HomeMy WebLinkAboutstaff reportApril 2, 1998
ITEM NO.: 3
FILE NO.: LU98-16-
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek District
Location: Stagecoach Road
Request: Multifamily to Office and Public Institutional
Source: Diamond Development
PROPOSAL I REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District from
Multi Family to Office and Public Institutional. Office
represents services provided directly to consumers (such as
legal, financial and medical) as well as general offices that
support more basic economic activities. Public Institutional
represents public and quasi public facilities which provide a
variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries,
fire stations, churches, utility substations and hospitals.
RECENT AMENDMENTS:
August 5, 1997, A change was made from Multi -family to Single
family south of Baseline Road and east of Wimbleton Loop.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Stagecoach Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the plan.
Stagecoach Road is currently a two lane road. The Arkansas
Highway Department is in the process of right-of-way acquisition
for future widening of the roadway.
CURRENT ZONING AND ACREAGE:
The property is currently zoned 02 and R2 and is approximately
17.5 acres in size. Immediately to the south is a C.U.P. for the
Otter Creek Assembly of God Church. To the east is the Fourche
Creek zoned R2. To the north, a commercial node lies at the
intersection of Baseline Road and Stagecoach Road.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
Otter Creek and Crystal Valley.
STAFF REPORT:
The central portion of the proposed area on the east side of
Stagecoach is currently Calvary Apostolic United Pentecostal
Church and the southern section of the Multifamily is proposed to
be changed to office. New developments in the area include a
golf driving range across the street and a new single family
April 2, 1998
ITEM NO.: 3 (cont.) FILE NO.: LU98-16-01
subdivision to the west with access on Stagecoach Road
(preliminary plated 5-5-97). Two other single family
developments are in development to the northwest with access off
Baseline Road. The remainder of Stagecoach Road is single family
homes in a rural setting.
Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff
expanded the area of review to include an area to the north so
that Office would abut the Commercial which lies at the
intersection of Baseline and Stagecoach. With these changes, the
entirety of the Multifamily would be eliminated. It is thought
that the additional area would make the boundaries more logical.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate to acknowledge the
existing use of the church as Public Institutional and change the
remaining parcels to change to Office. Staff believes that the
two churches and office uses are compatible and that the site is
not suited to traditional Multi -family use because of the
narrowness of the tract.
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