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Home My WebLink Aboutboard of directors itemsItem OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION SEPTEMBER 1, 1998 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment — 65`h Street West Planning District — LU98-12-04 Action Required 'Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Submitted By Cy Carney City Manager SYNOPSIS Amendment to the Land Use Plan from Single Family to Service Trades District and PK/OS for an area bounded by Stagecoach, Herndon, Lanehart and McPhearson Roads. RECOMMENDATION Planning Staff recommends approval. This item was approved with a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent. CITIZEN August 6, 1998 Planning Commission Meeting. Notification PARTICIPATION sent to Pecan Lake Neighborhood Association. BACKGROUND The property is currently zoned R2 and is approximately 48.4 ± acres in size. Surrounding the property on the northeast, east, south and southeast are areas zoned R-2 and are single family dwellings and or wooded tracts of undeveloped land that is shown as Single Family on the Land Use Plan. Along Stagecoach, to the north is the Missionary Baptist Seminary and the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church which area shown as Public Institutional and zoned R-2. Abutting the property to the west along Stagecoach are two auto related businesses, one an auto repossession business and an auto salvage yard. These two are also zoned R-2 and shown on the Plan as Single Family and Neighborhood Commercial, respectively. The area zoned as C- 1 on Stagecoach on the west side of the road is vacant. Stagecoach Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the plan. Herndon Road, McPhearson Road, and Lanehart Road are collectors. BACKGROUND CONTINUED The applicant has submitted a preliminary plat of the development. It includes a buffer along the east, south and west sides of distances of 50 and 75'. This buffer would assist in screening the "office park" from the residential uses along Lanehart Road and McPhearson Road. This buffer area is not shown as part of the lots for sale, and would be held as common area. This application should be amended to show this buffer as Park/Open Space which would virtually restrict all development in the buffer zone and access across the zone. Upon examination of the existing conditions and plans, Staff felt that it was appropriate to expand the area of the application to the west to include the existing auto salvage yard, the auto repossession business and the residential uses. This would make the line more logical and acknowledge existing uses. Staff also proposed amending the application to include a 75' buffer strip of Park/Open Space along the perimeter of the project area. This 75' buffer is shown on a preliminary site plan of the property filed with the amendment. The PK/OS strip stops short of Stagecoach Road because of the proposed entrance to the site is off of Herndon and one cannot enter a site through a Park/Open Space buffer. August 6, 1998 ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: LU98-1.2-04 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - 65th Street West District Location: An area bounded by Stagecoach Road, Herndon Road, McPhearson Road, and Lanehart Road R. eg1jest: Single Family to Service Trades District Source: Jim Hathaway/William Ellis PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the 65th Street West Planning District from Single Family and Neighborhood Commercial to Service Trades District and Park/Open Space. Service Trade District provides for a selection of office, warehousing, and industrial park activities that primarily serve other office service or industrial businesses. This district is intended to allow support services to these businesses and to provide for uses with an office component. A Planned Unit Development is required for any development not wholly office. Park/Open Space includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts, floodplains, and other designated open space and recreational land. Upon examination of the existing conditions and plans, Staff felt that it was appropriate to expand the area of the application to the west to include the existing auto salvage yard, the auto repossession business and the residential uses. This would make the line more logical and acknowledge existing uses. Staff also proposed amending the application to include a 75' buffer strip of Park/Open Space along the perimeter of the project area. This 75, buffer is shown on a preliminary site plan of the property filed with the amendment. The PK/OS strip stops short of Stagecoach Road because of the proposed entrance to the site is off of Herndon and one cannot enter a site through a Park/Open Space buffer. CURRENT LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned R2 and is approximately 48.4 f acres in size. Surrounding the