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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– Southeast Planning Area
(LU2022-01)
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve a set of Land Use Plan Map amendments in
Southeast Planning Area changing approximately 4700
acres From, Agriculture (A), Residential Low Density (RL),
Residential Medium Density (RM), Mixed Use (MX),
Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Commercial (C), Light
Industrial (LI), Industrial (I), Service Trades District (STD),
Mining (M), Public Institutional (PI), Park/Open Space
(PK/OS) to Residential Low Density (RL), Residential
Medium Density (RM), Mobile Home Park (MH), Mixed
Use (MX), Office (O), Neighborhood Commercial (NC),
Light Industrial (LI), Industrial (I), Mining (M), Public
Institutional (PI), and Park/Open Space (PK/OS).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. At their October 13, 2022
Hearing the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of
8 for, 2 against, 0 abstention and 1 vacancy made a
recommendation of approval of an amended package.
BACKGROUND The review of Taxation Uses versus Plan Uses gave staff a
set of areas to examine. Each site of conflict was visited by
staff. From this work, a set of possible change areas was
developed. At the same time staff collected ownership
information to identify property owners with large
ownerships. The quarry company ownership and related
uses were compared with the areas shown for ‘Mining’ on
the Plan Map.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Staff had conversations with the Little Rock Port Authority
Staff about their expansion plans and ownership. Possible
change areas were identified. From these three efforts a
final set of possible changes was developed to share with
residents and property owners of the area. A new page for
the city website was developed to help communicate the
Land Use Plan Map changes to citizens and to receive their
comments.
Two community meetings were planned for the area during
May 2022. One on either side of interstate 530 was arranged.
Letters were sent to all absentee property owners and at least
fifty percent of the remaining owners. This letter informed
the citizens of the Land Use Plan Map review and invited
them to the community meetings. A link was provided to
the webpage with ‘ETJ’ information in the letter. They were
encouraged to use the webpage to send comments about the
Land Use Plan Map and proposed changes.
Comments were received at the two meetings, via the
website and from phone and written communications to
staff. Based on these comments staff reviewed the proposed
changes and made modifications. A second package of
changes was developed in mid-June 2022. All property
owners whose land was within an area of possible change
and all those that provided email contact information with
the city’s initial period of comment were contacted about the
revised change package.
A few comments were received over the summer of 2022.
Staff developed a final package of changes in late August.
The new updated change maps were posted on the ‘ETJ’ and
a letter was mailed (September 2) to each property owner
whose land was included in any area of potential change. To
help in the discussion, the review area has been divided into
four sectors.
The Planning Commission at the request of a property
owner amended the package of changes for the I-540 to
Arch subarea. Change Area 3 (Mining to Residential Low
Density) was removed from the package and Area 11 was
modified to Residential Low Density to Mining (rather than
to Light Industrial).