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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
September 19, 2006 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment —
Otter Creek Planning District
— LU06-16-03 from Mixed
Office Commercial to
Commercial
Submitted by:
Department of Planning and
Action Required
4Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Bruce Moore
City Masiagei
SYNOPSIS
Land Use Plan amendment in the Otter Creek Planning District
at the southeast corner of Vimy Ridge Road and Alexander
Road from Mixed Office Commercial to Commercial for future
development. The amendment area was reduced to the related
zoning change area.
FISCAL IMPACT
N/A
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval. The Planning
Commission at their August 17, 2006 meeting recommended
approval by a vote of 10 for and 0 against and 1 absent.
CITIZEN
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
PARTICIPATION
South West Little Rock United for Progress, Alexander Road
Neighborhood Association, Quail Run Neighborhood
Association, and Meyer Lane Neighborhood Association.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on August 17,
2006.
BACKGROUND
There appear to be two vacant houses on the application site
and an occupied house on the expanded area. To the north and
east of the area is zoned I-2 Light Industrial. The I-3 area
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
directly across from the application site is mostly open space.
The areas to the south and west of the site are zoned R-2 Single
Family. The property at the northwest corner of Vimy Ridge
Road and Alexander Road is zoned C-3 General Commercial.
There is a gas station with a convenience store at this location.
The application area is shown as Mixed Office Commercial.
To the southwest of this site is Single Family, to the north of
the area is Industrial, and to the west is more Mixed Office
Commercial and Low Density Residential. The property to the
northwest of the site is Commercial. To the south is Mixed
Office Commercial then Single Family east of Vimy Ridge and
Low Density Residential west of Vimy Ridge. There has been
no recent activity in this area.
The proposed amendment would change approximately two
acres on the southern side of Alexander Road from Mixed
Office Commercial to Commercial. Only a small portion of the
Mixed Office Commercial will be changed in order to leave a
buffer of MOC between the Commercial and Single Family.
The site is located at the intersection of Vimy Ridge Road and
Alexander Road. These are both classified as Minor Arterials
in the Master Street Plan, and this is a highly used intersection.
A convenience store and gas station is currently located at the
northwest corner of this intersection.
This area has been mostly dormant for the past twenty years,
but new residential developments are currently moving to this
area. The Chicot West I-30 Neighborhood Action Plan
addresses many issues concerning this intersection. The Plan is
in favor of Neighborhood Commercial development at the
intersection of arterials and also states the need for more
restaurants in the area.