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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
DECEMBER 15, 2020 AGENDA
Subject
Approval of Land Use Plan
Amendment
-I-430 Planning District -
LU20-11-01
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve Land Use Plan amendments in the I-430
Planning District, in the 11000 block of Kanis Road from
Parks Open Space (PK/OS) & Office (O) to Commercial
(C).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission voted 11 for, 0 against to approve the change
at their October 29, 2020 Hearing.
BACKGROUND The property requesting the Land Use Plan change is south
of Kanis Road. It is currently shown as Office and to the
south as PK/OS. The PK/OS strip in this case it was used
to separate the Commercial use from the Office use. The
request is to amend +1.6 acres of Office to Commercial.
There is currently a church on the property. There is a
second building structure on the west portion of the
property and it belongs to the same owner. It should be
noted that the ownership crosses this Land Use line and the
owner wishes to re-develop the entire ownership.
The site is within a prominent business center near the
intersection of two Interstates. With Commercial shown at
the Kanis-Shackleford Roads and Kanis-Bowman Roads
Intersections. Large office areas are along Markham west
of I-430, and Kanis Road south I-630. West of I-430 along
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Kanis Road is mostly medical related office associated
with Baptist Hospital. East of I-430 is an area developed as
an Office Park with additional office uses surrounding it.
There are two commercial nodes at the arterial
intersections to the west and east. Directly north and south
of the subject property is currently undeveloped
Commercial and approximately +14 acres in size. To the
east of the subject property, southwest of Kanis and
Centerview Drive intersection and northeast of Kanis and
Embassy Suites Drive intersection have recently
(September 3, 2019) amended from Office to Commercial
and are currently undeveloped, +3 acres.
There are some undeveloped commercial areas to the
northwest and southwest of Kanis and Shackleford
Intersection and approximately + 17 acres in total size.
Northwest, southwest, and east of the subject property
are currently +16 acres of undeveloped Office land. In
addition to these office areas, to the southeast of Kanis and
Bowman Road there are +18 acres of undeveloped Office
and Commercial land within the Mixed Office and
Commercial (MOC) shown areas on the Plan. The total
undeveloped Office land between Bowman and
Shackleford Roads is approximately + 26 acres in size.
The available vacant Office and General Office (O-3)
zoned areas are more than the available Commercial or
General Commercial (C-3) zoned areas both on the Land
Use plan and Zoning Map. There has been limited to no
commercial or office development along Kanis Road
which has remained a two-lane rural road.
The city has begun a public project to widen Kanis Road to
Arterial standards between Bowman and Shackleford
Roads.