HomeMy WebLinkAboutboard of directors itemsINFORMATION RELATIVE TO PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS
FOR THE LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON
January 16, 2001
A Land Use Plan Amendment # L000-12-01 in the 65`" Street West Planning
District from Mixed Use and Suburban Office to Commercial and Office.
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends: Approval
Planning
Commission
Recommends: Approval
Right -of -Way
Issues: N/A
Vote: 8 Ayes 0 Noes 3 Absent 0 Abstention
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: Ayes _ Noes Absent _ Abstention
ITEM N0.#
Planning
Staff
Recommends:
Planning
Commission
Recommends:
Right -of -Way
Issues:
Vote: — Ayes — Noes Absent — Abstention
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
January 16, 2001 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment —
651h Street West Planning
District - LU99-12-01 — Col.
Glenn Road and I-430
RECOMMENDATION
CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION
BACKGROUND
Action Required I Submitted By
4Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Cy Carney
City Manager
Land Use Plan amendment in the 65 Street West Planning
District from Mixed Use and Suburban Office to Commercial
and Office for office, warehouse and commercial
developments.
Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission
meeting on December 21, 2000 (8-0-3 in favor).
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations:
John Barrow Neighborhood Association, Meadowcliff /
Brookwood Neighborhood Association, Pecan Lake Property
Owners Association, South Brookwood Ponderosa, and
Stagecoach -Dodd Neighborhood Association.
Tract A of the applicant's property is shown as Mixed Use
while tract B is shown as Suburban Office. The land on the
north side of Col. Glenn Road is shown as Commercial. The
land east of Talley Road is shown as Light Industrial. The
property to the south and west is shown as Suburban Office.
The applicant's property is vacant wooded land and currently
zoned R-2 Single Family and is'approximately 59.46+ acres in
size. The C-3 General Commercial on the north side of Col.
Glenn Road at the I-430 interchange is vacant. A T.V. station
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
and an expo center is located on property to the north of the
application area on land zoned C-2 Shopping Center. Office
and warehouse structures occupy the I-1 Industrial Park
property northeast of the Col. Glenn / Talley Road intersection.
Four houses located along the east side of Talley Road sit on
property zoned R-2 Single Family. A waterworks plant is
located to the southeast on. property zoned I-1 Industrial Park.
The property to the south of the application area consists of five
houses built on large lots zoned R-2 Single Family. A vacant
Planned Office Development touching the west boundary of the
application area lies between the applicant's property and I-430.
The requested change maintains the transition between the
intense non-residential uses along Col. Glen Road and the less
intense residential uses along David O. Dodd Road to the south
and the less intense uses on W. 3 G'h Street to the north. The
proposed changes also act as a transition from the Commercial
uses near the I-430 Col. Glenn Interchange and the more
intense Light Industrial uses to the east. I-430 acts as a barrier
and any development of the applicant's property is not likely to
affect, or be affected by, the development of property on the
west side of the freeway.
FILE NO.: LU00-12-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - 65th Street - West
Planning District
Location: Southeast corner of Col. Glenn Rd. & I-430
Request: Mixed .Use & Suburban Office to Commercial &
Office
Source: Leonard Boen, Boen & Associates Inc.
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the 65th Street - West Planning
District from Mixed Use & Suburban Office to Commercial &
Office. 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 Office category represents
services provided directly to consumers (e.g., legal,
financial, medical) as well as general offices, which
support more basic economic activities. The applicant
wishes to use the property for office, warehouse, and
commercial developments.
Staff is not expanding the application since the Land Use
Plan in this area was reviewed in April 2000.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The applicant's property is vacant wooded land and
currently zoned R-2 Single Family and is approximately
59.46+ acres in size. The C-3 General Commercial on the
north side of Col. Glenn Road at the I-430 interchange is
vacant. A T.V. station and an expo center is located on
property to the north of the application area on land zoned
C-2 Shopping Center. Office and warehouse structures
occupy the I-1 Industrial Park property northeast of the
Col. Glenn / Talley Road intersection. Four houses located
along the east side of Talley Road sit on property zoned R-
2 Single Family. A waterworks plant is located to the
southeast on property zoned I-1 Industrial Park. The
property to the south of the application area consists of
FILE NO.: LU00-12-01 (Cont.)
five houses built on large lots zoned R-2 Single Family. A
vacant Planned Office Development touching the west
boundary of the application area lies between the
applicant's property and I-430.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS:
• On September 19, 2000 a change took place from Low
Density Residential to Mixed Office Commercial on W. 36th
Street at I-430 about 2/3 of a mile north of the
applicant's property.
