HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7948-E PC Action Letter - Recommended Approval With Conditions 092321Department of Planning and Development Planning
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 Development
Phone: (501)371-4790 Fax: (501)371-4546 Building Codes
September 10, 2021
Yates Maintenance Heating and Air
Matthew and Misty Yates
8909 Berry Patch Lane
Roland, AR 72135
Re: File No. Z-7948-E
Northwest corner of Highway 10 and Morgan Cemetery Road — Yates — Revised POD
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Yates:
This is to advise you that in connection with your request concerning the above referenced
file number the following action was taken by the Planning Commission at its meeting on
September 9, 2021-
Approved with conditions.
X Recommended approval with conditions.
Recommended approval as submitted.
Denied your request as submitted.
Deferred to the
Other -
Meeting.
This item will be forwarded to the Little Rock Board of Directors for final action. You or
your representative will need to be present at the Board of Directors meeting to
address any questions which may arise. The meeting date has tentatively been set
for October 19, 2021. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm and is held in the Centre at
University Park, 6401 West 12th Street. If you have any questions please do not hesitate
to contact me at 371-4792.
Respectfully,
Vteoore
Development Administrator
September 9, 2021
ITEM NO.- 7
NAME: Yates —Revised POD
FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
LOCATION: Northwest corner of Highway 10 and Morgan Cemetery Road
DEVELOPER:
Yates Maintenance Heating and Air
8909 Berry Patch Lane
Roland, AR 72135
OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT:
Matthew and Misty Yates — Owners/Applicants
SURVEYOR/ENGINEER:
White-Daters and Associates
24 Rahling Road
Little Rock, AR 72223
AREA: 2.06 acres
WARD: N/A
CURRENT ZONING
Variance/Waivers:
NUMBER OF LOTS: 1
PLANNING DISTRICT: 29
POD
None requested.
FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF
CENSUS TRACT: 42.01
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 21,720 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on April 16, 2019,
established a Planned Office District titled Morgan Addition Lot 2 Short -form POD.
A. PROPOSAUREQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT:
The applicant requests to revise the previous POD to allow for enlargement of the
previously approved building from 3,600 square feet to 6,000 square feet along with
additional parking.
September 9, 2021
ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The property is currently undeveloped. Site is within the Highway 10 Design Overlay
District but is located outside the city limits in the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site and all neighborhood
associations registered with The City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing.
D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS:
1. Morgan Cemetery Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a collector
street. A dedication of right-of-way30 feet from centerline will be required. An
additional 10 ft of right-of-way shall be dedicated for a right turn lane for a length
of 250 ft at principal arterial/collector intersections.
2. A variance was previously granted with the last application for Morgan Cemetery
Road to be improved to a total width of 20 feet of paved surface within the Right -
of -Way.
3. With site development, provide design of street conforming to the Master Street
Plan. Construct one-half street improvement to Cantrell Road including 5-foot
sidewalks with planned development. ARDOT has routinely denied permitting
improvements to this portion of Cantrell Road.
4. With site development, provide design of street conforming to the Master Street
Plan. Construct one-half street improvement to Morgan Cemetery Road including
5-foot sidewalks with planned development. The new back of curb should be
located 18 ft from centerline.
5. Obtain permits for improvements within State Highway right-of-way from AHTD,
District VI.
6. Storm water detention ordinance applies to this property. Show the proposed
location for stormwater detention facilities on the plan. Maintenance of the detention
pond and all private drainage improvements is the responsibility of the developer
and/or property owner.
7. If disturbed area is 1 or more acres, obtain a NPDES storm water permit from the
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality prior to the start of construction.
8. Street Improvement plans shall include signage and striping. Planning and
Development must approve completed plans prior to construction.
9. All driveways shall be concrete aprons per City Ordinance.
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September 9, 2021
ITEM NO.: 7 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING:
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comment.
Enter . No comments received.
CenterPoint Energy- No comments received.
AT & T: No comments received.
Central Arkansas Water: All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the
time of request for water service must be met.
Indicate water line easement for the 8-inch water line along Cemetery Rd,
Doc #96 21844.
Provide a 10-foot utility easement along Cantrell Road frontage.
Please submit plans for water facilities to Central Arkansas Water for review. Plan
revisions may be required after additional review. Contact Central Arkansas Water
regarding procedures for installation of water facilities. Approval of plans by Central
Arkansas Water, the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Division and Little
Rock Fire Department is required.
