HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesSeptember 14, 2000
ITEM NO.: 3.2 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-i! 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
September 14, 2000
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 3.2 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-16-06
Shopping to Commercial at the northwest corner of the
I -30/I-430 interchange about :a 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.
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.
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September 14, 2000
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 3.2 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU00-16-06
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.
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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