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Home My WebLink Aboutminutes pt B withdrawnOctober 30, 2008 ITEM NO.: F.1 FILE NO.: LU08-11-02B Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - 1-430 Planning District Location: The southeast corner of'Kanis and Shackleford Roads Request: Office to Commercial Source: Joe White, White-Daters PROPOSAL / REQUEST: The applicant has requested this item be deferred until the October 30, 2008 meeting. Staff is supportive of this request. A Land Use Plan amendment in the 1-430 Planning District from Office to Commercial. Commercial represents a broad range of retail and wholesale services. The applicant has filed for a Planned Commercial Development to allow a restaurant use on this site. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area of review to include area immediately west of the application site. With these changes, the existing commercial site at the southeast corner of Kanis and Shackleford would be amended to recognize existing uses. It is thought that the additional area would make the boundaries more logical. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 18, 2008) This item was placed on the consent agenda for deferral to the October 30, 2008 hearing at the request of the applicant. By a vote of 6 for and 0 against the consent agenda was approved. STAFF UPDATE: A Land Use Plan amendment in the 1-430 Planning District from Office to Commercial. Commercial represents a broad range of retail and wholesale services. The applicant has filed for a Planned Commercial Development to allow a restaurant use on this site. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area of review to include area immediately west of the application site. With these changes, the existing commercial site at the southeast corner of Kanis and Shackleford would be amended to recognize existing uses. It is thought that the additional area would make the boundaries more logical. October 30, 2008 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: F.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU08-11-02B EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING: This property is zoned 0-2 Office and Institutional District and 0-3 General Office District. The western portion of the amendment has a non conforming restaurant use with drive through and the eastern portion of the amendment area is currently vacant and undeveloped. North of this area is also zoned 0-3 for a large office complex. South of the amendment is zoned 0-2 for two banks, two hotels and a hospital. West of this area is zoned Planned Commercial District for a convenience store with gas pumps, 0-3 and C-2 Shopping Center District for a car dealership and lot. The northwest corner of Kanis and Shackleford is zoned C-3 for a hotel. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND RECENT AMENDMENTS: There have been no amendments approved in this area for more than eight years. This area is shown as Office on the Plan. Office is also shown immediately north, east and south of this area. The area west of this amendment is shown as Community Shopping and Suburban Office. MASTER STREET PLAN: Kanis and Shackleford Roads are both Minor Arterials on the Master Street Plan. A Minor Arterial provides connections to and through an urban area and their primary function is to provide short distance travel within the urbanized area. Entrances and exits should be limited to minimize negative effects of traffic and pedestrians on these streets since they are Minor Arterials. These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements for entrances and exits to the site. BICYCLE PLAN: There are no bike routes shown in this immediate vicinity. PARKS: According to the Master Parks Plan, this area is within eight blocks of a city park or open space. A strip of Open Space is zoned along the northern boundary of this amendment. HISTORIC DISTRICTS: There are no city recognized historic districts that would be affected by this amendment. K October 30, 2008 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: F.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: LU08-11-02B CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: This area is covered by the John Barrow Neighborhood Plan. Their Commercial Development goal states: "To encourage the development of a sit-down restaurant in the area." This rezoning would allow the development of a restaurant on this site. ANALYSIS: This area of Little Rock has seen major growth in the last ten years. The land along Shackleford south of 1-430 has become a major community shopping center and the neighborhood to the east of 1-430 has seen a renewal of interest with the influx of new development and growth. While Hicks Interurban is an older subdivision, the neighborhood has seen 85 single-family building permits issued since 2000 between Aldersgate Road and Junior Deputy Road. The amount of new single family residential adds to the demand for commercial services in the area. Kanis Road has been developing as an office corridor, with medical related offices and clinics. This amendment area is located at the southeast corner of Kanis and Shackleford Roads. This area has been shown on the Land Use Plan as Office for more than ten years, from a time when the City's Land Use Plan envisioned a suburban office corridor along 1-430. The existing restaurant that is located on the western portion of this amendment area has been a nonconforming use in 0-2 zoning for almost that long. This amendment would recognize the existing commercial use at this corner and add approximately 1.5 acres of new commercial uses. This amendment area is located at the intersection of two minor arterials. Staff has long held the position that commercial uses are best situated at the intersection of arterials, so this area would be a logical location for more commercial uses. This amendment would only change about 3 acres of Office to Commercial. There is currently almost forty acres of Office shown between Kanis, Shackleford and 1-430 and almost one-third of it is still undeveloped. This area has changed drastically over the past ten to twenty years. The once proposed Office Corridor has been lost with changes from Office to other classifications to the south of this application to the Colonel Glenn Road area. The majority of the commercial development in this area has been and is proposed to be regional in nature (i.e. hotels, car dealerships). The availability of local commercial to serve the immediate neighborhoods is lacking. This amendment area is covered by the John Barrow Neighborhood Action Plan and M December 18, 2008 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: A.1 (Cont. FILE NO.: LU08-11-02B it states a need for more local commercial uses including a sit down restaurant. With this change, a small to medium commercial node is now proposed to service the larger surrounding office areas as well as the surrounding neighborhoods. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Sandpiper and John Barrow. Staff has received no comments from area residents. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes the change is appropriate. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 30, 2008) Walter Malone, Planning Staff reviewed the history of the Office designation along 1-430 of which this is a part. Mr. Malone reviewed the use pattern in the surrounding area and indicated that this would be support commercial for the office that surrounds the site. Ms. Donna James reviewed the related Planned Zoning District application, see item Z -4565-A for a full minute record. A motion was made to defer the Land Use Plan amendment to December 18, 2008, by a vote of 5 for and 4 against the item was deferred. STAFF UPDATE: There have been no changes to this application. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (DECEMBER 18, 2008) There being only six Planning Commissioners present the applicant elected to defer their item to the January 8, 2009 Planning Commission hearing. By a vote of 6 for, 0 against and 3 vacancies the item was deferred. 10 January 8, 2009 ITEM NO.: D (Cont.) FILE NO. LU08-11-02B PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JANUARY 8, 2009) The item was placed on the consent agenda for withdrawal. By a vote of 10 for and 0 against the consent agenda was approved. 5 lz lz z 0 M Vicinity Map C 0 i� 0 F==�D F=D Land Use Amendment FS 9 F-1 HIM C Case: LU08-11-02 N Location: Intersection of Kanis Rd and Shackleford From O to C Ward: 5 0 100 200 400 Feet PD: 11 CT: 24.04 TRS: T1NR13W10 C22 �& eP u o 0 F===� F==D C3 Area M' Vicinity Map LSV I11111 Case: LU08-11-02 N Location: Intersection of Kanis Rd and Shackleford From O to C Ward: 5 0 100 200 400 Feet PD: 11 CT: 24.04 TRS: TIN R13W10