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Home My WebLink Aboutboard of directors itemsOFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION OCTOBER 21, 2003 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment — 65a' Street West Planning District — LU03-12-01 South and west of I-430 and Col. Glenn Intersection SYNOPSIS FISCAL IMPACT RECOMMENDATION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BACKGROUND Action Required I Submitted By gOrdinance Resolution Approval Information Report Bruce Moore Land Use Plan Amendment in the 65`x' Street West Planning District from Office to Commercial and Park/Open Space for future commercial development and buffering. Iow., Planning Staff recommends recommended approval on favor). approval. Planning Commission September 18, 2003 (10-0-1 in Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Meadowcliff/ Brookwood Neighborhood Association, South Brookwood Ponderosa, Pecan Lake Property Owners Association, Stagecoach -Dodd Neighborhood Association, and SW Little Rock UP. The property is currently zoned 0-2 Office and Institutional and R-2 Single Family and is approximately 53 acres in size. To the north lies the Rave Theatre on property zoned C-4 Open Display Commercial. Vacant land to the north is zoned C-3 General Commercial and C-4. To the south lies undeveloped R-2 Single Family land. To the east lies the I-430 freeway and to the west is JA Fair School located on David O. Dodd zoned R-2 with a Conditional Use Permit. BACKGROUND CONTINUED The property is currently shown as Office on the plan. To the north is shown as Commercial; to the west, Public Institutional for the public school; to the south, a Park/Open Space strip between the Office and the Single Family; and to the east the I-430 Freeway. The land surrounding the site where David O. Dodd and I-430 could face pressure in the future to develop with non-residential uses. The establishment of a boundary between the residential and non-residential uses through the extension of Park / Open Space should relieve any pressure for non-residential development at David O. Dodd and I-430 and protect the integrity of the current land uses shown even though much of that area is currently vacant. In addition, a buffer shown as Park / Open Space would also be reinforced by the Public Institutional shown for the school should reduce the potential for non-residential development further to the south. 2 .: LU03-12-01 Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - 65th Street West Planning District Location: South and west of 1-430 and Col. Glenn Intersection Request: Office to Commercial and Park / Open Space Source: Pat McGetrick, McGetrick Engineering PROPOSAL / REQUEST: Land Use Plan amendment in the 65th Street West Planning District from Office to Commercial and Park / Open Space. 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. Park / Open Space includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts, flood plains, and other designated open space and recreational land. The applicant wishes to develop the property for general commercial uses. Staff has expanded the application to include a change from Office to Park / Open Space along the eastern and western edge of the original application area. This change would provide a buffer between the future development and 1-430 and the JA Fair School. The addition of Park / Open Space to the east and west would complement the strip of Park / Open Space shown to the south and provide a buffer around the applicant's property on three sides. EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: The property is currently zoned 0-2 Office and Institutional and R-2 Single Family and is approximately 53 acres in size. To the north lies the Rave Theatre on property zoned C-4 Open Display Commercial. Vacant land to the north is zoned C-3 General Commercial and C-4. To the south lies undeveloped R-2 Single Family land. To the east lies the 1-430 freeway and to the west is JA Fair School located on David O. Dodd zoned R-2 with a Conditional Use Permit. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: On February 4, 2003 a change was made from Multi -family to Mixed Office Commercial on the southwest corner of 1-430 and W. 36th Street about 3/ of a mile north of the applicant's property to accommodate proposed development. On January 7, 2003 a change was made from Office to Commercial at 12201 Col. Glenn Road about'/ of a mile northwest of the amendment area to accommodate proposed development. On January 16, 2001 a change was made from Mixed Use and Suburban Office to Commercial and Office on the southeast corner of 1-430 and Col. Glenn Road FILE NO.: LU03-12-01 (Cont. about % of a mile northeast of the applicant's property to accommodate proposed development. On September 19, 2000 a change was made from Low Density Residential and Mixed Office Commercial to Mixed Use on W. 36th Street and Bowman Road about 1 mile north of the study area to accommodate proposed development. On November 2, 1999 a change was made from Neighborhood Commercial to Service Trades District on the north corner of Stagecoach and Shackleford Roads about 1 mile southeast of the application area to accommodate proposed development. On April 6, 1999 a change was made from Office & Community Shopping to Mixed Office Commercial on the northwest corner of Col. Glenn & Bowman Road about % of a mile northwest of the amendment area to accommodate proposed development. On March 16, 1999 a change was made from Single Family to Service Trades District and Park / Open Space on the west corner of Stagecoach and Shackleford Roads about 1 mile southeast of the application area to accommodate proposed development. The property is currently shown as Office on the plan. To the north is shown as Commercial; to the west, Public Institutional for the public school; to the south, a Park/Open Space strip between the Office and the Single Family; and to the east the 1-430 Freeway. MASTER STREET PLAN: Col. Glenn Plaza Drive is shown as a local street on the plan that is built to Commercial standards. Any additional roads in the subject area would be required