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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
APRIL 19, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Ellis Mountain Planning
District (LU2022-18-02)
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 north of 15520 Lawson Road from
Residential Low Density (RL) to Mining (M).
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 subject site is situated between Lawson and Colonel
Glenn Roads in western Pulaski County. In this vicinity
there are two ridgelines between Lawson and Colonel Glenn
Roads. To the southeast of the application area, Lawson
Road goes through a break in a third ridgeline south of
McHenry Creek. There is another mining operation in this
third ridgeline. The applicant’s current mining operation is
primarily in the ridgeline north of Lawson Road. This
application would extend the mining operation beyond the
current ridgeline through the valley between the two
northern ridgelines into the northern ridgeline.
The development along Lawson Road (in front of the
mining operation) is industrial and heavy commercial in
nature. There is a large-tract single-family subdivision
which is partially developed to the west of the existing
mining operation. A single single-family house on a large
tract is along the northside of Lawson Road to the southeast
of the application area. Immediately to the east of the
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application area are three larger tracts which are all zoned
R-2, Single Family District. This land is currently wooded
and vacant. These tracts take access to Colonel Glenn Road.
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Both the mining and single-family uses are existing in the
vicinity. There is a history of these uses co-existing in this
area. The owner of the mining operation and site requesting
change also owns the adjacent property to the north. The
land under common ownership can be used to buffer other
properties from the expanding mining use. The expansion
of the existing mining use if done sensitively does not have
to be a negative to the surrounding uses. Buffering and
environmental measures should be undertaken to assure
minimal negative impacts to the adjacent properties. If this
approximate 12-acres is changed to Mining (M) from
Residential Low Density (RL) there will still be abundant
available lands for future residential development in the
vicinity.
Notices were sent to the Citizens of West Pulaski County
neighborhood association. Staff received no contacts from
area residents or from Neighborhood Associations prior to
the drafting of the Staff Analysis.