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Home My WebLink Aboutboard of directors itemsOFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION June 17, 2003 AGENDA Subject Master Street Plan Amendment — Chenal Area — MSP03-02 Action Required I Submitted By Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Bruce Moore SYNOPSIS A Master Street Plan Amendment in the Chenal Planning District to remove a portion of a Collector (Chenal Valley Drive extension) RECOMMENDATION Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission meeting on May 15, 2003 (11-0-0 in favor). BACKGROUND The Collector Street Segment under review would continue Chenal Valley Drive to the proposed Champlin / Wellington Hills Minor Arterial and provide an alternate route between Rahling Road and the Champlin / Wellington Hills link. If removed, all of the traffic from Wellington Hills and Wellington Village would access Rahling Road only at the Champlin Drive intersection. The traffic from Chenal Valley Drive would also use the Champlin Drive intersection to access Wellington Hills and Wellington Village Road. The Master Street Plan describes a Minor Arterial as a street designed as a connection to and through urban areas. A Collector Street is described as a street that connects neighborhoods to arterial streets or activity generators with a secondary function of providing access to adjoining property. Local streets have the function of providing access to adjacent property. With the removal of collectors and the lack of local streets, all property must be accessed off of the arterials. On a larger scale, this segment is part of a larger collector system that would start at Wellington Hills approximately 2000 feet north of Kanis, loop back upon Wellington Hills, BACKGROUND CONTINUED cross Rahling Road, cross Chenal Parkway, pass the developments of Duclair Circle, Chenal Circle, etc. and intersect Chenal parkway for the second time at St. Margaret's Church to the north. This collector would have a distance of about 6.3+ miles. While collectors are designed to take a person from one side of the neighborhood to another, this may be long enough to begin functioning as a minor arterial. FILE NO.: MSP -03-02 Name: Master Street Plan Amendment - Chenal Planning District Location: Chenal Valley Drive Extension south of Rahling Road. Request: Remove a Proposed Collector Street. Source: Joe White, White-Daters & Associates Inc. PROPOSAL / REQUEST: The request is a Master Street Plan Amendment to remove a portion of a Proposed Collector and abandon the dedicated Right -of -Way running through the applicant's property. Collector Streets are to provide access to and from the arterial network to a development, subdivision or large center of activity, as well as access to adjacent properties. Staff has expanded the application to remove the Proposed Collector Street shown linking Chenal Valley Drive from the Rahling Road intersection to the proposed Champlin Drive / Wellington Hills Road connection. The length of the segment is about 1950 feet ±. CURRENT MASTER STREET PLAN: Chenal Valley Drive is shown as a Collector Street with an extension shown as a Proposed Collector Street linking Chenal Valley Drive from the Rahling Road intersection to the proposed Champlin / Wellington Hills extension. Chenal Valley Drive north of Rahling Road is a Collector Street from Rahling Road to Chenal Parkway and is built to Master Street Plan standards. Rahling Road is shown on the Master Street Plan as a Minor Arterial street and is built to Minor Arterial standards with four lanes and a raised median. Champlin Drive is shown as a Minor Arterial with a Proposed Minor Arterial extension to link Champlin to Wellington Hills Road. The completed portion of Champlin Drive has a paved width necessary for a Minor Arterial with curb and gutter installed but does not have painted stripes. Wellington Hills Road is shown as a Minor Arterial Street and is completed to Minor Arterial standards from Chenal Parkway to where it ends at a dead-end about 1100 feet west of Wellington Village Road. The Master Street Plan also shows a Proposed Collector Street that would serve as an extension to Wellington Village Road to the Champlin / Wellington Hills link. Wellington Villages is a Collector Street built to standard from Wellington Hill Road to where it currently ends north of Loyola Drive. Part of Wellington Hills Road north of Loyola Drive is currently under construction. FILE NO.: MSP -03-02 (Cont.) CITY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN: The land on both sides of the original street segment under consideration is shown as Office on the Future Land Use Plan. The land south of the applicant's property is shown as Multifamily on both sides of the street segment under consideration and as Single Family where the segment ends at the Champlin / Wellington Hills Proposed Minor Arterial. ANALYSIS: The Collector Street Segment under review would continue Chenal Valley Drive to the proposed Champlin / Wellington Hills Minor Arterial and provide an alternate route between Rahling Road and the Champlin /Wellington Hills link. The Chenal Valley extension would also serve as a link between Wellington Village Road and Chenal Valley Drive. If removed, all of the traffic from Wellington Hills and Wellington Village would access Rahling Road only at the Champlin Drive intersection. The traffic from Chenal Valley Drive would also use the Champlin Drive intersection to access Wellington Hills and Wellington Village Road. The Master Street Plan describes a Minor Arterial as a street designed as a connection to and through urban areas. A Collector Street is described as a street that connects neighborhoods to arterial streets or activity generators with a secondary function of providing access to adjoining property. Local streets have the function of providing access to adjacent property. With the removal of collectors and the lack of local streets, all property must be accessed off of the arterials. On a larger scale, this segment is part of a larger collector system that would start at Wellington Hills approximately 2000 feet north of Kanis, loop back upon Wellington Hills, cross Rahling Road, cross Chenal Parkway, pass the developments of Duclair Circle, Chenal Circle, etc. and intersect Chenal parkway for the second time at St. Margaret's Church to the north. This collector would have a distance of about 6.3± miles. While collectors are designed to take a person from one side of the neighborhood to another, this may be long enough to begin functioning as a minor arterial. The Chenal Valley Drive extension currently has a dedicated Right -of -Way of 60 -foot width. If the Proposed Collector Street is removed from the Master Street Plan and the right-of-way abandonment is approved for the applicant's property, the dedicated Right -of -Way would remain as a stub from the east to the "back door" of the applicant's property. E FILE NO.: MSP -03-02 (Cont. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: Notices were sent to the following neighborhood associations: Aberdeen Court Property Owners Association, Bayonne Place Property Owners Association, Carriage Creek Property Owners Association, Chenal Ridge Property, Du Quesne Place P.O.A., Eagle Pointe Property Owners Association, Glen Eagles Property Owners Association, Hillsborough Property Owners Association, Hunters Cove Property Owners Association, Hunters Green Property Owners Association, Johnson Ranch Neighborhood Association, Marlowe Manor Property Owners Association, Maywood Manor Neighborhood Association, St. Charles Property Owners Association, and Margeaux Place Property Owners Association. Staff has received one neutral comment from area residents. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff does not have a recommendation at time of printing. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (MAY 15, 2003) Brian Minyard, City Staff, made a brief presentation to the commission. Brian Minyard made a presentation of item 6 so the discussion could coincide with the discussion for item 6.2. Monte Moore made a presentation of item 6.1 so the discussion could coincide with the discussion for item 6. . See item 6 for a complete discussion concerning the Land Use Plan amendment for a change from Office to Multifamily and item 6.1 for a complete discussion concerning the rezoning from 0-2 Office and Institutional to MF -18 Multifamily. Commissioner Bill Rector asked if Staff's recommendation for item 6.2 was changing. Brian Minyard stated that at the time of the original writing of the staff report, staff did not have a recommendation. After further consideration of the item, staff concluded that the proposed change to the Master Street Plan was appropriate. Planning Commission Vice Chair, Commissioner Mizan Rahman, asked if the Proposed Collector Street was located north of the dedicated right-of-way. Brian Minyard stated that the double lines on the map represented the dedicated right- of-way while the dashed line represented the route of the Proposed Collector Street. Jim Lawson, Secretary to the Planning Commission, stated that an apartment complex should not have to have Collector Street run through it and that the removal of this segment will shorted the length of the Proposed Collector. Mr. Lawson also stated that long Collector Streets are often used as 3 FILE NO.: MSP -03-02 (Cont. arterial streets. Mr. Lawson closed his comments by saying that the removal of this segment of the Proposed Collector Street would lay the groundwork for abandonment of the dedicated right-of-way at a later date. Planning Commission Chair, Obray Nunnley asked when the Collector Street would be built. Brian Minyard replied that the Collector Street would be built when development occurs on the property. Jim Lawson stated that if the dedicated right-of-way through the applicant's property is abandoned, the remaining right-of-way could be built as a Commercial Street with a cul-de-sac for an office subdivision. A motion was made to approve the item as presented. The item was approved with a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes, and 0 absent. 4 Master Street Plaza MSP 03-02 RahGng Road At Cheiial Valley Drive Remove Collector (T 41.W TRS: T2NRI.]N[738 0 200 400 Feet PD: 19 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MASTER STREET PLAN (15,519 and 18,055) MODIFYING THE STREET CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE CHENAL AREA TO REMOVE PART OF A COLLECTOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, City Staff recommends the Master Street Plan be modified in the area, and; WHEREAS, as the Little Rock Planning Commission believes it appropriate to amend the plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That the Collector for an extension of Chenal Valley Drive from Rahling Road south to the extension of Champlin Drive/Wellington Hills Road be removed from the Plan. SECTION 2. That "Section 4; Functional Classification of Street System" be amended as follows: Collectors Remove — Unnamed from Rahling Road to Wellington Village Road SECTION 3. That the ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED: Mayor