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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFAX to applicant with itemity of Little Rock apartment of Planning and Development 23 West Markham the Rock. Arkannaa 72201-t3.34 PAX COVER SHEET DATE: TO: I- COMPANY: FAX NO. J�.S- — (70 PHONE NO. FROM: 11iace IccSlrr DEPARTMENT: FAX NO.: (501) 371-6863 PHONE NO.: 3 ]1- 6 S% S ^ FS -40 6 - TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: _ - b COMMENTS : r v -e C, 1 ) J/ (� 7 _ y March 2, 2000 ITEM NO.: 2 Name: Location: Request: Source: FILE NO.: LU00-16-03 Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek Planning District 12800 County Line Road. Single Family to Commercial Doug Loftin PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District from Single Family 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 under review for a day care center and a mini -storage warehouse. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family Residential and is approximately 3.54 + acres in size. The property to the north and east is zoned R-2 Single Family Residential and is occupied by the Irish Spring subdivision. A convenience store is located to the west on a piece of property zoned C-3 General Commercial at the northeast corner of the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection. The property to the south lies in Saline County and in the city limits of Shannon Hills. It is zoned R-1 Single Family. Directly across county Line road lies Davis Elementary school, part of the Bryant School district. 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 with in 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 about 300 feet west 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 Neighborhood Commercial to Commercial west of the applicant's property on the northeast corner of the Vimy Ridge / County Line Road intersection west of the applicant's property. The applicant's properties, as well as the property to the north and east, are all shown as Single Family on the Land Use Plan West 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. PARKS: 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. R. L. Davis Elementary School lies across the street from the applicant's. Commercial uses across from a school on a street may cause traffic conflicts from both the loading and unloading of school students and the commercial traffic throughout the day. The undeveloped tract of land on the southwest corner of the intersection provides for future development of commercial areas. 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. Staff has received 17 comments from area residents. None are in support and 17 are opposed to the change. 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.