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ITEM NO.: 3
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FILE NO.: LU99-16-03
Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek
Planning District
12805 Interstate 30
Single Family to Light Industrial
Capital Truck Service, Inc.
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District
from Single -Family (SF) to Light Industrial (LI). LI land
use category provides for light warehouse, distribution or
storage uses, and/or other industrial uses that are
developed in a well designed "park like" setting. The
applicant proposes to use the property for trucking
logistics and parking.
Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning
Staff expanded the area of review to include all of the land
between the railroad tracks and the Park/Open Space (PK/OS)
to the north and south of the applicant. Part of the
expanded area to the southwest is an area of I-2 zoning
which would be consistent with the Light Industrial
category.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned R-2 and is approximately
6.9+ acres in size. The current use is a trucking company.
The McClellan Optimist go-cart racetrack occupies the
neighboring property to the north and lies in an R-2 zone.
The property to the south and east consists of vacant land
in a large R-2 zone. A vacant I-2 zone lies immediately to
the west of the applicant's property. A little further to
the northwest is an OS zone.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
The applicant's property sits in a SF land use area. LI &
PK/OS land split the neighboring land to the north. Land on
both the south and east side of the applicant's property lie
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ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU99-16-03
in a large SF land use area. The property immediately to
the west is split by SF & PK/OS land uses.
October 6, 1998, A change was made from CS to C south at the
northeast corner of the I -30/I-430 interchange.
On November 4, 1997, various (26) changes took place near I-
30 and I-430.
On August 5, 1997, a change was from MF to SF south of
Baseline Rd east of Wimbledon Loop.
On July 1, 1997, a change was made from CS to C at 12024 1-
30 north to Otter Creek Rd.
On July 1, 1997, a change was made from SF to PK/OS, NC to
MH, and MCI to MH along Stagecoach Rd.
On April 2, 1996, a change was made from MF to SF at Otter
Creek Pkwy near Walnut Circle.
On March 19, 1996, a change was made from PK/OS to I to the
Northeast of Vimy Ridge Rd. & Alexander Rd.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
I-30 is shown on the Master Street Plan as a freeway. The
applicant's property is located at the end off, and accessed
by, a private drive extending south from the frontage road
on the south side of I-30. The private drive is located
west of Vimy Ridge Road that is a collector street running
north and south. No new roads are proposed for the area by
the Master Street Plan.
PARKS:
The Master Parks Plan does not show any existing or proposed
parks in the area.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The area covered by the application is located in the area
covered in the Chicot West I-30 South neighborhood action
plan. The neighborhood action plan supported the
establishment of the LI land uses area to the south and west
of the Jacuzzi plant. The Economic Development goal of
"Attract more light industrial uses to the area" would be
met by this expansion of an existing business.
FA
September 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.)
ANALYSIS:
FILE NO.: LU99-16-03
The applicant's property is located in a developing rural
area in the southwest corner of the city. Heavy commercial
properties, large open spaces (drainage ways and floodways),
and a manufacturing facility characterize the development in
this area between the railroad and I-30. The access to the
area is through industrial and commercial properties. It is
unlikely residential development will cross the railroad
from the south. The railroad tracks are elevated above the
natural terrain, but would not screen the buildings and/or
trucks from any possible residential uses to the south. The
area south of the railroad and north of Alexander Road is
heavily wooded. Currently, there is ample buffer to the
homes on Alexander, but if residential uses continued north
off Alexander, buffering this use and the railroad tracks
could become an issue.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Meyer Lane Neighborhood Association, Otter
Creek Homeowners Association, Quail Run Neighborhood
Association, Rolling Pines Neighborhood Association, and
Chicot West I-30 South Neighborhood Plan - Norm Floyd. Staff
has received one comment from Quail Run Neighborhood
Association which was neutral at the time of printing.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate. The railroad
tracks are likely to serve as a barrier to prevent
residential development from the south. The applicant's use
of the property is compatible to the Light Industrial uses
to the northeast.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(SEPTEMBER 2, 1999)
This item was placed on the consent agenda for approval.
The motion was made for approval of the agenda as read and
to include agreements between the city and applicants. The
motion passed with a vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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