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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
JANUARY 19, 2021 AGENDA
Subject
Annexation 338 –
Hastings Annexation
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS Accept the annexation of some 40 acres, along and south of
Cooper Orbit Road, west of the Cooper Orbit/Kirby/Kanis
Roads intersection (approximately 14200 through 14600
blocks of Cooper Orbit Road) to the City of Little Rock.
FISCAL IMPACT None determined
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval. By a vote of 10 for, 0 against,
and 1 absent the Planning Commission recommended the
annexation at their December 3, 2020 hearing.
BACKGROUND
The Tract requesting annexation is contiguous on three
sides, the north, south and east. The property is currently
zoned R-2, Single Family Residential District. The Tract is
overgrown and wooded with ruins of a single-family house
and out buildings. To the southeast, south and west the land
is zoned R-2, Single Family Residential District. The
Woodlands Edge residential subdivision is located to the
south. To the west, the adjacent Tract has a large warehouse
and home on it. Further to the west are large-tracts with
houses, on R-2 single-family zoned land. The land to the
north is zoned Planned Development Residential District
and C-1, Neighborhood Commercial District. The
McKenzie Apartment complex is located on this land. To
the east is land zoned Planned Commercial District and
wooded.
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BACKGROUND
The applicant has submitted plans consisting of two single
family developments for the annexation site. They are a
Planned Residential Development (PRD) for the northern
portion of the annexation area. This PRD consists of a
proposed 80 plus detached garden patio homes and attached
townhouses. A subdivision for some 65 single-family
detached houses is proposed on the southern portion of the
site. Both developments would be accessed via the round-
about on Woodlands Trail to the east of the site.
Over 1300 linear feet of Cooper Orbit Road are included in
this annexation. Cooper Orbit Road is a county road. It is
a two-lane road without shoulders and with open ditches on
both sides. The Public Works Department, Civil
Engineering Division has indicated that Cooper Orbit Road
is in ‘poor condition’ and has flooding problems. Both of
these will have to be addressed by the City if the roadway is
annexed and becomes part of the City street system.
The closest fire station (Station 23) is located at 300 Oak
Meadow Drive. From this station via existing streets is just
under two-thirds of a mile to the annexation area. The Little
Rock Police Department responded they have no concerns
or issues with this annexation.