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Home My WebLink AboutFAX to Frazier item and letters of oppisitionCity of Little Rock Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Little Rock. Arkancac 72201-1334 FAX COVER SHEET DATE:- ATE:TO: TO: r4101 ifPA��'� FAX NO. �� `f §0/ 0 PHONE NO. : FROM: r`4 C e DEPARTMENT : 4 "1) < a � FAX NO.: (501) 371-6863 PHONE NO .: _ (S a r .3 -;,L , '(5 - TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: COMMENTS: Norm Floyd 8013 Mabelvale Cutoff Road Mabelvale, AR 72103-2215 501-568-4655 February 29, 2000 To: City of Little Rock Planning Commission Re.- 13600 Vimy Ridge Road — Land Use Plan Amendment — Residential to Commercial I was an active participant in the Chicot West/I-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan, i opposed the Land Use Plan Amendment for 13600 Vimy Ridge Road from Low Density Residential to Commercial. The Land Use Amendment is inconsistent with the Chicot West/1-30 South Neighborhood Fiction Plan, The plan calls for commercial development along the nodes of South, Loop and neighborhood friendly development at other crossroads, The Land Use Plan Amendment before you today seems to be a premature in that it provides the basis for malting commercial zoning allowable for the property without a publicly reviewed development plan. Long time residents of the area are being unduly impacted by current commercial development and clearing without proper permits. I request the Land Use Amendment before you be denied. I also request that the developer be required to restore proper buffers to residential property on two sides of the property he has already cleared. Not only did this applicant clear and re -grade the property in this application without a proper grading permit, but he has also failed to leave the buffers required in the recent rezoning on his property at 13624 Vimy Ridge, Sincerely, Nor Floyd Advocate for the Preservation of the Chicot West/I-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan 99:00 00, E0 NHW bad 86E 1 JJ 19 t '8 Q1,a-d N S686699TOS Southwest Little Rock United for Progress 8013 Mabelvale Cutoff Road Mabelvale, Arkansas, 72103 501-568-4677 voice and 501-569-9895 fax February 29, 2000 To: Planning Commission Re: 13600 Vimy Ridge Road — Land Use Plan Amendment — Residential to Commercial As President of Southwest Little Rock United for Progress, I oppose the Land Use Plan Amendment for 13600 Vimy Ridge Road from Low Density Residential to Commercial. The long-range plan for the area was outlined in the Chicot [fest/l-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan. The plan calls for more intense commercial nodes at the intersections of collector and larger streets with South Loop. The property location before you today is a reasonable location for neighborhood commercial development. Currently approximately 500 new homes have been built across the street in Saline County and possibly 500 more bo;txa.es at build out of the development. I could support neighborhood friendly development, such as a grocery store, dry cleaners, video rental, and perhaps a restaurant. I am opposed a change in the Land Use Plan from Residential to Commercial without specific plans. The developer has already cleared the property without securing a grading permit. The residents of the area need to be included in a discussion of development plans for the property. The residential property that adjoins the project needs buffering immediately. Sincerely, Awl anet Berry President Southwest Little Rock United for Progress 6E:00 00, E0 NOW Sad L6E AHH�I5 r 2 aAo-H N S686699TOS March 2, 2000 ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: L000-16-02 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek Planning District Location: 13600 Vimy Ridge Road Request: Low Density Residential to Commercial Source: Ken Harper, Harper Development PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District from Low Density Residential to Commercial. The Commercial category includes a broad range of retail and wholesale of products, personal and professional services, and general business activities. Commercial activities very in type and scale, depending on the trade area that they serve. The applicant wishes to develop the property for general retail business. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family Residential and is approximately 8.41+ acres in size. The property is surrounded on the north and west side by vacant tracts of land zoned R-2 Single Family Residential. The Quail run subdivision is located in the R-2 zone about a half mile north of the applicant's property. Vacant land to the east is zoned R-2 Single Family Residential while to the Southeast is a piece of property cleared for retail development zoned C-1 General Commercial. A gas station / convenience store is also located in a C-3 General Commercial zoning district located across the street to the southeast. The property to the south is located in Saline County. It is zoned R-1 Single Family. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: On November 4, 1997 three changes took place from Low Density Residential to Single Family along both sides of Vimy Ridge Road within a mile north of the applicant's property. On November 4, 1997 a change was made from Low Density Residential to Commercial at the northwest corner of the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection east of the applicant's property. In November 21, 1995 various changes were made on both sides of Vimy Ridge Road on large tracts of land within a mile north of the applicant's property, one of those changes included the change from Single Family to Low Density Residential on the applicant's property. Areas shown as Single Family surround the site under review on the west, north, and east. Southeast of the applicant's property are two areas shown as Commercial on the northwest and northeast corners of Vimy Ridge Road and County Line Road. The area to the south of the applicant's property is located in Saline County. The Shannon Hills Comprehensive Development Plan shows the southwest corner of the intersection as Commercial and the southeast corner as Park/Elementary School. The remainder of the area along Vimy Ridge Road and County line road is shown as Residential. MASTER STREET PLAN: Vimy Ridge Road is shown as a minor arterial from Alexander Road to the Saline County line. County Line Road is shown as a minor arterial from Vimy Ridge Road with a proposed extension east as a minor arterial to connect to the proposed South Loop. Vimy Ridge Road is also shown as continuing south from the County Line through Shannon Hills as a minor arterial on the Central Arkansas Transit System (CARTS) Future Classification Plan. The CARTS Future Classification Plan shows County Line Road as a major collector from Vimy Ridge Road to the Donnie Drive / Joan Drive intersection in Shannon Hills. Both the Master Street Plan and the CARTS Future Classification Plan show County Line Road continuing west from the intersection with Vimy Ridge Road as a residential street. LT_1:T, I The Master Parks Plan does not show any parks, existing or proposed, effected by this amendment. CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The Chicot West / 1-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan states the recommendation of concentrating "...development efforts in the more urbanized northern portion of the study area..." and "...view the southern portion of the study area as an 'urban reserve' to be developed as market forces become stronger in the area." This amendment is located next to the southern boundary of the study area. ANALYSIS - Much of the area surrounding the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection consists of large tracts of undeveloped land in a semi -rural setting. This site is located on the southern edge of the city limits as well as the southern edge of the county. Carrington Place and Southfork Ranch subdivisions lie about a half - mile to the west on County Line Road in Saline County. Combined the preliminary plats for the subdivisions show 551 proposed single family homes. Both subdivisions are in the process of developing and have not achieved full build -out. Approximately 165 have been built to date. The southwest corner of the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection is shown as Commercial and is a vacant piece of property that could be zoned for potential commercial development in the future. In addition, the buffer provided by the Low Density Residential located between the applicant's property and the Quail Run subdivision would be greatly reduced. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Meyer Lane Neighborhood Association, Otter Creek Homeowners Association, Quail Run Neighborhood Association, and Rolling Pines Neighborhood Association. At time of printing, Staff has received no comments from area residents or neighborhood associations. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the change is premature and therefore not appropriate. The area shown as Commercial on the southwest corner of the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection provides an area for future Commercial uses. This area will be reviewed in a year or so as part of the Chicot West 1-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan review.