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Home My WebLink AboutapplicationLUapp.doc 104/18/06 APPLICATION FQR A LAND USE AMENDMENT Planning Commission Docketed for Jams 10 2013 at 4:00 pm. Case Number LU �� "'��J �O f Application is hereby made to the Little Rock Board of Directors, through the Planning Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Act 186 of 1957, as amended, petitioning to change the Land Use classification of the following described area: Legal Description: Part of Tract C and part of Tract D of the Hyland Homes Addition Street Address: 8220 Cantrell Rd, 8224 Cantrell Rd. and 8300 Cantrell Rd. Little Rock AR Title to this property is vested in: Heighen Real Estate Co. and 6S�' Street Cen r Inc. gra If an individual other than the property owner(s) files this application, attachment of form "Authorization of Representation Statement" is required for each owner. It is desired that the boundaries shown on the Land Use Map be amended and that this area be reclassified from the present "RL" Residential Low Densit classification to "C" Commercial classification. Present use of property is single-family residential houses rented for investment income. Proposed use of property is for extension of the ad'acent Cantrell Hei hts sho ing center. (to verily requested classification is appropriate) Applicant's Name: HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE Co. _ LEWIS BUNCH Applicant's Address: 805 GILETTE DR. LITTLE RaCK AR 72205 Applicant's Daytime Phone: 50._1) 225-5700 {agent's M Fax: Planning Commission Action: Approved: Denied: Date Board of Directors Action: Approved: Denied: Date: LUapp.doc 104/18/06 AUTHORIZATION OF REPRESENTATION STATEMENT I, LEWIS BUNCH an behalf of Hei0hts Real Estate Co.do hereby authorize JEFF PATES to represent me and my interests (Heights Real Estate Co. and 65'" Street Center Inc.) in an Application for a Land Use Amendment on the following property described below -- include both legal description and street address. Legal Description: Part of Tract C and part of Tract D of the H -land Hames Addition Street Address: 8220 Cantrell Rd. 8224 Cantrell Rd. and 8300 Cantrell Rd. Little Rock AR Owner's signature Agent's signature dat date Subscribed and swo tome, apk4yy Public on this da�❑f X)4urrrrq►►�..� Notary Publi .��+++` •} �S'bti ��,�� My Commission Expires: a doe �A Z C` +� leN NERS November 30, 2012 Mr. Monte Moore, Zoning Administrator City of Little Rock Planning and Development Department 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 RE: Proposed Land Use Amendment and Rezoning Land Adjacent to Cantrell Heights Shopping Center Dear Mr. Moore: Cantrell Heights shopping center is a commercial real estate property located at 8122 to 8218 Cantrell Road. This property is on the north side of Cantrell Road, directly across Cantrell Road from Pavilion in the Park and Pavilion Centre. This letter accompanies applications from the property owners requesting a change in the Land Use Plan and a change in the Zoning Plan to allow for the expansion of Cantrell Heights Shopping Center. The owners of Cantrell Heights own a vacant lot and three houses immediately to the west. These houses all face Cantrell Road / Highway Ten and are rented to provide investment income. Expansion of Cantrell Heights to the west would replace these houses that were built in the 1940s, when this area was still a quiet country road referred to as Perryville Road, with a use of the property that recognizes the changes that have come with office buildings and shopping centers being built across the road, and the country road becoming a five -lane urban highway, The proposal for rezoning of this property is to allow the center to be expanded to provide better circulation and access to the existing buildings and parking lot. Such expansion would include additional restaurant, retail, office and other uses common to neighborhood shopping centers. Cantrell Heights is zoned C-3 and it is the owners' desire to continue the C-3 zoning to the west and maintain continuity in the zoning of the extended center. Cantrell Heights was completed in 1976 and has served the surrounding community since before growth of the retail, office & commercial uses across the highway. Cantrell Heights has been, and will continue to be, a good fit in the neighborhood. The topography of the land provides a natural barrier between the proposed extension of the center and the residential properties to the north. Surrounding land uses include office buildings, shopping centers, apartment buildings, condos, the Racquet Club, and Reservoir A Real Estate Investment, Brokerage & Development Firm Central Arkansas: 1701 Centerview Drive, Suite 201 • Little Rock, Arkansas 72211 • T 501.225.5700 • F 501.227.0280 Northwest Arkansas: 3739 North Steele Boulevard, Suite 140 0 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703 • T479.444.9111 • F 479.444.9112 Introduction Letter November 30, 2012 Page 2of2 Park. All of these uses have co -existed for years. Pavilion Centre office building to the west of Cantrell Heights and directly across the highway from the proposed rezoning is the most recent addition. In summary, the proposed rezoning is consistent with the land use and zoning of the surrounding properties. It increases density rather than promoting sprawl. It recognizes that the highest and best use of the property has changed as the highway and surrounding properties have changed. And it may directly impact only one residence. That residence, at 8308 Cantrell Rd., and two others at 8330 and 8350 Cantrell sit across from Reservoir Park and just east of the gated entry to Ridgeview Dr. These homes already endure the traffic on Highway Ten of over 31,000 cars per day. The orientation of the properties provides that the required landscape buffers & building setbacks allow for appropriate screening between the rezoned property and those houses. The requested rezoning is not speculative; it is for the expansion and improved parking & circulation of Cantrell Heights. Construction of new building(s) however will be demand - driven and the full completion of this expansion may be years in the making. The owners desire the expansion to provide access and circulation of traffic within the center. They anticipate future western driveway(s) of the expansion will match the entrance to Reservoir Park or the entrance to Pavilion Centre. This will allow better access to the parking field in the rear of Cantrell Heights & will provide the expansion with access to the existing traffic signal at the intersection of Andover Court that serves Pavilion in the Park and other businesses. Existing businesses in Cantrell Heights will benefit from improved access as will future businesses in new building(s) on the land proposed for rezoning. A copy of the bill of assurance from 1925 was being located. It does not restrict current or future uses. All necessary right-of-way dedications and street improvements appear to have been made at the time this property was developed or during various widenings of Highway Ten over the years. The property owner has submitted the necessary forms for the dedication of additional right-of-way in the event that any is necessary. Thank you for your consideration of these applications. My phone number is 716-5512. Best regards, Enclosures: Land Use Amendment Application package Rezoning Application package cc: Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Libby Bunch Heights Real Estate Co. - w/o enclosures