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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard Comm for LU20-15-01OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION APRIL 21, 2020 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment – Pinnacle Planning District – LU20-15-01 Submitted By: Action Required √ Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Approved By Planning and Development Bruce Moore City Manager SYNOPSIS To approve Land Use Plan amendments in the Geyer Springs West Planning District 10217 Chicot Rd from SO (Suburban Office) & RL (Residential Low) to NC (Neighborhood Commercial) and PK/OS (Park Open Space) FISCAL IMPACT None RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning Commission 7 for, 0 against, 4 absent, to approve the change at their March 12, 2020 Hearing. 2 BACKGROUND The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is 10217 Chicot Rd. It is currently shown as SO (Suburban Office) and RL (Residential Low Density) on the Plan. The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is northeast of intersection of Chicot Road and Mabelvale Cutoff. It is currently shown as Suburban Office (SO) and Residential Low Density (RL) on Land Use Plan, vacant and wooded. The request is to amend +5 acres of SO and RL to Neighborhood Commercial (NC) with a 20-foot wide strip along the north of the property as Park Open Space (PK/OS). The site is part of a large Residential Low Density area to the north and east of the subject area. There is also an underutilized, partially developed Commercial (C) area southwest of the amendment area at this intersection. To the southwest and northwest of this intersection along Mabelvale Cutoff on both sides are shown as Mixed Uses (MX) with single families on it. To the north along east side of Chicot Road is shown as Suburban Office (SO) to Vega Drive, and shown as a Commercial (C) along west side of Chicot Road northwest of the same intersection. The applicant has asked to amend the Land Use Plan for their property to Neighborhood Commercial (NC). This is a new Land Use Classification in the immediate vicinity. NC category includes limited small scale commercial development in close proximity to a neighborhood, providing goods and services to that neighborhood market area. To the north of the subject property are prominently Residential Low Density (RL) use with single family homes on it, except the properties adjacent to Chicot Road south of Milford Drive. They are currently undeveloped Suburban Office. This SO use continues as a strip along Chicot Road north to Vega Drive. To the east of the property is shown as RL on the Plan and currently undeveloped. 3 BACKGROUND CONTINUED Prominent commercial area is around the Mabelvale Cutoff/Chicot Road intersection. The northwest quadrant of the intersection, along Chicot Road to Rebecca Drive is a commercial strip and currently there are a Family Dollar, a Bond Bail business, a restaurant, and a tire shop on it. There is an available +2.3 acres of undeveloped Commercial land in this strip. To the west of this commercial strip along Mabelvale Cutoff is shown as Mixed Use on the Plan and mostly SF homes on it. To the northeast of the same intersection is Commercial on the Plan. There is a convenience store with gas pumps and car wash along Chicot Road and further east is mini- warehouse development. These uses are directly south of the amendment area. Between these two use areas, there is a +1.5 acre undeveloped commercial lot. To the east of these commercial lands are mostly single family homes along Mabelvale Cutoff on RL shown land. In addition to these SF homes there is a church on two lots shown as PI (Public Institution). To the southeast of the same intersection is a strip of commercial land with a vacant commercial lot, another dollar store, and then a vacant commercial lot on it. To the east of this commercial area are single family homes on RL shown land along Mabelvale Cutoff. To the southwest of the same intersection is shown as Commercial on the Plan. It is mostly vacant and there is an unoccupied/vacant commercial building, previously a dairy shop. There are two churches on the two lots of PI to the south of this mostly vacant commercial land. To the west of this vacant commercial land is shown as a Mixed Use strip along south of Mabelvale Cutoff to Legion Hut Road. The total Commercial Land Use is +22 acres at the intersection and +9 acres of it is vacant. That means 60% percent of the Commercial land in the immediate vicinity is occupied and 40% percent of the commercial land is vacant. The applicant has revised the application to include a 20- foot sprit along the north boundary of the property. This is intended to help buffer the existing homes along Milford Drive from any future commercial uses of this property. The houses have existed for decades with this site being wood land in their backyards shown as future single-family development on the City’s Plan. 4 BACKGROUND CONTINUED Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Chicot, Legion Hut, and West Baseline. Staff has received no comments from area residents.