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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
FEBRUARY 19, 2013 AGENDA
Subject:
Approval of Land Use Plan
Amendment LU13-18-01
Submitted By:
Planning and Development
Action Required I Approved By
Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS
To approve Land Use Plan changes Hugh Taylor and
Lawson Roads (LU13-18-01).
FISCAL IMPACT
None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission 9 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent and 1 open position
to approve the changes.
CITIZEN
There are no neighborhood associations in the vicinity of
PARTICIPATION
this application. No comments were received solely
concerning the Future Land Use Plan amendments.
BACKGROUND
The land is shown as Light Industrial on the Future Land
Use Plan. The area surrounding the application is shown as
Mining, Light Industrial and Industrial. With the natural
resource of the rock underneath, it is more fitting to show
this land as Mining instead of Light Industrial. Light
Industrial provides for light warehouse, distribution or
storage uses, and/or other industrial uses that are developed
in a well-designed "park like" setting. This category is not
a good fit for areas that have natural resources under them
that could be better served shown as Mining. The
application states that the proposed use of the property is
"to incorporate with existing quarry operations to the east."
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Along McHenry Creek, there is land that is shown as
floodway on the FEMA maps. That land, if shown as
PK/OS park/Open Space on the Future Land Use Plan and
zoned OS Open Space, could provide a buffer to the
residential development to the west.
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I ORDINANCE NO.
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
4 (16,222) IN THE ELLIS MOUNTAIN PLANNING
5 DISTRICT AT LAWSON AND HUGH TAYLOR ROADS
6 (LU13-18-01) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
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8 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission has reviewed the package
9 of suggested changes and now recommends them for adoption.
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11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
12 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
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14 SECTION 1. For a part of the SWI/4 NEI/4 and Part of the NW 1/4 of the
15 SE 1/4 of TIN R14W Sec. 24, along Hugh Taylor road north of Lawson Road, the
16 Land Use Plan is changed from Light Industrial to Mining.
17 SECTION 2. Part of the SWI/4 NE1/4 and Part of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
18 of TIN R14W Sec. 24, on both sides of McHenry Creek in the floodway, the Land
19 Use Plan is changed from Light Industrial to Park/Open Space.
20 SECTION 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
21 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be
22 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the
23 remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if
24 the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a
25 part of the ordinance.
26 SECTION 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the
27 same that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to
28 the extent of such inconsistency.
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ATTEST:
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FILE NO.: LU13-18-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment — Ellis Mountain Planning District
Location: Hugh Taylor and Lawson Roads
Request: Light Industrial to Mining
Source: Michael Lasiter, Little Rock Quarries
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Ellis Mountain Planning District from Light
Industrial to Mining. The mining category provides for the extraction of various
natural resources such as bauxite, sand, gravel, limestone, granite or other.
Mining uses will include assurances that these resources be properly managed
so as not to create a hazard, nuisance or the disfigurement or pollution of the
land. The use will be for storage of mined materials before they are shipped of
site.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is partially wooded and pasture land being used as a horse farm
and is currently zoned R-2 Single Family and is 25.83 acres t in size. To the
north is an area of land zoned Mining. To the southeast are area of 1-3 Heavy
Industrial and 1-1 Industrial Park, both of which are used for mining related
activities. South and east of the application area across Lawson Road is 1-2
Light Industrial that has mining activities on it and directly south is an area of
undeveloped 02 Office and Institutional land. To the west is all R-2 lands which
are sparsely developed in large lot subdivisions or undeveloped in large acreage.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
To the north and the east is an area of land shown as Mining on the Future Land
Use Plan. To the southeast are areas of Industrial and Light Industrial, both of
which are used for mining related activities. South and east of the application
area across Lawson Road is Light Industrial that has mining activities on it and
directly south is an area of undeveloped Office and Public Institutional land. To
the west is all Residential Low Density lands which are sparsely developed in
large lot subdivisions or undeveloped in large acreage.
November 16, 2010, A change was made from Residential Low Density and
Industrial to Mining immediately east and north of the subject property.
October 15, 1996, A change from Mixed Use and Public Institutional to Office
immediately south of the application area on the west side of Lawson Road.
FILE NO.: LU13-18-01 (Cont.
February 4, 1992, multiple changes from mostly Single Family and some Light
Industrial to Industrial, Light Industrial, Multifamily, and Public Institutional in the
current node area.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
The Outer Loop (known as Rahling Road to the north) bisects this area in a north
south path. The east west portions of Lawson Road are shown as a Minor
"arterial while the north south section of Lawson is shown as a Principal Arterial.
