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ITEM NO.: 7
FILE NO.: LU01-16-02
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Otter Creek
Planning District
Location: 12705 Alexander Rd.
Rem: Mixed Office and Commercial to Mixed Commercial
and Industrial
Source: Cathy Graves, Wilbert Burial Vault Co., Inc.
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek_ Planning District
from Mixed Office and Commercial to Mixed Commercial and
Industrial. Mixed Commercial and Industrial provides for a
mixture of commercial and industrial uses to occur. Acceptable
uses are commercial or mixed commercial and industrial. A
Planned Zoning District is required if the use is mixed
commercial and industrial. The applicant wishes to construct a
new addition to an existing building.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family and is
approximately 4.95+ acres in size. Metal buildings used for
manufacturing occupy the applicant's property. All of the
surrounding property is shown as R-2 Single Family accept for a
vacant piece of property located northwest of the applicant's
property fronting Alexander Road that is zoned I-2 Light
Industrial. The neighboring land zoned R-2 Single Family
consists of low-density development with either houses built on
large lots or vacant property.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On May 16, 2000 twenty changes were made from Commercial, Mixed
Commercial and Industrial, Single Family, and Industrial to
Single Family, Public Institutional, Commercial, Mixed Office
and Commercial, Suburban Office, Service Trades District, Park /
Open Space, and Mixed Use in the vicinity of Stagecoach Road,
Baseline Road, and Otter Creek Road starting about 1 mile north
of the applicant's property.
On October 5, 1999 a change was made from Single Family to Light
Industrial at 12805 I-30 about a 1� mile northwest of the
application area.
,October 4, 2001
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU01-16-02
On November 4, 1997 twenty-five changes were made from
Industrial, Mixed Office and Commercial, Low -Density
Residential, Mixed Commercial and Industrial, Community
Shopping, and Suburban Office in an area along Vimy Ridge and
Chicot Roads starting within the vicinity of the property in
question.
On July 1, 1997 a change was made at 12024 I-30 from Community
Shopping to Commercial at Otter Creek Rd. and I-30 about 8/10 of
a mile northeast of the area in question.
On July 1, 1997 a change was made on Stagecoach Road east of
Briner Circle from Mixed Commercial and Industrial to Mobile
Home about 1 mile northwest of the applicant's property.
The applicant's property is shown as Mixed
Commercial. The property across the street
Alexander Road is shown as Single Family.
property to the east and west is shown as
Commercial. The adjacent property to the s
Density Residential.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Office and
on the north side of
The neighboring
Mixed Office and
outh is shown as Low
Alexander Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the Master Street
Plan. A Class I Bikeway is shown on Alexander Road from the
city limit at Alexander, Arkansas to Little Fourche Creek Trail.
PARKS:
There are no parks or open spaces shown on the 2001 Little Rock
Parks and Recreation Master Plan that would be affected by this
amendment.
City Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan:
The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the Chicot
West / I-30 South Neighborhood Action Plan. The Neighborhood
Revitalization Goal stated the objective of encouraging new
single-family growth and maintaining and enhancing the quality
and affordability of existing housing. The action statement
under the Neighborhood Revitalization goal relevant to this
application calls for the concentration of development efforts
in the northern portion of the study area while saving the
southern portion of the study area for an "urban reserve."
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'October 4, 2001
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU01-16-02
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's property lies in a semi -rural area characterized
by low-density development. Currently the manufacturing
facilities located on the applicant's property is the most
intense use of land on Alexander Road. The Low Density
Residential to the south provides a step down in intensity
between the Mixed Office and Commercial and the large area shown
as Single Family to the south. A change to Mixed Commercial and
Industrial on the applicant's property would allow for the
intensification of uses in the area abutting the Low Density
Residential to the south. The remaining Mixed Office and
Commercial to the east and west of the applicant's property
provides a buffer between the more intensive MCI uses. There is
not a buffer between the property covered by the application and
the Single Family on the north side of Alexander Road.
There is a large amount of land already available for Industrial
uses in the area while there is a small amount of land available
for office uses. On the west side of Alexander Road, there is
about 54.74 + acres of land available for industrial uses. West
of Alexander Road there is only 9.63 + acres of land that is
available for office uses within the context of the Mixed Office
and Commercial land use category. This application would reduce
the amount of land available for office uses by 4.95+ acres.
However, the applicant's property is an existing manufacturing
facility and is a non -conforming use. The applicant intends to
expand the facilities of an existing use. Nevertheless, a
change to Mixed Commercial and Industrial would introduce the
possibility of increasing the intensity of Industrial uses along
Alexander Road.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
Meyer Lane Neighborhood Association, Otter Creek Homeowners
Association, Quail Run Neighborhood Association, Rolling Pines
Neighborhood Association, and Alexander Road Neighborhood
Association. At this time, staff has not received any comments
from area residents or neighborhood associations.
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October 4, 2001
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.)
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
FILE NO.: LU01-16-02
Staff believes the change is not appropriate. There are
abundant available industrial lands in the area, and with the
exiting residential homes adjacent to the site, intensification
is not recommended.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(OCTOBER 4, 2001)
Brian Minyard, City Staff, made a brief presentation to the
commission. Dana Carney made a presentation of item 7.1 so the
discussion could coincide with the discussion for item 7. See
the minute record for item 7.1 for a complete discussion
concerning the short form Planned Development -Industrial.
A motion was made to approve the item as presented. The item
was denied with a vote of 0 ayes, 8 noes, and 3 absent.
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