HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard Comm for LU2021-19-02OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
AUGUST 17, 2021 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Chenal Planning District
– LU2021-19-02
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve Land Use Plan amendment in the Chenal
Planning District from Mixed Office and Commercial
(MOC) to Commercial (C)
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. The Little Rock Planning
Commission by a vote of 8 for, 0 against, 2 absent, and 1
vacancy made recommendation to approve the change at the
July 8, 2021 Hearing.
BACKGROUND Applicant requests a Land Use Plan amendment from Mixed
Office and Commercial (MOC) to Commercial (C) on an
approximate 31-acre unplatted parcel located on the
southeast corner of Kirk Road and Wellington Hills Road in
the Chenal Planning District.
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
The subject site is in a part of the Chenal Planning District
that has seen significant development. The site is designated
Mixed Office Commercial (MOC) on the Future Land Use
Map. 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.
The applicant is requesting a Commercial designation,
which would not preclude Office development. Wellington
Hills Road and Kirk Road meet at a traffic circle at the
northwest corner of the subject site. Different levels of
development have occurred on the parcels adjacent to the
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traffic circle, except for the subject site. The subject site has
the infrastructure to support Commercial operations and the
site has the ability to provide commercial services to the
low-density residential communities east of the site. Given
the access and visibility of the site, the use of the site for
commercial appears appropriate.
The site is zoned Planned Commercial Development (PCD).
The previous approval at this site included provisions for the
site to be developed predominantly with Commercial land
uses and some Office Uses. The Commercial uses
previously proposed at the site made up about 70% of the
development. However, the Planned Commercial
Development has expired as construction activities did not
comments within required time after final approval.
Within the Chenal Planning District and Ellis Mountain
Planning District (just south of the Chenal Planning District)
there are opportunities for office developments on Suburban
Office (SO), Mixed Office Commercial (MOC), and Office
(O) designated lands.
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Villages of Wellington, Parkway Place, and
Citizens of West Pulaski County. Staff has received no
comments from area residents or from Neighborhood
Associations.