• On April 6, 1999 a change took place from Office and
Community Shopping to Mixed Office Commercial at the
northwest corner of Col. Glenn and Bowman Road about a 4
mile west of the application area.
• On December 11 1998 a change took place from Suburban
Office to Mixed Use on tract A of the applicant's
property resulting in the current land use shown for the
property under review.
• On August 5, 1997 multiple changes took place on the on
the south side of Col. Glenn between I-430 and David O.
Dodd Road west of the applicant's property on the
opposite side of I-430.
• On June 3, 1997 a change took place from Single Family to
Commercial on the east side of Marigold Drive about 1
mile east of the applicant's property.
• On June 181 1996 various changes took place along
Shackleford and Col. Glenn Road about a 1-f2 north and east
of the area under review.
• On May 7, 1996 multiple changes took place between I-430
and Bowman Road and David O. Dodd Road west of the
applicant's property on the opposite side of I-430.
Tract A of the applicant's property is shown as Mixed Use
while tract B is shown as Suburban Office. The land on the
north side of Col. Glenn Road is shown as Commercial. The
land east of Talley Road is shown as Light Industrial. The
property to the south and west is shown as Suburban Office.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Col. Glenn Road is shown as a Principal Arterial on the
Master Street Plan while I-430 is shown as a Freeway.
Talley Road is shown as a local street. The Master Street
Plan shows a proposed collector street linking Talley Road
F,
FILE NO.:
LU00-12-01
(Cont.
to Shackleford Road about a 1-� mile north of the applicant's
property. Development of this property would be subject to
the requirement for 1-i street improvements on the south side
of Col. Glenn Road and for 1-� street improvements on Talley
Road. There are no bikeways shown on the Master Street
Plan that would be affected by this amendment.
PARKS:
The Park System Master Plan does not show any parks or open
spaces that would be affected by this amendment.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the
Stagecoach/Dodd section of the Pecan Lake, Stagecoach/Dodd,
Westwood Neighborhood Action Plan. The neighborhood action
plan states in the introduction of Zoning and Land Use
Goals and Objectives that the neighborhood requests "... that
non-residential developments congregate in the area bounded
by I-430, Shackleford, Col. Glenn, and David O. Dodd
Roads." The zoning and land use goal states: "maintain and
encourage single-family and low density residential
developments in the residential area of the neighborhood,
while encouraging responsible non-residential development
in areas currently reserved for such uses on the Future
Land Use Plan." Objective #1 states: "Protect the
residential integrity of the neighborhood by maintaining
adequate separation or sufficient buffering between
residential and non-residential uses." The plan also
includes the following action statement: "Encourage new
non-residential development west of Shackleford Road and
north of David O. Dodd Road.
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's property is buffered from residential
areas. The requested change maintains the transition
between the intense non-residential uses along Col. Glen
Road and the less intense residential uses along David O.
Dodd Road. The requested change is also buffered by the
transition from intense uses along Col. Glenn Road and the
less intense uses on W.36t' Street. The proposed changes
also fits as a transition from the less intense Commercial
uses near the
I-430 Col. Glenn Interchange and the more intense Light
Industrial uses to the east. I-430 acts as a barrier and
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FILE NO.: LU00-12-01 (Cont.)
any development of the applicant's property is not likely
to affect, or be affected by, the development of property
on the west side of the freeway.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: John Barrow Neighborhood Association,
Meadowcliff/Brookwood Neighborhood Association, Pecan Lake
Property Owners Association, South Brookwood Ponderosa, and
Stagecoach -Dodd Neighborhood Association.
Staff has received two comments from area residents that
were neutral.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is appropriate. The requested
amendment fits the pattern of land use located in the
vicinity of the application area.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(DECEMBER 21, 2000)
This item was placed on the consent agenda for approval.
A motion was made to approve and was passed with a vote of
8 ayes, 0 nays and 3 absent.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN
(16,222) IN THE 65' STREET WEST PLANNING
DISTRICT FROM MIXED USE AND SUBURBAN
OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, as the Little Rock Planning Commission believes
it appropriate to amend the plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. That Mixed Use and Suburban Office for and
area bounded by Colonel Glenn Road, I-430 and Talley Road
be amended to Commercial and Office on the Land Use Plan.
SECTION 2. That the ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor