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Home My WebLink Aboutstaff reportJune 3, 2010 ITEM NO.: 15 FILE NO.: LU10-09-01 NAME: Land Use Plan Amendment — 1-630 Planning District (12tH Street) LOCATION: From University Avenue to Union Pacific RR, 1-630 to 17th Street REQUEST: From Residential Low Density, Residential Medium Density, Office, Commercial, Public Institutional, and Mixed Use to Office, Commercial, Public Institutional, Mixed Use, and Mixed Use -Urban SOURCE: City Staff and 12th Street Corridor Steering Committee PROPOSAL/REQUEST: A Land Use Plan amendment package in the 1-630 Planning District from Residential Low Density, Residential Medium Density, Office, Commercial, Public Institutional, and Mixed Use to Office, Commercial, Public Institutional, Mixed Use, and Mixed Use -Urban. Office represents a mixture of office related services. Commercial represents a broad range of retail and wholesale sales of products, personal and professional services, and general business activities. Public Institutional represents public and quasi -public facilities that provide a variety of services to the community. Mixed Use represents a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. Mixed Use -Urban represents a mix of residential, office and commercial uses not only in the same block but also within the same structure to allow dissimilar uses to exist, which support each other to create a vital area. The application is requested to modify the City Land Use Plan to be more consistent with the recently developed and accept 12tH Street Corridor Study. MASTER STREET PLAN: 12th Street is a Minor Arterial on the Master Street Plan, as are Fair Park Boulevard and Woodrow Street. University Avenue is a Principal Arterial on the Master Street Plan and Pine and Cedar Streets are Collectors. The primary function of a Principal Arterial is to move vehicles and goods through and within the area —long distances. The primary function of a Minor Arterial is to move vehicles and goods within the area — short distances. The primary function of a Collector is to move vehicles and goods from local streets to the Arterial network. These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements for entrances and exits to sites. June 3, 2010 ITEM NO.: 15 (Cont. BICYCLE PLAN: FILE NO.: LU10-09-01 12th Street from University Avenue to Pine/Cedar Streets is shown as a Class III bicycle route. 13th Street from Pine/Cedar Streets to Jones Street is shown as a Class II bicycle route. A Class II route is within the street right-of-way and provides a minimum four -foot lane for the sole use of bicycles. A Class III route is within the street right-of-way and the bicycles and motor vehicles share the travel lane. PARKS PLAN: According to the Master Parks Plan, this entire area is within eight -blocks of a park or open space. Oak Forest, War Memorial and Fletcher Parks are within the area. HISTORIC DISTRICTS: There is no city recognized historic district within the area of the amendments. ANALYSIS: At the December 17, 2009 meeting of the Little Rock Planning Commission the 12th Street Corridor Study was presented. The Commission unanimous approved a resolution of support at that meeting. The 12th Street Corridor Steering Committee had worked for over a year with residents, property owners, interested groups and a consultant team to develop a framework to guide the future of the 12th Street Corridor from approximately University Avenue to Woodrow Street. As part of the document produced with this effort and presented to the Commission in December of 2009, land use plan recommendations for the future development of the study area were included. The future land use plan recommendation in the 12th Street Corridor Study is slightly different in a few areas from the City of Little Rock Future Land Use Plan. Staff reviewed the difference between the two documents in December 2009 and January 2010. A map illustrating the areas of difference was created. Staff and representatives of the Street Committee met to discuss the differences and a 'package' of land use changes was developed in January/February 2010. All property owners of parcels where a difference was noted were notified and a meeting was held at the Hinton Resource Center to review the changes. Over 200 property owners were notified and over 50 attended the meeting on March 22, 2010. In addition just less than a dozen phone and email contacts were made to staff. Almost all of the questions were informational, the only other was a question about 'why now?' 2 June 3, 2010 ITEM NO.: 15 (Cont. FILE NO.: LU10-09-01 Staff believes the changes are generally minor in nature with many allowing the property owners additional future use options. From the meeting and contacts there does not appear to be any opposition to the 'package' of changes. To more easily understand the changes they will be reviewed by five areas. The eastern most area of change includes two changes. The first is north of 12th Street generally from Fillmore to Fair Park Boulevard. The amendment would be from Commercial and Mixed Use to Public