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Home My WebLink AboutFAX to potential applicantity of Little'Rock apartment of Planning and Development 23 West Markham tle Rock. Arkanca¢ 72201-1334 DATE: TO: C COMPANY: FAX NO . : PHONE NO.: FAX COVER SHEET w r FROM: ;�3 oc ( i DEPARTMENT: FAX NO.: (5 01) 371-6863 PHONE NO.: ! I Z TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: COBMENTS : rQ9 -6dali15 LAND USE CATEGORIES RESIDENTIAL Revised 6/4/98 Single Family Residential - This category provides for single family homes at densities not to exceed 6 dwelling units per acre. Such residential SF development is typically characterized by conventional single family homes, but may also include patio or garden homes and cluster homes, provided that the density remain less than 6 units per acre. Low Density Residential - This category accommodates a broad range of housing types including single family attached, single family detached, LDR duplex, townhomes, multi -family and patio or garden homes. Any combination of these and possibly other housing types may fall in this category provided that the density is between six (6) and ten (10) dwelling units per acre. MF Multi -Family Residential - The multi -family category accommodates residential development of ten (10) to thirty-six (36) dwelling units per acre. MH Mobile Home Park - This category accommodates an area specifically developed to accommodate mobile.homes. OFFICE Office - The office category represents services provided directly to O consumers (e.g., legal, financial, medical) as well as general offices which support more basic economic activities. SO Suburban Office - The suburban office category shall provide for low intensity development of office or office parks in close proximity to lower density residential areas to assure compatibility. A Planned Zoning District is reauired. MIXED Mixed Commercial and Industrial - This category provides for a mixture of commercial and industrial uses to occur. Acceptable uses are commercial or MCI mixed commercial and industrial. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is mixed commercial and industrial. Mixed Office and Commercial - This category provides for a mixture of office and commercial uses to occur. Acceptable uses are office or mixed MOC office and commercial. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is lk mixed office and commercial. Service Trades District - This category provides for a selection of office, warehousing, and industrial park activities that primarily serve other office STD service or industrial businesses. The district is intended to allow support services to these businesses and to provide for uses with an office component. A Planned Zoning District is required for any development not wholly office. Mixed Use - This category provides for a mixture of residential, office and MX commercial uses to occur. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is lk entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three. INDUSTRIAL Light Industrial - This category provides for light warehouse, distribution or LI storage uses, and/or other industrial uses that are developed in a well- designed "park like" setting. Industrial - The industrial category encompasses a wide variety of I manufacturing, warehousing research and development, processing, and industry related office and service activities. Industrial development typically occurs on an individual tract basis rather than according to an overall development plan. COMMERCIAL Commercial - The commercial category includes a broad range of retail and C wholesale sales of products, personal and professional services, and general business activities. Commercial activities vary in type and scale, depending on the trade area that they serve. CS _Community Shoppin& - This category provides for shopping center development with one or more general merchandise stores. Neighborhood Commercial - The neighborhood commercial category NC - includes limited small scale commercial development in close proximity to a neighborhood, providing goods and services to that neighborhood market area. Existing Business Node - This category provides for the existence of a NODE sufficient concentration (minimum of 3) of long-term established businesses on both sides of a major street. The businesses must be contiguous or in OTHER close proximity. A Planned Zoning District is required. Agriculture - It is the intent of this category to encourage the continuation of agricultural uses of the land. The agricultural classification also provides for A a transition between rural areas and the urban fringe, where it would be appropriate to preserve existing rural land use, prior to annexation into the city. Mining - The mining category provides for the extraction of various natural M resources such as bauxite, sand, gravel, limestone, granite or other. Mining uses will include assurances that these resources be properly managed so as not to create a hazard, nuisance or the disfigurement or pollution of the land. PK/OS Park/Open Space - This category includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts; flood plains, and other designated open space and recreational land. Public/Institutional - This category includes public and quasi public facilities PI which provide a variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries, fire stations, churches, utility substations, and hospitals. Transition - Transition is a land use plan designation which provides for an orderly transition between residential uses and other more intense uses. T Transition was established to deal with areas which contain zoned residential uses and nonconforming nonresidential uses. A Planned Zoning District is required unless the application conforms with the Design Overlay standards. Uses which may be considered are low density multi -family residential and office uses if the proposals are compatible with quality of life in nearby residential areas. LUapp.doc 1 12/14/98 INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING APPLICATION FOR A LAND USE AMENDMENT 1. The applicant (owner or authorized agent) shall appear at the Department of Planning and Development, 723 West Markham, and complete the required application forms. 2. The applicant shall submit as part of the application three (3) copies of a plan including the following information: 1. Area plan to scale 2. Property Boundaries 3. Proposed Land Use designations 4. Legal Description 5. Scale 6. North arrow 7. Vicinity map 8. Adjacent Street Names shown 9. Street Address of Property 3. A $55 filing fee as prescribed by ordinance shall be paid to a City Collector's office immediately after receipt and acceptance of the application. Applicant shall post sign(s) per placement dictated by staff at least 15 days prior to the public hearing. 4. Land Use issues are heard by the Planning Commission on a six-week rotation basis. See Planning Commission Calendar for the current year for exact dates. 5. If application is being made by an agent of the owner(s), an additional separate form "Authorization of Representation Statement" will be required for each owner. Please Note: a) Submission of an incomplete application or noncompliance with the above may cause your application to be withheld and not considered at the meeting and may require the payment of an additional filing fee. b) Staff advice as to the land use classification to be utilized does not constitute a recommendation of approval of the application. Staff recommendations are based on field inspections, plans for the areas, reports from other departments and other information. c) After each docket closing, Staff will review the proposed reclassification to determine if a minor or major plan amendment is required. An example of a major land use amendment is a change from single family residential to commercial. An example of a minor land use amendment is a change from community shopping to commercial. Wapp.doc 2 APPLICATION FOR A LAND USE AMENDMENT Planning Commission Docketed for Case Number LU -99- 9 19 12/14/98 at pm. Application is hereby made to the Little Rock Board of Directors, through the Planning Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Act 186 of 1957, as amended, petitioning to change the Land Use classification of the following described area: Legal Description: Street Address: Title to this property is vested in: Property owner (print) If an individual other than the property owner(s) files this application, attachment of form "Authorization Of Representation Statement" is required for each owner. It is desired that the boundaries shown on the Land Use Map be amended and that this area be reclassified from the present _ classification to classification. Present use of property Proposed use of property (to verify requested classification is appropriate) Applicant's Name Applicant's Mailing Address: Applicant's Daytime Phone: Fax: Planning Commission Action: Board of Directors Action: Approved: Denied: Approved: Denied: Date: Date: Wapp.doc 3 12/14/98 AUTHORIZATION OF REPRESENTATION STATEMENT 1, do hereby authorize Property owner (print) to represent me and my interests in an Agent/representative (print) Application for a Land Use Amendment on the following property described below -- include both legal description and street address. Legal Description: Street Address: Owner's signature Agent's signature Subscribed and sworn to me, a Notary Public on this My Commission Expires: date date day of , Notary Public