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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOD packageOFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION February 15, 2000 AGENDA Subject Land Use Plan Amendment — Central City Planning District - LU99-08-10 — 12" and Thayer Streets SYNOPSIS RECOMMENDATION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BACKGROUND Action Required 4Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Submitted By Cy Carney City Manager Land Use Plan amendment in the Central City Planning District from Light Industrial, Industrial, Commercial and Park/Open Space to Mixed Use for development of temporary lodging, offices and social services facility. Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission voted meeting 9-0-1 in favor on January 20, 2000. 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 the Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association. Prompted by this Land Use Amendment request, the Planning Staff expanded the area of review to include area between the Union Pacific tracks and Thayer Street and extending from the applicant's property south to 12th Street. With these changes, the entirety of the Commercial on the north side of 12th at Jones Street would be eliminated. The entire area of Park/Open Space between 10`h and 11th Streets west of Thayer Street will also be eliminated. The area was expanded to 1) remove a remnant of Light Industrial that would be between Single Family and Light Industrial, 2) Recognize existing commercial zoning that was shown as Light Industrial and Industrial 3) BACKGROUND ` remove a remnant of Park/Open Space and 4) allow for a CONTINUED I transition for the remainder of the 1100 block of Thayer. The area is shown on the Future Land Use plan as Light Industrial, Industrial, and Park/open Space. Industrial is shown on the Land Use Plan to the north of the expanded area while Light Industrial is shown to the west. Single Family is shown to the east of the expanded area while C is shown to the south. The area is currently zoned I-2 Light Industrial and R-4 Two Family Residential and is approximately 9.54 + acres in size. A bus barn and a print shop are located in an I-2 zone to the west. A warehouse and vacant property is located in the I-2 zone to the north. The property lying to the east of the expanded area is R-4 and R-3 Single Family District and occupied by single family residences. The property to the south of the expanded area is I-2, C-3 General Commercial, R-3 and R-5 Urban Residence and is occupied by residential and commercial structures. At an earlier time, industrial enterprises located along this section of the railroad tracks for the obvious transportation reasons. Other industrial buildings lie along these tracks, but no notable development has occurred in the recent past. As market forces change, this site has become less and less desirable for industrial infill, even though it is zoned I-2. Mixed Use would provide for redevelopment in an area where the conforming industrial development would likely not happen.