HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard Comm for LU2022-19-01OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
JUNE 21, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Chenal Planning District
(LU2022-19-01)
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 Chenal
Planning District southeast of the Maywood Drive-Cantrell
Road intersection from Residential Low Density (RL) to
Suburban Office (SO).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended denial. At their May 14, 2022 Hearing
the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of 9 for,
1 against, and 1 open position made a recommendation of
approval.
BACKGROUND The application area is situated along the south side of
Cantrell Road at the southeast corner of Cantrell’s
intersection with Maywood Drive. This is site is part of a
basically developed area annexed in 2007 as part of the
City’s effort to close several islands (areas totally surround
by the City of Little Rock). The Land Use Plan Map shows
large areas of Commercial at the intersections of Chenal
Parkway and Chenonceau Boulevard with Cantrell Road
(either direction from the application site). Between these
‘Nodes’ the Plan Map shows a mix of Office (O), Suburban
Office (SO), and Residential Low Density (RL). An area of
Mixed Use is shown in the area which had been the ‘Stones
Market’ area along Highway 10. This Mixed Use (MX) area
is just east of the application site. There has been little to no
development of new uses between the ‘Nodes’ during the
last couple of decades.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
The application area is made up of two tracts with single-
family houses on each. The houses were built when
Highway 10 (Cantrell Road) was a two-lane highway
outside the city limits of Little Rock. Since then, the
roadway has been widened to five-lanes with shoulders in
this location. Most of this widening has been on the
opposite side of the roadway. The volumes for this section
of Cantrell Road have been fairly consistent since 2007 with
volumes generally around 17,000 ADT.
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood
associations: Aberdeen Court POA, Maywood Manor NA,
Valley Ranch POA. Staff received no contacts from area
residents or from Neighborhood Associations prior to the
drafting of the Staff Analysis.