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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
APRIL 19, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Ellis Mountain Planning
District (LU2022-18-01)
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve a Land Use Plan Map amendment in the Ellis
Mountain District at 12807 Kanis Road from Suburban
Office (SO) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. At their March 10, 2022
Hearing the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of
7 for, 0 against, 3 absent, and 1 vacancy made a
recommendation of approval.
BACKGROUND The application area is situated along the south side of Kanis
Road between Atkins and Gamble Roads. The application
site is part of an area shown as Suburban Office (SO) on the
Plan Map. The property is currently zoned O-1, Quiet
Office District. There is a building which has been used as
an office on the land along with several out-buildings. The
majority of the Suburban Office (SO) designated land in the
vicinity of the application has not experienced any
development.
The land to the east of the application area is shown on the
Land Use Plan Map for Neighborhood Commercial (NC)
and has a zoning of C-3, General Commercial District. This
C-3 land remains undeveloped. North across Kanis Road
from the C-3 land is shown for Suburban Office (SO) and is
zoned O-1, Quiet Office District. Most of this land is
cleared but undeveloped. One office building has been
constructed at the northwest corner of Kanis Road and Point
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
West Drive. The land directly across Kanis Road is vacant
and shown for Suburban Office with a zoning of R-2, Single
Family District. The land to the west of the application area
is designated Suburban Office (SO) and is zoned O-3,
General Office District. Most of the O-3 land is vacant but
one tract has a single-family house on it.
There has been little development along Kanis Road in this
area since annexation in 1982. The amendment site is at the
boundary between areas designated for Suburban Office
(SO) and Neighborhood Commercial (NC) on the Land Use
Pan Map. And the boundary of land zoned C-3, General
Commercial District and O-3, General Office District.
Much of the land in the adjacent area whether designed for
office or commercial is undeveloped. The amendment
would shift of the Land Use Plan Map use line to the west.
It does not introduce a new Land Use designation to the
immediate area.
Notices were sent to the Parkway Place neighborhood
association. Staff received no contacts from area residents
or from Neighborhood Associations prior to the drafting of
the Staff Analysis.