HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES WITHDRAWNOctober 2, 2008
ITEM NO.: 3
FILE NO.: LU08-15-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Geyer Springs West Planning District
Location: North of 1-30, west of Geyer Springs Road
Request: Industrial to Commercial
Source: Newman McGee
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
A Land Use Plan amendment in the Geyer Springs West Planning District from
Industrial to Commercial. Commercial represents services that include a broad
range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and professional
services and general business activities.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is currently zoned 1-2 Light Industrial District. This site was used as
a Professor Bowl for many years and is currently vacant. There is a small
abandoned house on the northwest corner of this lot. A small portion of the
applicant's property is currently zoned R-2 Single Family. This portion is paved
and vacant. It is approximately four acres in size. Interstate 30 is immediately to
the south and is zoned R-2. Most of the surrounding properties to the north, west
and east are zoned 1-2. Immediately west is Flexion Industrial, to the north is
office/warehouse building and WES Electric Supply. East of this site is zoned 1-2
but has a non conforming single family residence on the property.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
This area is shown as Industrial on the Future Land Use Plan. Industrial is
shown to the north, west and east of this site. Further east and along Geyer
Springs is shown as Commercial. To the south is buffered by Interstate 30, but
Multi Family, Light Industrial and Commercial are shown on the south side of the
interstate.
August 6, 2007, the southeast corner of Interstate 30 and University Avenue was
amendmended from Multi Family to Light Industrial for a future development.
May 16, 2006, Ordinance 19532 amended the Land Use Plan about a half -mile
southeast of this site. It was amended to Public Institutional from Commercial as
part of a large-scale revision of the 65th Street East District to recognize an
existing condition.
October 2, 2008
NO.: 3 (Cont.
FILE NO.: LU08-15-01
Springs Road and much of this land could be redeveloped for this type of use.
By contrast, this application area is surrounded by approximately 150 acres of
industrial park uses. The application area could easily be developed for an
industrial use without a change in zoning or the land use plan.
This area was reviewed by the Geyer Springs and Wakefield Neighborhood
Action Plan in 2006. The neighborhood reviewed the future land use plan for this
area and did not request any changes for this portion of the neighborhood. Staff
believes commercial uses should be confined to the major arterials like Geyer
Springs, University and 65th Street with industrial types of uses beyond these
roads. While there is quite a large section of Industrial shown in this area, there
are very few vacant buildings available for industrial uses. Over the years, many
of the commercial uses in this area have left, but this industrial area has stayed
constant and needs to be preserved. There is vacant Commercial land on the
south side of Interstate 30 that is undeveloped and would be more suitable.
There is also quite a bit of Commercial land along Geyer Springs Road that could
be developed for this type of use. Young Road serves the industrial uses on the
north side of 1-30. The traffic created in industrial areas is mostly made up of
large trucks. This is very different than the typical traffic created by a retail use,
which is reason to keep the industrial and commercial areas separate.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Cloverdale,
Windamere, Wakefield and Southwest Little Rock United for Progress. Staff has
received no comments from area residents,
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is not appropriate.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 2, 2008)
The item was placed on consent agenda for deferral to the November 13, 2008
hearing. By a vote of 10 for and 0 against the consent agenda was approved.
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November 13, 2008
ITEM NO.; C(Cont.) FILE NO.: LU08-15-01
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (NOVEMBER 13, 2008)
The applicant requested this item be withdrawn. The item was placed on the
consent agenda for withdrawal. By a vote of 7 for 0 against 2 vacancies the
consent agenda was approved.
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