HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutesFebruary 8, 2001
ITEM NO.: 1.1 FILE NO.: LU01-08-01
Name: Land Use Plan Amendment - Central City Planning
District
Location: 2501 Bishop St.
Request: Single Family to Commercial
Source: Walter Kendrick
PROPOSAL / REQUEST:
Land Use Plan amendment in the Central City Planning
District from Single Family to Commercial. 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 have. The
applicant wishes to develop the property for a barbershop.
Staff is not expanding the application since the Land Use
Plan in this area was reviewed a year and half ago.
EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING:
The property is a vacant duplex currently zoned R-4 Two
Family and is approximately .16+ acres in size. This site is
one-half block to the west of the intersection of Martin
Luther King Drive and Roosevelt Road. On the southwest
corner of the intersection of Martin Luther King and
Roosevelt is a convenience store zoned C-3 General
Commercial that abuts the subject property. On the
southeast and northeast corners are auto repair shops zoned
C-3. On the northwest corner is a liquor store zoned C-4
Open Display Commercial, a residential structure zoned R-4
and a vacant lot zoned C-1 Neighborhood Commercial,
respectively from east to west. To the south, west and
northwest of the applicant's site is property zoned R-4
occupied by residential uses.
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FUTURE LAND
USE
PLAN AND
RECENT AMENDMENTS:
On January 4, 2000 a change took place from Single Family to
Mixed use at 2311 Spring Street about a 16� mile east of the
applicant's property.
On June 15, 1999 a change took place from Single Family to
Mixed Use and Public Institutional at Wright Avenue about a
1-� mile northwest of the application area.
On June 1, 1999 various changes took place from Mining to
Single Family, Mining to Industrial, and Mining to Park/Open
Space about a mile south of the area under review.
On April 20, 1999 a change took place from Multi -Family to
Low Density Residential between 13th & 15th Streets about 1
mile northeast of the property in question.
The property under review is shown as Single -Family on the
Future Land Use Plan. There is a node of Commercial along
Martin Luther King at Roosevelt from 24th Street to mid
block of the 2500 block.
MASTER STREET PLAN:
Roosevelt Road is shown on the Master Street Plan as a
modified Principal Arterial and will require five feet of
right-of-way to be dedicated. Bishop Street is shown as a
standard Residential Street. There are no Bikeways shown on
the Master Street Plan that would be affected by the
proposed amendment.
PARKS:
The Park System Master Plan shows Barton Park located about
:h of a mile west of the applicant's property and two blocks
north of Roosevelt Road on Dennison Street. Barton Park
would not be affected by the land use plan changes proposed.
CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN:
The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the
South End Area Improvement Plan "A Neighborhood Action
Plan." The neighborhood action plan supports the reduction
of C-3 zoning that allows liquor sales. The plan also
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supports retention and rehabilitation of existing housing
stock to the greatest extent possible.
ANALYSIS:
The applicant's property is located in a stabilizing
residential neighborhood with houses oriented towards Bishop
Street. The duplex on the applicant's,property occupies
most of the lot with a restricted area available for
potential parking. The businesses in the neighborhood are
located at intersections of arterials with street frontage.
A change to Commercial would expand the node of commercial
located at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
and Roosevelt Road into a residential area.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Community Outreach Neighborhood Organization,
Capitol Hill Neighborhood Association, Central High
Neighborhood Association, East of Broadway Neighborhood
Association, Meadowbrook Neighborhood Association, South End
Neighborhood Association, South End Neighborhood Developers,
South Little Rock Community Development Association, and
Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association. Staff has received
one neutral comment from area residents. The Southend
Neighborhood Association Coalition, and the South End
Neighborhood Developers Neighborhood Association which
covers this site, supports the change.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff believes the change is not appropriate. The proposed
change would introduce commercial uses oriented toward a
residential street in an area of residential development.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (FEBRUARY 8, 2001)
Brian Minyard, City Staff, made a brief presentation to the
commission stating Staff's opposition to the amendment for
reasons of 1) orientation of the existing building, 2) loss
of residential structures, 3) in opposition to the South End
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Area Improvement Action Plan and 4) availability of existing
commercial zoned land in the area.
The applicant was not present. Planning Commission Chair,
Richard Downing, asked if the applicant understood the
necessity of attending the meeting in order to speak on
behalf of the application. Mr. Jim Lawson, Planning
Director, and Mr. Minyard stated that they discussed the
importance of attending the meeting with the applicant. Mr.
Lawson noted that the applicant understood importance of
attending the meeting.
A motion was made to approve the item as presented. The
item was denied with a vote of 1 ayes, 8 noes, and 2 absent.
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