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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report for S-1930July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: S-1930 NAME: Harley Lane Minor Subdivision – Preliminary Final Plat LOCATION: West side of Arch Street Pike, approximately 0.46 miles south of West 65th Street DEVELOPER: Brian Rodgers 2001 Harley Lane Little Rock, AR 72206 (501) 722-7845 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Brian Rodgers - (Owner) Megan Weckwerth – (Agent) Tyler Group Engineers (Agent) 240 Skyline Drive, Suite 3000 Conway, AR 72032 (501) 329-1400 (A) SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Tyler Group Engineers 240 Skyline Drive, Suite 3000 Conway, AR 72032 (501) 329-1400 (A) AREA: 4.78 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 3 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 2 PLANNING DISTRICT: 14 CENSUS TRACT: 40.01 CURRENT ZONING: R-2 VARIANCE/WAIVERS: 1. None requested. July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1930 2 A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant is proposing to subdivide 4.88 acres into 3 lots for single family residential development with an existing internal street. The proposed subdivision will take access from Arch Street. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The property currently has a residential dwelling centrally located on the site with an open yard area to the northwest and wooded area to the southeast. The property also contains a garage structure to the north of the dwelling and metal frame barn to the west. The property contains varying degrees of slope, primarily sloping downward from the northeast to southwest with a railway track along the western perimeter of the property. C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS: All owners of property abutting the site and all neighborhood associations registered with the City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: 1. The R-O-W for Harley Lane is shown per deed 9352913. How was the land dedicated to? If it was to the city, It should not be included in the boundary for this plat, since it was already dedicated. Please provide the 9352913 instruments. 2. Clearly state on the plat if Harley Lane is public or private. 3. Label state plane coordinates on all boundary corners. 4. The area indicated as floodplain appears to be floodway, please verify. 5. If the area is floodway, The city needs a permanent drainage easement for the property that is included in the floodway, and a 25’ maintenance and access easement along the floodway line that is not within the floodway. 6. The 2017 source deed does not match the legal on the proposed plat. 7. Does Lot 3 abut the adjoining parcels on the north side that is not in the subdivision plat? 8. Verify/label R-O-W on Arch Street Pike. 9. Verify/label the Railroad R-O-W. July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1930 3 10. Provide finish floor elevation on Lot 1 which conforms to city codes (min of 1 foot above the BFE). E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received. Entergy: No comments received. CenterPoint Summit Energy: Final Plat, Summit Utilities has no conflict, please let this serve as our final plat approval. AT & T: No comments received. Central Arkansas Water: No comments received. 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 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. July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1930 4 One- or Two-Family Residential Developments. As per Appendix D, Section D107.1 of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1, One- or Two-Family dwelling residential developments. Developments of one- or two-family dwellings where the number of dwelling units exceeds 30 shall be provided with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads, and shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3. Exceptions: 1. Where there are more than 30 dwelling units on a single public or private fire apparatus access road and al dwelling units are equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1, 903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3 of the Arkansas Fire Code, access from two directions shall not be required. 2. The number of dwelling units on a single fire apparatus access road shall not be increased unless fire apparatus access roads will connect with future development, as determined by the fire code official. 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 comment received. County Planning: No comments received. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Code: No comments received. Landscape: No comment. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: No comments received. Planning Division: No comments. July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1930 5 H. ANALYSIS: The applicant is proposing to subdivide 4.78 acres into 3 lots for single family residential development with an existing internal street. The proposed subdivision will take access from Arch Street. The proposed lot areas are as follows: Lot 1 – 1.58 Acres Lot 2 - 1.08 Acres Lot 3 – 2.12 Acres The property currently has a residential dwelling centrally located on the site with an open yard area to the northwest and wooded area to the southeast. The property also contains a garage structure to the north of the dwelling and a metal frame barn to the west. The property contains varying degrees of slope, primarily sloping downward from the northeast to southwest with a railway track along the western perimeter of the property. The property is bordered on the east by an “M” (Mining) zoned property, an “I-3” (Industrial) zoned property to the west, R-2 residential properties to the north, and residential properties along the city border to the south. Additionally, there are two (2) R-2 zoned properties containing metal structures with commercial business uses along the north side of Harley Lane. Lots 1 and 3 shall include setbacks of 25 feet from the street side building line as measured from the Right-of-Way line of Harley Lane. Lot 2 has an existing dwelling with a garage located at the northeast corner of the lot near the new proposed property line adjacent to Harley Lane. An access easement is proposed at the northwest corner of lot 2 extending from Harley Lane west to Lot 1. The proposed access easement intersects a proposed twenty-five (25) foot setback building line located at the northeast corner of the lot 1. If the property owner plans on using a septic system for each lot rather than connect to the city sewer system, then a construction permit for the installation of septic systems on all lots must be obtained from the Arkansas Department of Health prior to city staff signing the final plat for this proposed subdivision. To staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues related to this final plat request. The applicant has done a good job in addressing issues as raised by staff during staffs review of this plat. The subdividing of this property should have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties. July 14, 2022 ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1930 6 I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed preliminary final plat, subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D and E, and the staff analysis, of the agenda staff report.