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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
October 17, 2000 AGENDA
Land Use Plan Amendment —
Otter Creek Planning District
— LU00-16-06 —10600 West
Baseline Road
Action Required j Submitted By
4Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Cy Carney
City Manager
SYNOPSIS
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District
from Mixed Office and Commercial to Service Trades District
for a future development including office/showroom
warehouse.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission
meeting on September 14, 2000 (11-0-0 in favor).
CITIZEN
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
PARTICIPATION
Meyer Lane Neighborhood Association, Otter Creek
Homeowners Association, Quail Run Neighborhood
Association, and Rolling Pines Neighborhood Association.
BACKGROUND
The applicant's property is shown on the Future Land Use Plan
as Mixed Office and Commercial. The property to the north is
shown as Service Trades District. The neighboring property to
the east is shown as Parks/Open Space along the creek. The
property to the south is shown as Mixed Office and
Commercial. The neighboring property to the west is shown as
Public Institutional.
The property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family and is
approximately 19.9+ acres in size. The property to the north is
zoned R-2 Single Family. The property to the east is zoned R-2
Single Family. The property to the south is zoned R-2 Single
Family and 0-3 General Office. The property to the west is
zoned R-2 Single Family.
The applicant's property lies in an area characterized by large
amounts of open space and vacant land.
FILE NO.: LU00-16-06
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek Planning
District
Location: W. Baseline Road near Sibley Hole Road
Request: Mixed Office and Commercial to Service Trades
District
Source: Joe White, Jr., White Daters
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning
District from Mixed Office and Commercial to Service Trades
District. The Service Trades District category provides for
a selection of office, warehousing, and industrial park
activities that primarily serve other office service or
industrial businesses. The district is intended to provide
for uses with an office component. A Planned Zoning
District is required for any development not wholly office.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family and is
approximately 19.9+ acres in size. The property to the
north is zoned R-2 Single Family. The property to the east
is zoned R-2 Single Family. The property to the south is
zoned R-2 Single Family and 0-3 General Office. The
property to the west is zoned R-2 Single Family.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On May 16, 2000, multiple changes were made in the vicinity
of Baseline Road and Stagecoach Road about a mile west of
the applicant's property.
On December 20, 1999, a change was made from Single Family
to Light Industrial on Mabelvale Pike about a 1-� east of the
applicant's property.
On June 15, 1999, a change was made from Single Family to
Suburban Office and Service Trades District on Baseline
Road at Mabelvale Pike about a half mile east of the
applicant's property.
On October 6, 1998 a change was made from Community
Shopping to Commercial at the northwest corner of the
FILE NO.: LU00-16-06 (Cont.
I -30/I-430 interchange about :h of a mile southwest of the
applicant's property.
On November 4, 1997, multiple changes were made in the
Mabelvale Community about one mile south of the applicant's
property.
The applicant's property is shown on the Future Land Use
Plan as Mixed office and Commercial. The property to the
north is shown as Service Trades District. The neighboring
property to the east is shown as Parks/Open Space along the
creek. The property to the south is shown as Mixed Office
and Commercial. The neighboring property to the west is
shown as Public Institutional.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Baseline Road is shown as a Principal Arterial on the
Master Street Plan. There are no other streets or bikeways
shown on the Master Street Plan that would be affected by
this amendment.
PARKS:
The Park System Master Plan shows a Priority Two Open Space
along a creek that runs inside the area shown as Park/Open
Space on the Future Land Use Plan. Any zoning application
should address the creek and its floodway areas in relation
to the Parks Master Plan.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The applicant's property lies in an area not covered by a
city recognized neighborhood action plan.
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's property lies in an area characterized by
large amounts of open space and vacant land.
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 no comments from area residents.
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FILE NO.: LU00-16-06 (Cont.)
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(SEPTEMBER 14, 2000)
The item was placed on the consent agenda for approval.
A motion was made to approve the consent agenda and was
approved with a vote 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent.
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Plan Amendment
Case # LUOO-16-06 N
West Baseline Road
MOC to STD
CF. 41.03
TRS: T1SR13W3 0 300 600 Feet
PD. 16
Vicinity Map - Ward 7 Item #
Area Zoning
Case # Lu0(-16-06 N
Baseline Road
{ 4 Cr. 41.03
lTRS: T1SR13W3 0 300 600 Feet
PD: 16
vicinity Map ward 7 Item #
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) IN THE OTTER CREEK PLANNING
DISTRICT FROM MIXED OFFICE AND
COMMERCIAL TO SERVICE TRADES DISTRICT;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, as 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 Mixed Office and Commercial in the
10600 block of Baseline Road be amended to Service Trades
District on the Land Use Plan.
SECTION 2. That the ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor
INFORMATION RELATIVE TO PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS
FOR THE LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON
October 17, 2000
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
A Land Use Plan Amendment # L000-16-06 in the Otter Creek Planning
District from Mixed Office and Commercial to Service Trades District.
Vote: 11 Ayes 0 Noes 0 Absent 0 Abstention
Land Use Plan Amendments in the
1-630 Planning District from various to various.
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends: Amroval
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: 8 Ayes 0 Noes 3 Absent 0 Abstention
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: — Ayes Noes — Absent ` Abstention