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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
MAY 17, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– West Fourche Planning
District (LU2022-22-01)
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 West
Fourche Planning District at 19300 Lawson Road from
Residential Low Density (RL) to Commercial (C).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. At their April 14, 2022
Hearing the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of
9 for, 0 against, 1 recuse and 1 vacancy made a
recommendation of approval.
BACKGROUND The application site is situated along the north side of
Lawson Road just west of Marsh Road. This is literally the
edge of the City’s Planning and Zoning jurisdiction.
Lawson Road does function as a main transportation line
from areas to the west into Little Rock. Both Marsh and
Beachamp Roads have been designated on the City and
Regional transportation plans as ‘Minor Arterials’. Since
Lawson Road has been an important connector roadway for
decades, a scattering of non-residential uses developed over
the years.
The overall development pattern has not changed
significantly in the last two decades. The most noticeable
change has been the development of Lochridge Estates.
This is a single-family subdivision northeast of Marsh and
Lawson Roads From the application site to the south, west
and north are larger lots and tracts, many with single-family
houses. Large areas remain undeveloped and wooded to the
north and southwest of the site.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
The amendment site is at the boundary between areas
designated for Residential Low Density (RL) and
Commercial (C) on the Land Use Pan Map. The site has
commercial zoning on the properties to the east and west.
There is C-3, General Commercial District on the wooded
tract to the east. A Planned Development Commercial
district is to the west. 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. There are significant areas of undeveloped wooded
land in the vicinity where residential development could still
occur. This undeveloped land is already zoned R-2 Single
Family District and shown on the plan as Residential Low
Density. The application site could address the demands
created by the increase in 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.