
to the west. The neighborhood to the south of Lawson Road is
residential in character. The land next to the amendment area
would remain shown as Office and provide a buffer between
the intense uses along Colonel Glenn Road and the less intense
rural and residential areas to the west and southwest.
The dividing line between the residential and non-residential
areas is defined by a ridgeline that runs through the applicant's
property. There is a change in topographical elevation between
the site and the land to the north and west. This application
would allow development that could be viewed by neighboring
residential uses built at higher elevations. Measures should be
taken to minimize and isolate any negative visual impacts on
the neighboring properties. This amendment would also
establish the ridgeline as a natural boundary between the
developing urban areas to the east from the semi -rural land to
the west.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) IN THE CHENAL PLANNING DISTRICT
FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO COMMERCIAL,
SUBURBAN OFFICE AND PARK/OPEN SPACE; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission believes it
appropriate to amend the plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. That Office west of the intersection of
Colonel Glenn and Lawson Roads be amended to Commercial.
SECTION 2. That the ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor