HomeMy WebLinkAboutnotification ofproperty owners for planning commission hearingCity of Little Rock
Department of Planning and Development Planning
732 West Markham Street Zoningand
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334
Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435 or 371-6863 Subdivision
May 21, 2004
Dear Property Owner:
This letter is to inform you that a Public Hearing has been scheduled to discuss the
Granite Mountain Overlay, a Land Use Plan Amendment along Confederate Boulevard
south of Roosevelt Road and a Master Street Plan Amendment for Spring Avenue south
and east of 38`h Street. This Public Hearing will be before the Little Rock Planning
Commission at their regular hearing on Thursday June 17, 2004 at 4 PM. The
Commission meets in the Little Rock Board Chambers, second floor of City Hall, 500
West Markham. You are invited to attend the meeting and voice your opinions, opposed
or supportive, to any or all the proposals. And/or you may send written comments, which
will be distributed to the Commission for their consideration.
A draft of the proposed Overlay is attached for your review. While it is true that these
proposed regulations are not retroactive (i.e. they would only affect you if you were to
make additions or have new construction), please take a few moments and review the
draft. If there are sections, which you have questions about or concerns note them in any
correspondence you have on this topic.
In addition to the Overlay, two other items will be before the Planning Commission at
this hearing relative to this area. First is a Land Use Plan Amendment along Confederate
Boulevard from Light Industrial and Service Trades District to Mixed Use. A map is
attached to illustrate the area of proposed Land Use Plan change. The current zoning will
not be affected. If this change were made, it would affect the recommendation for any
rezoning which might be requested with in the change area.
Second, there is a Master Street Plan Amendment to change the design requirements for
Springer Avenue. The current requirement is for a four or five lane road for Springer
Avenue. The request is to change this to a 36 -foot side road. A map is attached to
illustrate the area of proposed change.
All these proposed changes could and would affect future development and
redevelopment of the area. Your opinions either for or against are welcome and desired.
If you cannot or do not wish to attend the Public Hearing on Thursday, June 17, feel free
to send a letter with your opinions. Thank you for your time and consideration of this
matter.
Sin rely
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Walter Malone, AICP
Planning Manager
GRANITE MOUNTAIN OVERLAY
A. PURPOSE AND INTENT:
The purpose of the Granite Mountain Overlay (District) is to
enhance the scenic quality of the corridor and to create a distinctive
atmosphere that complements the Audubon Arkansas nature center
building, outdoor nature trails, and wildlife and night sky viewing areas as
well as other future development of the area. Proper planning is necessary
to avoid visual clutter.
Guidelines and strategies must be in place to protect the District
from the negative impact of poorly planned or incompatible projects.
Incompatible development has the potential to destroy the attributes that
will attract people to the District.
B. BOUNDARIES:
The District shall include all parcels located on Confederate Blvd.
or Springer Avenue to a distance of three hundred (300) feet of each side
of the right-of-way of Highway 365, from the city limits on the south and
east to Roosevelt Road on the north and west.
C. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS:
(a) The regulations of this District shall be in addition to and
shall overlay all other zoning districts and other ordinance requirements
regulating the development of land so that any parcel of land lying in the
overlay District shall also lie within one or more of the other underlying
zoning districts. Therefore, all property within this overlay District shall
have requirements of both the underlying and overlay zoning districts in
addition to any other provisions regulating the development of land. In
case of conflicting standards between this article and other City
ordinances, the overlay requirements shall control.
(b) These regulations shall apply to new development,
redevelopment of existing buildings the cost of which exceeds 50 percent
of the building's current replacement value or expansion of existing
development. The design guidelines shall be implemented when a permit
is requested for exterior improvements on buildings or in the public right-
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E.
F.
of -way. Routine repairs, maintenance and interior alterations shall not
require compliance with this section.
(c) Uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date
of this ordinance which do not conform to the standards and guidelines
established in this ordinance, shall be treated as nonconforming according
to the provisions of Article III of Chapter 36, Little Rock Code of
Ordinances. Nonconforming status shall not apply to construction of
improvements in the public right-of-way required by the City,
redevelopment or expansion of existing development.
Setback:
Confederate Blvd.: 15 feet
Springer Avenue: 25 feet
Si na e:
No pole mounted or off premise.signage is allowed.
Maximum height of monument sign — 6 feet
Maximum sign area of monument sign — 30 square feet
Land scape/S treetsc ap e :
I.
II.
All Street tress shall be thirty (30) feet on center and two (2) feet
off back -of -curb. Trees shall be located no closer than thirty (30)
feet to a street intersection with a water source provided. Trees
shall be three-inch to three and one-half inch caliper trees. The
tree canopy shall be maintained at least eight (8) feet above the
sidewalk.
Confederate Blvd.: Sidewalk shall be eight feet wide and may be
constructed at the curb. All walks, curbs, gutters and tree grate
frames shall be concrete.
Rather than a green strip along the road, there shall be a paved
"tree zone" with minimum 4 X 4 foot tree well including grate.
The remaining 4 feet are to be kept clear for pedestrian movement.
Springer Avenue: Pedestrian/bike path rather than sidewalk shall
be constructed at the property line. Path paved width shall be eight
feet.
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Swales along Springer Avenue shall be at a 3:1 slope and
designed to retain (hold) water during large storm events.
The swale shall be vegetated with "cells" to reduce water
velocity.
M. Plantings:
A)
Where utility poles are resent:
Ilex opaca (American Holly), Amelanchier arborea
(Service Berry), Carpinus caroliniana (American
Hornbeam), Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood),
Crataegus marshallii (Parsley Hawthorn), Crataegus opaca
(Mayhaw), Crataegus viridis (Green Hawthorn), Ilex
decidera (Possumhaw), Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly), or
approved equivalent native species by the Urban Forester in
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consultation with the Plans Development Administrator.
Where no utility poles are resent:
In addition to those previously listed, Celtis laevigata
(Sugarberry), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green Ash),
Platenus occidentalis (American Sycamore), Quercus
falcata (Southern Red Oak), Quercus nigra (Water Oak),
Quercus phellos (Willow Oak), Quercus shumardii
(Shumard Oak), Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine), Nyssa
Sylvatica (Blackgum), Cercis canadensis (Redbud), or
approved equivalent native species by the Urban Forester in
consultation with the Plans Development Administrator.
G. VEHICULAR USE AND SERVICE AREAS:
I. In order to conserve our natural resources and minimize flooding
and pollution due to large amounts of impermeable surfaces,
vehicular use areas may be surfaced with porous materials.
Vehicular use areas that are made of porous materials must be low
use, specifically may not be loading areas, primary parking areas,
driveways etc. The Plans Development Administrator must
approve any alternative surface treatment, to that described in
Section 36-508 at the time of building permit review.
II. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to the structure,
never between the building and abutting street. Service/Loading
areas shall not be located facing Confederate Blvd. and Springer
Avenue. They shall be designed on the side or rear of buildings.
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H. OUTDOOR LIGHTING:
I.
A lighting plan shall indicate the location, type, intensity, and height of
luminaries including both building and ground -mounted fixtures. The
lighting plan shall be reviewed using national accepted dark -sky
principals. The plan shall include the description of the luminaries,
including lamps, poles or other supports and shielding devices, which may
be provided as catalogue illustrations from the manufacturer.
A) Lighting shall be shielded so as to direct light below a horizontal
plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is
emitted.
B) Fixtures shall be high intensity type such as high pressure sodium.
C) Maximum height for mounting lighting fixture shall be 20 feet.
EXCEPTIONS:
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Property, if for any rea�on, that cannot be developed without violating the
standards of this article shall be reviewed through the Planned Zoning
District (PZD) section of the zoning ordinance, with the intent to devise a
workable development plan which is consistent with the purpose and
intent of the overlay standards.
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LAND USE CATEGORIES
RESIDENTIAL
Revised 4-1-00
SF Single Family Residential - This category provides for single family homes at densities not to
exceed 6 dwelling units per acre. Such residential development is typically characterized by
conventional single family homes, but may also include patio or garden homes and cluster
homes, provided that the density remain less than 6 units per acre.
MF Multi -Family Residential - The multi -family category accommodates residential development
of ten (10) to thirty-six (3 6) dwelling units per acre.
MOC Mixed Office and Commercial - This category provides for a mixture of office and commercial
uses to occur. Acceptable uses are office or mixed office and commercial. A Planned Zoning
District is required if the use is mixed office and commercial.
STD Service Trades District - This category provides for a selection of office, warehousing, and
industrial park activities that primarily serve other office service or industrial businesses. The
district is intended to allow support services to these businesses and to provide for uses with an
office component. A Planned Zoning District is required for any development not wholly
office.
MX Mixed Use - This category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to
occur. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the
use is a mixture of the three.
INDUSTRLA-L
LI Light Industrial - This category provides for light warehouse, distribution or storage uses,
and/or other industrial uses that are developed in a well-designed "park like" setting.
Industrial - The industrial category encompasses a wide variety of manufacturing, warehousing
research and development, processing, and industry related office and service activities.
industrial development typically occurs on an individual tract basis rather than according to an
overall development plan.
COMMERCIAL
C 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 that they serve.
M Mining - The mining category provides for the extraction of various natural resources such as
bauxite, sand, gravel, limestone, granite or other. Mining uses will include assurances that
these resources be properly managed so as not to create a hazard, nuisance or the disfigurement
or pollution of the land.
PK/OS Park/Open Space - This category includes all public parks, recreation facilities, greenbelts,
flood plains, and other designated open space and recreational land.
PI Public/Institutional - This category includes public and quasi -public facilities that provide a
variety of services to the community such as schools, libraries, fire stations, churches, utility
substations, and hospitals.
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MASTER STREET PLAN AMENDMENT
CASE: MSP04-03
Location: SPRINGER AVENUE
FROM RAILROAD TRACKS
TO CITY LIMITS
Ward: 1
PD: 24 0 400 800 1,600 Feet
CT: 40.01
TRS: T1NR12W13 & 24