to be built as Commercial Streets. This property would be accessed off of Colonel Glenn, which is shown as a Principal Arterial and David O. Dodd, which is shown as a Minor Arterial. PARKS: The Little Rock Parks and Recreation Master Plan of 2001 shows that the applicant's property is located north of a Potential Green Belt which corresponds with the proposed route of the "Take it to the Extreme" Trail. The "Take it to the Extreme" Trail is the western edge of a trial loop system proposed by the Parks and Recreation Department to circle Little Rock as a part of the plan concept of creating a "City in a Park." The plan includes public school property, such as the JA Fair School located on David O. Dodd as an element in the eight -block strategy of providing park and open space facilities within eight blocks of all residents of the City of Little Rock. The trail system needs to be developed in order to provide improved park and open space amenities for future developments likely to take place in the Col. Glenn & 1-430 area and to provide those amenities outside the school hours of operation. 2 FILE NO.: LU03-12-01 Cont. HISTORIC DISTRICTS: There are no historic districts that would be affected by this amendment. CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. ANALYSIS: The applicant's property is located in a changing neighborhood in which a pattern of semi -rural development is transforming into an area of intense commercial development. Much of the recent development is fueled by the availability of vacant land near a freeway interchange on 1-430 centrally located between 1-630 and 1-30, and extends west to the Col. Glenn and Bowman / David O. Dodd intersection. This amendment coupled with the area shown as Mixed Office Commercial north of Col. Glenn Road, the area shown as Mixed Use north of W. 36th Street would allow for an expansive area of non-residential development between the study area and the north side of W. 36th Street. This amendment would extend the area shown as Commercial as far south as possible and yet remaining contiguous to the Commercial already shown to the north. The school to the west and freeway to the east provide physical barriers to further expansion of Commercial uses to either direction. The strip of Park / Open Space would provide a buffer between development on the applicant's property and the area to the south shown as Single Family. The remaining area shown as Office north of the school, fronting a Minor Arterial could be vulnerable to a future change that could allow an increase in the intensity of future development for that property. However, the area shown as Office west of David O' Dodd, as well as the existing MOC uses at the intersection of Bowman and Col. Glenn should provide a transition between the less intense uses located outside city limits from the more intense uses located at 1-430 and Col. Glenn. The two additional strips of Park / Open Space would expand the area shown as Park / Open Space next to the applicant's property. A strip of Park / Open Space along the east side of the study area is a buffer to protect the scenic quality of 1- 430. A strip of Park / Open Space along the west side of the study area would provide a buffer between any future development and the JA Fair School. The strip of Park / Open Space to the south currently serves as the boundary between residential and non-residential uses in the area. The proposed change expanding the area shown as Park / Open Space on three sides of the applicant's property would fortify the boundary between residential and non- residential uses south of the study area. 3 FILE NO.: LU03-12-01 (Cont. The land surrounding the site where David O'Dodd and 1-430 could face pressure in the future to develop with non-residential uses. The establishment of a boundary between the residential and non-residential uses through the extension of Park / Open Space should relieve any pressure for non-residential development at David O'Dodd and 1-430 and protect the integrity of the current land uses shown even though much of that area is currently vacant. In addition, a buffer shown as Park / Open Space would also be reinforced by the Public Institutional shown for the school should reduce the potential for non-residential development further to the south. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Meadowcliff/ Brookwood Neighborhood Association, South Brookwood Ponderosa, Pecan Lake Property Owners Association, Stagecoach -Dodd Neighborhood Association, and SW Little Rock UP. At this time. Staff has received any comments from area residents or neighborhood associations. TAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the changes to Commercial and Park / Open Space is appropriate. These changes would provide for the expansion of Commercial uses further to the south and also provide a buffer and a transition between incompatible uses to the south and west. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 18, 2003) 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 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent. 4 Plan Amendment Case: LU 03-12-01 Plan Amendment Location: Col.Glenn Rd. & 1-430 Area 0 To C Ward: 7 PD: 12 CT: 24.05 0 295 590 1,180 Feet IMMMK::� TRS: T1NR13W21 Area Zoning Case: LU 03-12-01 Plan Amendment Location: Col.Glenn Rd. & I-430 Area OToC Ward: 7 PD: 12 CT: 24.05 0 280 560 1,120 Feet TRS: T1NR13W21 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN (16,222) IN THE 65TH STREET WEST PLANNING DISTRICT FROM OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL AND PARK/OPEN SPACE; 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 Office shown west of Interstate 430 in the south half of Section 21, Range 13 West Township 1 North be amended to Commercial. SECTION 2. That a 75' wide strip of Park Open Space be placed on the east, south and west boundaries of the Commercial area stated above to buffer the JA Fair School to the west, Single Family residential to the south, and to provide screening along the western right—of--way for the I-430 Interstate. SECTION 3. That the ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED: Mayor