Institutional. The change is to reflect a new sanctuary and parking for St. Marks Church. The land is currently zoned C-3 General Commercial, 1-2 Light Industrial and PD -0 Planned Development Office. There is a commercial retail center, some commercial uses, and support facilities for the Church currently on the properties. St. Marks does own all the property, and the Planning Commission has approved a PCD (Planned Commercial District) for a new sanctuary and parking for this land. The change would reflect the likely future development on the land. The second change is at the southwest corner of Fair Park Boulevard and 12th Street. The amendment would be from Office and Residential Low Density to Commercial. The current zoning is C-1, 'Neighborhood Commercial' and the use is a Walgreen's drug store. The change would reflect the current and likely future use of the land. The next area is either side of 12th Street generally from Tyler to Van Buren Streets. The amendment would be from Residential Low Density to Office. Along the south side of 12th Street, the zoning is C-3 General Commercial and the use is medical offices and related parking. Along the north side of 12th Street, the zoning is POD (Planned Office District) and R-3 Single Family. The use is parking related to medical offices. The change would reflect the current and likely future use of the land. The next area, moving west, would be either side of 12th Street generally from Madison to Peyton Streets. The amendment would be from Commercial to Mixed Use. Along the north side of 12th Street, the zoning is C-3 General Commercial, PDC & PCD (Planned District Commercial, Planned Commercial District) and 1-2 Light Industrial. The existing development pattern is various commercial and retail uses. Along the south side of 12th Street is zoned C-3 General Commercial and R-3 Single Family. The existing uses include a strip center, service station and other retail uses. The 12th Street Corridor Study envisions this area transitioning into a more urban commercial form with some residential mixed (possible on second floors). The change would allow the existing pattern to continue but also allows for the possible of redevelopment consistent with the 12th Street Corridor Study. The next area is generally a 3 -block wide area from 1-630 to 14th Street, Elm Street to Oak Street. The amendment would be from Residential Low Density, Residential Medium Density, Office, Commercial, and Mixed Use to Mixed Use - 3 June 3, 2010 ITEM NO.: 15 (Cont. FILE NO.- LU10-09-01 Urban. The areas north of 12th Street is zoned R-3 Single Family, R-4 Duplex, PCD (Planned Commercial District), 0-3 General Office. Most of the existing uses are single-family or duplex. The area along 12th Street is zoned C-3 General Commercial, R-3 Single -Family, R-4 Duplex, R-5 Urban Residential PCD (Planned Commercial District) and POD (Planned Office District). The uses include various retail and commercial uses as well as the small church and single-family homes. The area south of 12th Street is zoned C-3 General Commercial, R-3 Single Family and R-4 Duplex. Most of the existing uses are single-family homes, with a business and vacant commercial building on 13th around Pine. The change is to allow the transition of the area consistent with the redevelopment proposed by the 12th Street Study. A second change is the block between 121t' and 11 to Streets, Maple and Valentine Streets. The amendment would be from Mixed Use and Residential Low Density to Public Institutional. The existing zoning is POD (Planned Office District) and R-3 Single Family. The current uses are vacant and single-family. The City has approved a redevelopment of this block for a group -housing situation with training, office and education facilities. The change would reflect the approved redevelopment of the land. The next area is at the western end. It includes two changes. The first is from Residential Low Density to Public Institutional either side of Johnson north of 13tH Street. This is land zoned R-3 Single-family but used as parking for a church on 12th Street. The change reflects the current and likely future use of the land. The second area is either side of Woodrow from 1-630 to 12th Street. The amendment is from Commercial and Residential Medium Density to Mixed Use. The zoning is R-3 Single-family with C-3 General Commercial at the intersection of 12th Street and Woodrow Street, as well as 0-3 General Office, 1-2 Light Industrial and R-4 Duplex. The current uses are generally single-family homes north of 12th Street with some duplexes. At the intersection are commercial and retail uses. The change would allow the existing pattern to continue but also allows for the possible of redevelopment consistent with the 12th Street Corridor Study. Staff sent out 229 notices of this public hearing to property owners the second week in May. In that letter, property owners were invited to send comments on the proposed changes to staff and/or attend the hearing to provide those comments to the Commission. 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