Fire Department-.
Maintain Access:
Fire Hydrants.
Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D of the
2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.1 Access road width with
a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the
minimum road width shall be 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders.
Grade
Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire
Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall
not exceed 10 percent in grade except as approved by the fire chief. If the grade
exceeds 10 percent, approval will be denied and the applicant must submit
request to be reviewed by Fire Chief for Approval.
Loading
Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas
Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings
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ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department
apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus access road with an asphalt, concrete
or other approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire
apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds.
Commercial and Industrial Developments — 2 means of access. - Maintain fire
apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention
Code Vol. 1
Section D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height. Building or
facilities exceeding 30 feet or three stories in height shall have at least two means of
fire apparatus access for each structure.
Section D104.2 Building exceeding 62,000 square feet in area. Buildings or
facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet shall be provide
with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads.
Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet that
have a single approved fire apparatus access road when all building are equipped
throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems.
D104.3 Remoteness. Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall
be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum
overall diagonal dimension of the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line
between accesses.
Fire Hydrants
Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention
Code. Section C101 — C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas Water (Daniel Tull
501-377-1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshal's Office (Capt. Tony Rhodes
501-918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N. Ingram 501-918-3756 Number and
Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1.
Parks and Recreation: No comments received.
County Planning: No comments received.
F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE:
Building Code: No comments received.
Landscape:
Site plan must comply with the City's minimal landscape and buffer ordinance
requirements and the Highway 10 Scenic Corridor Overlay District.
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ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.
NO.: Z-7948-
2. The Highway 10 frontage (front yard) shall consist of a minimum of forty (40) feet
of landscaped area exclusive of right-of-way. The landscaped area shall contain
organic and/or combined man-made/organic features such as berms, brick walls
and dense plantings such that vehicular use areas are screened when viewed from
an elevation of forty-two (42) inches above the elevation of the adjacent street.
Trees shall be planted or be existing at least every twenty (20) feet and have a
minimum of two (2) inches in diameter when measured twelve (12) inches from the
ground at time of planting. Provide screening shrubs no less than thirty (30) inches
in height at installation with an average linear spacing of not less at three (3) feet
within the required landscape area.
3. A land use buffer six (6) percent of the average width / depth of the lot will be
required when an adjacent property has a dissimilar use of a more restrictive
nature. The property to the north is zoned R-2 As a component of all land use buffer
requirements, opaque screening, whether a fence or other device, a minimum of
six (6) feet in height shall be required upon the property line side of the buffer. A
minimum of seventy (70) percent of the land use buffer shall be undisturbed.
Easements cannot count toward fulfilling this requirement. The plantings, existing
and purposed, shall be provided within the landscape ordinance of the city, section
15-81.
5. Rear and side yards shall have a landscaped buffer averaging a minimum of
twenty-five (25) feet from the property line. Where such yards abut a street right-
of-way, a fifteen -foot landscaped strip shall be required adjacent to land zoned
office and residential.
5. A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that
abuts adjoining property or the right-of-way of any street. This strip shall be at least
nine (9) feet wide. One (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines shall be planted for
every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip.
6. Building landscape areas shall be provided at the rate equivalent to planter strip
three (3) feet wide along the vehicular use area. One (1) tree and four (4) shrubs
shall be planted in the building landscape areas for each forty (40) linear feet of
vehicular use area abutting the building.
7. Eight percent (8%) of the vehicular use area must be designated for green space;
this green space needs to be evenly distributed throughout the parking area(s).
The minimum size of an interior landscape area shall be one hundred fifty (150)
square feet for developments with one hundred fifty (150) or fewer parking spaces.
Interior islands must be a minimum seven and one half (7 1/2) feet in width. Trees
shall be included in the interior landscape areas at the rate of one (1) tree for every
twelve (12) parking spaces.
8. A landscape irrigation system shall be required as per Highway 10 site design and
development standards.
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ITEM NO.: 7 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
9. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as
feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements
can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger.
G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING:
Rack Region Metro: No comments received
Planning_ Dim: The request is in the Barrett District. The Land Use Plan shows
Transition (T) for the requested area. Transition (T) is a Land Use Plan designation
that provides for an orderly transition between residential uses and other more intense
uses. Transition was established to deal with areas which contain zoned residential
uses and nonconforming nonresidential uses. A Planned Zoning District is required
unless the application conforms to the Design Overlay standards. Uses that may be
considered are low -density multi -family residential and office uses if the proposals are
compatible with quality of life in nearby residential areas. The application is to revise
an existing POD (Planned Office Development) District to allow for a larger footprint
building and parking area on the site. The application is within the Highway 10 Design
Overlay District.