Crystal Valley Road is shown as a Principal Arterial and the extension of the
Outer Loop is a Principal Arterial.
The primary function of a Principal Arterial is to serve through traffic and to
connect major traffic generators or activity centers within urbanized areas.
A Minor Arterial provides connections to and through an urban area and their
primary function is to provide short distance travel within the urbanized area.
Entrances and exits should be limited to minimize negative effects of traffic and
pedestrians on the arterial streets.
The Master Street Plan shows that Outer Loop bisecting the property along the
western section of this property. The path of the Principal arterial generally
follows the valley to the north to connect with Pritchard Mill Road at Colonel
Glenn Road. Dedication will be required for this Principal Arterial. Dedication will
also be required for the frontage along Lawson Road.
BICYCLE PLAN:
There is a proposed Class I bike rout along the north south Outer Loop and to
the east along Lawson Road. A Class I bikeway is built separate from or
alongside a road. Additional paving and right of way may be required.
PARKS:
This area is approximately one and three quarter miles outside the city limits and
further than that to any park facilities.
HISTORIC DISTRICTS:
There are no city recognized historic districts that would be affected by this
amendment.
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FILE NO.: LU13-18-01
ANALYSIS:
The land is shown as Light Industrial on the Future Land Use Plan. The area
surrounding the application is shown as Mining, Light Industrial and Industrial.
With the natural resource of the rock underneath, it is more fitting to show this
land as Mining instead of Light Industrial. Light Industrial provides for light
warehouse, distribution or storage uses, and/or other industrial uses that are
developed in a well-designed "park like" setting. This category is not a good fit
for areas that have natural resources under them that could be better served
shown as Mining. The application states that the proposed use of the property is
"to incorporate with existing quarry operations to the east."
The mining activities have been in this location before the expansion of the City's
Extraterritorial zoning to this area. The original zonings and Future Land use
categories of Industrial had been placed there for related uses to the mining.
McHenry Creek flows from the northwest and through this site in the southwest
portion of the site. It is flanked on both sides by ridges and flows through
undeveloped forested land and that is shown as Residential Low Density. To the
north of the Mining that is adjacent to the subject property to the north, is also
Residential Low Density that is undeveloped and has frontage along Colonel
Glenn Road. This portion of the county is very hilly with many parallel ridges and
valleys.
Surrounding this site on three sides are mining activities. The change would not
impact these uses since they are similar. There is Residential Low Density due
west of this application. And immediately to the west of the subject property,
there is a large lot subdivision, (minimum 5 acre tracts). The lots that abut the
subject property average 6.1 acres that range from 5.11 to as large as
6.74 acres. They are currently undeveloped and could have a built in buffer with
the large depths of the individual parcels. This change could have an impact on
the single family homes, but with five acres and the deep lot layout, impact could
be minimal.
Along McHenry Creek, there is land that is shown as floodway on the FEMA
maps. That land, if shown as PK/OS park/Open Space on the Future Land Use
Plan and zoned OS Open Space, could provide a buffer to the residential
development to the west.
In November 2010, an area that borders this site to the north and northeast of
was zoned from R-2 Single Family to Mining for the expansion of an existing
mining area. This land is boarded on three sides with non-residential zoning; 0-2
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FILE NO.: LU13-18-01 (Cont
Office and Institutional, 1-2 Light Industrial, 1-3 Heavy Industrial, and M Mining. A
study of an aerial photo of the area shows that there are active mining occurring
on both sides of Lawson Road, though not readily visible from the roadway.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
There are no neighborhood associations in the vicinity of this application.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate with the floodway shown as PK/OS
Park/Open Space.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JANUARY 10, 2013)
Mr. Brian Minyard, Staff, made a presentation for the Land Use Plan amendment
which was followed by a presentation by Monte Moore for the accompanying
Zoning change. See the zoning item minutes for more details.
There was a question by Chairman Bill Rector as to why the map and the Staff
recommendation was different. Mr. Minyard replied that the recommendation to
show the Floodway as PK/OS correlated to the zoning request to zone the
floodway OS Open Space.
Michael Lassiter, the applicant, spoke that he was not intending to mine the new
area, but only to use it for storage of materials.
Steve Giles, representing property owners to the west, spoke that the mining
activities has moved to the west since his clients had purchased the property.
He requested deferral of both items. He stated that at his clients had lost the
"park like setting" of the Light Industrial classification with the switch to Mining.
Beth Kuhnert lives on McHenry Creek Circle and spoke of noise and vibration
from the mining activities. She desired more of a buffer.
There was a motion to approve the item as amended by the applicant (add open
space and no mining of granular stone) with staff recommendation and was
approved with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent and 1 open position.
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