HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesAugust 17, 2000
ITEM NO.: 3.1 FILE NO.: LU00-15-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Geyer Springs West
Planning District
Location: North side of Mabelvale West Road, west of Darris
Drive
Request: Mixed Use to Commercial
Source: Robert Ashcroft by William B. Putnam
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Geyer Springs West Planning
District from Mixed Use to Commercial. The Commercial
category includes a broad range of retail and wholesale
sales of products, personal and professional services, and
general business activities. Commercial activities vary in
type and scale, depending on the trade area they serve. The
applicant wishes to construct a retail store on the
property.
Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning
Staff expanded the area of review to include the C-3 zone
land to the east of the applicant's property.
With these changes, the entirety of the area designated
Mixed Use east of Mabelvale Main and north of Mabelvale Pike
would be changed. The additional area would recognize the
commercial activities east of the applicant's property.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The expanded area is zoned 0-3 General Office and C-3
General Commercial and consists of approximately 7.36+
acres. The applicant's property is vacant while a
convenience store sits on part of the C-3 General Commercial
zone closest to the applicant's property. The rest of the
C-3 General Commercial zone remains vacant. The property
zoned R-2 Single Family located to the east is occupied by
an apartment building. The neighboring property to the
north is zoned R-2 Single Family and OS Open Space. The
property north of the expanded area lies vacant while houses
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ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU00-15-01
are located along Mabelvale Pike. The property to the south
consists of single family houses built on land zoned R-2
Single Family. The R-2 Single Family property to the west
consists of houses built along Nash Lane as well as a day
care center located directly to the west of the property in
question. The 0-3 General Office along Mabelvale West Road
consists of a few houses and the First Missionary Baptist
Church. The land south of Mabelvale West Road is zoned I-1
Industrial Park and I-2 Light Industrial. Truck terminals
occupy most of the land in both districts.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On November 4, 1997 multiple changes took place within a
mile radius of the applicant's property including the change
from Mixed Office Commercial to Mixed Use on the applicant's
property.
The expanded area is shown as Mixed Use on the Future Land
Use Plan. The area to the north is shown as Park/Open Space
and Single Family. The property to the east is shown as
Single Family. The land to the south is shown as Mixed Use
and Mixed Commercial and Industrial. The property to the
west is shown as Mixed Use along Mabelvale West Road and
Single Family further north.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Mabelvale West Road, Mabelvale Pike, and Mabelvale Main
Street are all shown as Minor Arterials on the Master Street
Plan. These streets are not built to city standards for
minor arterials.- There are no bikeways shown on the Master
Street Plan that would be affected by this amendment.
PARKS:
Morehart Park is shown on the Park System Master Plan on
Mabelvale Cut -Off Road about 1/3 of a mile east of the
applicant's property. Morehart Park is not affected by this
amendment.
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August 17, 2000
ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU00-15-01
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The applicant's property is located in an area covered by
the Chicot West / I-30 South neighborhood action plan. The
neighborhood action plan contains an infrastructure goal of
widening and improving Mabelvale West Road to Minor Arterial
standards. The plan also contains the objectives of
attracting better restaurants and neighborhood oriented
businesses to the area under the economic development goal.
Actions statements concerning economic development include
identifying and attracting desirable businesses that are
oriented toward the middle class consumer as well as
expanding Neighborhood Commercial uses at the intersections
of arterials. The Infrastructure goal also contains a goal
of bringing all streets up to city standards.
ANALYSIS:
The area in question is located at the intersection of two
arterials which could serve as a community center in the
Chicot / I-30 West Study Area. The application area is
located at the north terminus of Mabelvale Main Street,
which serves as the axis for the Mabelvale community.
Mabelvale West Road intersects with I-30 to the west and
connects the neighborhood to outlying areas in Saline
County. Mabelvale Pike Road connects the Mabelvale
neighborhood to the rest of Little Rock lying north of the
neighborhood. This location is also suitable for small
businesses likely to cater the needs of residents living in
the Mabelvale neighborhood. Approval of this amendment will
recognize the existing business located in the area zoned C-
3 General Commercial. In addition,. approval of this
amendment would also allow for the development of a broad
range of Commercial uses suitable for larger scale
businesses serving a larger market area.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Allendale N.A.,
Chicot N.A., Cloverdale N.A., Deer Meadow N.A., Legion Hut
N.A., Mavis Circle N.A., Pinedale N.A., Rob Roy Way N.A.,
Santa Monica N.A., Shiloh H.A., Town & Country Estates N.A
West Baseline N.A., Yorkwood N.A..
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August 17, 2000
ITEM NO.: 3.1 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: LU00-15-01
Staff has not received any comments from area residents.
None are in support, none are opposed to the change and none
were neutral.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (AUGUST 17, 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 of 8 ayes, 0 noes and 3 absent.
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