Surrounding the application area, the Land Use Plan shows Residential Low Density
(RL) to the north, west and south (across Highway 10 (Cantrell Road)) from the site.
Public Institutional (PI) land use is shown to the east of the site. The Residential Low
Density (RL) 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. To the
north and west are larger tracts some development with houses others vacant. All are
zoned R-2 (Single -Family District). To the south (Across Cantrell (highway 10) is
vacant land zoned R-2. The Public Institutional (PI) 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. The PI area
is the location of an elementary school within the Pulaski County Special School
District, zoned R-2.
Master Street Plan: To the south is Cantrell Road and it is shown as a Principal
Arterial on the Master Street Plan. To the east is Morgan Cemetery Road and it is
shown as a Collector on the Master Street Plan. A Principal Arterial is to serve through
traffic and to connect major traffic generators or activity centers within the urbanized
area. Entrances and exits should be limited to minimize negative effects of traffic and
pedestrians on Cantrell Road since it is a Principal Arterial. The primary function of a
Collector Road is to provide a connection from Local Streets to Arterials. These
streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements
for entrances and exits to the site.
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September 9, 2021
ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7948-E
Bicycle Plan: There is a Class I Bike Path is shown along Cantrell Road. A Bike Path
is to be a paved path physically separate for the use of bicycles. Additional right-of-
way or an easement is recommended. Nine -foot paths are recommended to allow for
pedestrian use as well (replacing the sidewalk).
H. ANALYSIS:
The applicant requests to revise the previous POD to allow for enlargement of the
previously approved building from 3,600 square feet to 6,000 square feet along with
additional parking.
The property is located within the Highway 10 Design Overlay District and is located
outside the city limits in the Extraterritorial Zoning jurisdiction.
The proposed development will consist of a two-story 6,000 sf office building.
A 23 space parking lot is proposed to be located at the side of the building with access
to Morgan Cemetery Road. Morgan Cemetery Road will be improved to a 20 foot
paved width.
The new building will be constructed of steel framing exterior walls with metal siding
panels and drywall interior sheathing. The roof will be a single slope metal frame
structure with metal standing seam finish material. The exterior will include aluminum
storefront window systems and have two roll up overhead doors.
The proposed building will have a height of 20'2" to the roof edge. The building
setbacks exceed the minimum under the Highway 10 Design Overlay District. The
perimeter landscape areas also exceed the minimums of the DOD. Signage will
consist of wall signs on the east and south building facades and a single ground
mounted sign (monument type) not to exceed six feet in height and 64 square feet
in area.
A small dumpster is proposed to be located at the northwest corner of the parking lot
and have a screen to comply with code. Lighting will consist of a low level directional
pole lighting in the parking lot. No fencing is proposed.
Health department approval for a septic system will be provided.
Hours of operation will be from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Monday — Saturday.
The site is partially cleared and the applicant indicates provision of landscaping
adjacent to the building. A 50-foot open space buffer is being provided to the north
perimeter.
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September 9, 2021
ITEM NO.- 7(Cont.)FILE NO.- Z-7948-E
The site plan provides for the 40' landscaping buffer along the south property line and
additional landscaped areas on the east and west sides. An open space area is
provided at the north perimeter of the property.
The site plan notes a concrete access drive connecting to Morgan Cemetery Road
leading to a 23-space paved parking lot. The typical minimum parking requirement
for this type of use would be twelve (12) spaces.
Staff is supportive of this requested Revised Planned Development. The applicant
simply requests to enlarge the previously approved building and parking area. The
applicant is maintaining the same site plan design as was previously approved. The
proposed plan complies with the Highway 10 Design Overlay District standards.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the requested Revised POD, subject to compliance
with the comments and conditions outlined in Sections D, E and F, and the staff
analysis, in the agenda staff report.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 9, 2021)
The applicant was present. There were no persons present registered in support or
opposition. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the
"staff recommendation" above. There was no further discussion. The item was placed on
the Consent Agenda and approved as recommended by staff, including all staff comments
and conditions. The vote was 9 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent and 1 open position.
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