property on the northeast, east, south and southeast are areas zoned R-2 and are single family dwellings and or wooded tracts of undeveloped land that is shown as Single Family on the Land Use Plan. Along Stagecoach, to the north is the Missionary Baptist Seminary and the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church which area shown as Public Institutional and zoned R-2. Abutting the property to the west along Stagecoach are two auto related businesses, one an auto repossession business and an auto salvage yard. These two are also zoned R-2 and shown on the Plan as Single Family and Neighborhood Commercial, respectively. The area zoned as C-1 on Stagecoach on the west side of the road is vacant. August 6, 1998 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU9$-12-04 RECENT AMENDMENTS: June 3, 1997, a change form Community Shopping to Single Family on the west side of Marigold Drive and A change from Single Family to Commercial at the southeast corner of the intersection of Stagecoach Road, Colonel Glenn Road and Asher Avenue. MASTER STREET PLAN: Stagecoach Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the plan. Herndon Road, McPhearson Road, and Lanehart Road are collectors. BACKGROUND: Recent petitions for changing the Land Use Plan in this area have met with local resistance. The applications for the expansion of the block plant on Brodie Lane and the mortgage company at the David O. Dodd and Stagecoach intersection were denied earlier this year. These sites are less than three/quarters of a mile from this site towards the southeast. The applicant has submitted a preliminary plat,of the development. It includes a buffer along the east, south and west sides of distances of 50 and 751. This buffer would assist in screening the "office park" from the residential uses along Lanehart Road and McPhearson Road. This buffer area is not shown as part of the lots for sale, and would be held as common area. This application should be amended to show this buffer as Park/Open Space which would virtually restrict all development in the buffer zone and access across the zone. A large tract that is developed in a comprehensive "campus like" manner can be an asset to the neighborhood. Staff has reviewed the preliminary site plan and has concerns with lighting, setbacks, traffic generation, both internal and external landscaping requirements, protection of buffers, etc. These issues are of a resolvable nature. This is a sensitive site, and it will only work if it is designed well. A PUD is required for any development that is not wholly office. This additional review can further insure the quality of development. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood association: Pecan Lake. As of this printing, we have received one comment from an owner of the expanded properties of a neutral nature. 2 August 6, 1998 ITEM NO.: 6 Cont. FILE NO.: LU98--12--04 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the change is appropriate. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (AUGUST 6, 1998) Brian Minyard of staff presented the item. Mr. Minyard referenced letters from Mr. Don Thornton supporting the item and a letter from Mr. Henry Gilmore in opposition to the item. The applicant, Mr. Jim Hathaway, spoke that discussion had occurred between the applicant, the owner and Mr. Gilmore. Mr. Hathaway spoke of the owner living in the neighborhood and of buffering and other aspects of the development. Mr. Hudson, President of the Pecan Lake Homeowners Association, spoke in favor of the application and spoke of a neighborhood meeting that the owner and applicant attended. Mr. Gilmore spoke of meeting with the applicant and the owner in the hallway and was presented with information. He stated that he was in support of the plan. Commissioner Hawn made a motion to approve the land use plan amendment and was seconded. The item was approved with a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent. 3 � �.�~'��-�r-�---~-�~'---'---�-�~--~''�~- '- '''- -'-' ---------'-------�-'-------^-'-'~-�-�.�---~_ PlanAmendment STAGECOACH AND HERNDON ROADS SF & NC to STD &PKIOS TRS TiN R13w27-- + PD .12 Vicinity Map WARD —z 0 4W wo Item No. 6 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN (16,222) IN THE 65`h STREET WEST DISTRICT FROM SINGLE FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO SERVICE TRADE DISTRICT AND PARR/OPEN SPACE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That Single Family and Neighborhood Commercial for an area bounded by Stagecoach, Herndon, McPherson, and Lanehart Roads be amended to Service Trades District and Park/Open Space on the Land Use Plan. SECTION 2. That the Land Use Plan be changed from Single Family and Neighborhood Commercial to Service Trades District and Park/Open Space on the attached sketch and be changed in the Land Use Narrative. PASSED: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED: Mayor