HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8978-A PC Action Letter - Recommended Approval With Conditions 030222Department 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
February 16, 2022
Olan Asbury
PO Box 241087
Little Rock, AR 72223
Re: File No. Z-8978-A
Lucy Self Storage — Revised PD-C
Dear Mr. Asbury:
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
February 10, 2022:
Approved with conditions.
x Recommended approval with conditions.
Recommended approval as submitted.
Denied your request as submitted.
Deferred to the Meeting.
Other:
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 March 15, 2022. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm and is held in the Centre at University
Park, 6401 West 12t" Street. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact
me at 371-4792.
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Monte Moore
Development Administrator
February 10, 2022
ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
NAME: Lucy Self Storage — Revised Long -Form PD-C
LOCATION: 10616 Stagecoach Road
DEVELOPER:
Walter Lucy C/O Olan Asbury
P O Box 241087
Little Rock, AR 72223
(501) 590-1604
OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT:
Olan Asbury (Agent)
Thomas Engineering
3810 Lookout
North Little Rock, AR 72216
(501) 753-4463
SURVEYOR/ENGINEER:
Olan Asbury (Agent)
Thomas Engineering
3810 Lookout
North Little Rock, AR 72216
(501) 753-4463
AREA: 2.0 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF
WARD: 7 PLANNING DISTRICT: 16 CENSUS TRACT: 42.20
CURRENT ZONING: C-2
VARIANCE/WAIVERS: No variances requested.
A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT:
The applicant is proposing to rezone the property from C-2 (General Commercial
District) to PCD (Planned Commercial District) to allow the development of
2.0 acres with seven (7) buildings containing 224 self -storage units at
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ITEM NO • 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
10616 Stagecoach Road. The proposed site will be an extension of an existing
storage unit facility and will be accessed from the south with a connecting access
drive.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The property is currently undeveloped and mostly wooded. The property contains
very little slope and is mostly level with a drainage easement along the north
boundary of the property and another intersecting the property along its east/west
axis.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS -
All owners of property 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. Right of way not shown please depict. Stagecoach Rd. (ARDOT Hwy. 5) is
shown as a Minor Arterial with a right of way of 90 feet per master street plan.
2. Provide Sketch Grading and Drainage Plans.
3. Provide a drainage study showing drainage calculations for the 24hr 25yr and
24hr 100yr storm events.
4. Provide full civil construction plan set to the Department for review and approval
prior to issuance of a building permit.
5. Any work involving one (1) or more acres of disturbed area requires a State of
Arkansas NPDES permit. Contact the Arkansas Department of Environmental
Quality, NPDES branch at 501-682-0744 for applications and information about
General Stormwater Discharge Construction Permit #ARR150000.
6. A grading permit must be obtained prior to initiation of work. Grading permits
are issued by the Planning and Development Dept. at 723 West Markham
Street after approval of sediment and erosion control plans, grading and
drainage plans, land boundary survey, drainage study, and soil loss
calculations per City's stormwater management and drainage manual. Contact
Planning and Development Dept., Civil Engineering Private Development at
501-371-4817 or at 501-918-5348 or Permits(alittlerock.gov to schedule an
appointment for issuance or to answer any questions. Permit cost is based on
total project area at $100.00 for the less than '/z acre, $200.00 for Y2 to 1 acre,
and $200.00 for the first acre and $100.00 for each additional acre for project
greater than 1 acre.
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ITEM NO.: 6 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING:
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authori : No Comments Received
Enter : No comments received.
CenterPoint Energy: No comments received.
AT & T: No comments received.
Central Arkansas Water:
1. All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for
water service must be met.
2. A water main extension will be needed to provide water service to this property.
3. Please submit plans for water facilities and/or fire protection system 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 and/or fire service. Approval of plans by the Arkansas Department of
Health Engineering Division and Little Rock Fire Department is required.
4. The facilities on -site will be private. When meters are planned off private lines,
private facilities shall be installed to Central Arkansas Water's material and
construction specifications and installation will be Inspected by an engineer,
licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas. Execution of Customer Owned
Line Agreement 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
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ITEM NO.: 6 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
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 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.
Dead Ends.
Maintain fire apparatus access roads at dead end locations as per Appendix
D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.4 Dead
Ends. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of 150 feet shall be
provided with width and turnaround provisions in accordance with Table D103.4.
Requirements for Dead-end fire apparatus access roads.
Gates
Maintain fire apparatus access road gates as per Appendix D of the 2012
Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.5 Fire apparatus access
road gates. Gates securing the fire apparatus access roads shall comply with
all of the following criteria:
1. Minimum gate width shall be 20 feet.
2. Gates shall be of swinging or sliding type.
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3. Construction of gates shall be of material that allow manual operation by one
person.
4. Gate components shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times and
replaces or repaired when defective.
5. Electric gates shall be equipped with a means of opening the gate by fire
department personnel for emergency access. Emergency opening devices
shall be approved by the fire code official.
6. Manual opening gates shall not be locked with a padlock or chain and padlock
unless they are capable of being opened by means of forcible entry tools or
when a key box containing the keys to the lock is installed at the gate location.
7. Locking device specifications shall be submitted for approval by the fire code
official
8. Electric gate operators, where provided, shall be listed in accordance with
UL 325.
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 Cade: No comments received.
Landscape:
1. Any new site development must comply with the City's minimal landscape
and buffer ordinance requirements.
2. 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:
Rock Region Metro: No comments received.
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ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
Plannina Division: No comments received.
H. ANALYSIS:
The applicant is proposing to rezone the property at 10616 Stagecoach Road from
C-2 (General Commercial District) to PCD (Planned Commercial District) to allow
the development of a 2.0-acre section of a larger 6.0-acre tract with seven
(7) buildings containing 224 self -storage units.
The proposed site will be an extension of an existing storage unit facility to the
south and will be developed in one phase. The site has no road frontage and is
bounded on the north and west by similar self -storage facilities, and on the east by
a wooded undeveloped C-2 zoned tract bordering Stagecoach Road.
The proposed site plan includes paved internal drives between and around all the
structures with an access drive connecting to the existing storage facility to the
south. The site plan has no designated parking area. Parking is accommodated
in the existing facility's office building parking area.
The proposed site plan shows the new structures being similar in shape and size
to the adjacent units and will be one (1) story in height. The applicant states that
the units will not be heated or cooled. The site plan shows the new structures
setback from the property lines a minimum of 10 feet on the east and west sides,
and a minimum of 30 feet on the north and south sides.
Any fencing will comply with commercial standards and Section 36-516 of the
City's zoning ordinance,
The applicant states there will be no dumpster service for the site.
All site lighting will be low level and directed away from adjacent properties.
The applicant proposes to locate storm water retention basins at the northeast and
southeast corners of the property with a landscaped green area around the
perimeter of the site boundary.
The applicant provided responses and additional information to all issues raised
during the staffs review of the application. To the staffs knowledge, there are no
outstanding issues.
Staff is supportive of the requested Revised PD-C rezoning to allow an addition to
an existing self -storage unit development. Staff views the request as reasonable.
The property is in an area surrounded by similar uses and zoning, with similar
commercial developments adjacent to the property to the north, west, and south
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ITEM NO.: 0 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-8978-A
along Stagecoach Road. Staff believes the proposed development will have no
adverse impact on the surrounding properties.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the requested Revised PD-C zoning to allow an
addition to an existing self -storage unit development subject to compliance with
the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F, and the staff
analysis, of the agenda staff report.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (FEBRUARY 10, 2022)
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 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 open position.
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