HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-3637-D Staff AnalysisOctober 30,•5995
Item No.•
File No._-
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Zoned:
Variance Re e :
Z -3637-D
J. Dan Baker,
Airport Security Parking
4405 East Roosevelt Road
Lot 1-B, Pat's Addition
C-3, a C-4 rezoning request will be
heard by the Board of Directors on
November 7, 1995.
From the area regulations and
height regulations of Section
36-302 to permit construction of a
45 foot tall parking deck with a
reduced side yard setback of
3 feet.
justification: Applicant's Statement
"We are requesting a zoning
variance for the height restriction
on our parking deck project. Our
parking deck will be 34 feet in
height. We are required to have
two stairwells and we would like to
enclose these stairwells to prevent
them from being subject to the
weather elements particularly
freezing rain. This would add an
additional 9 feet to the project.
We are, therefore, asking for a
variance extending the height
restriction to 45 feet.
We are also requesting a variance
on the setback requirement on the
west side of our property. The
parking deck will be 180 feet
across the front and has to be
constructed in 60 foot increments.
We need to put our deck on the west
side property line in order to have
sufficient room for a fire lane on
the east side as shown on the plans
which is required.
Parking at the Little Rock Airport
at this time is in short supply on
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Item No. 3 (Cont.=„)
Present Use of Pr9perty:
Proposed Use gf_Property:
Staff Report:
A. Engineering issues:
certain holidays particularly.
There are times when there are no
parking spaces available. It is
our feeling that this deck is very
much needed for the public
benefit.”
Surface parking for airport
security parking
4 story parking deck
A grading permit and stormwater detention will be required.
Improve Roosevelt Road to minor arterial standards. The
driveways violate City Ordinances. Sidewalks are not
required (exclusion Zone 2).
Additional Traffic Engineering Comments related to the
driveway entering the parking deck from Roosevelt Road are
as follow:
1. Move the driveway to a point 100 feet west of the
existing driveway. The proposed driveway entering the
parking deck is too close to the existing driveway.
2. Widen the proposed driveway entering the parking deck
from Roosevelt Road to accommodate two lanes in and two
lanes out.
B. S aff Analysis:
Security Airport Parking, Inc. proposes to construct a 4
story parking deck on the property located at 4405 East
Roosevelt Road. The property is currently zoned C-3. A C-4
rezoning request was approved by the Planning Commission on
October 3, 1995 and will be heard by the Board of Directors
on November 7, 1995. This application was taken on the
assumption that the site would be zoned C-4 since the
parking deck would not be allowed without the rezoning being
approved.
The proposed parking deck will have a total height of 45
feet and will have a side yard setback on the west side of 3
feet. The C-4 district has a height restriction of 35 feet
and requires a side yard setback of 15 feet.
The top floor of the deck structure
feet tall. Two enclosed stairwells
over some of the upper deck parking
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is proposed to be 34.5
and canopy structures
spaces will bring the
October •30,, 1995
Item N(Cont.)
total height of the structure to no more than 45 feet. This
proposed height does not appear to be out of character with
other uses in the vicinity. The Wilson Inn, adjacent to the
west, is a 5 story hotel with a height of 55 feet.
As long as the property was zoned C-3, it had no side yard
setback requirement. Once it is zoned to C-4, a fifteen
foot side yard is required. The applicant proposes a three
foot side yard setback on the west side. The adjacent
property, to the west, is occupied by the Wilson Inn. Two
rows of parking, a driveway and a landscaped strip provide a
separation of approximately 70 feet between the hotel and
the property line shared with the applicant. It would
appear that the reduced side yard should have no impact on
the adjacent property.
Due to the site's relationship to the Little Rock National
Airport, approval must be granted by the FAA, through the
Airport Commission staff.
C. 5Laff R c mm nd ion:
Staff recommends approval of the requested setback and
height variances subject the following conditions:
1. Compliance with the Engineering Comments
2. Compliance with the City's Landscape and Buffer
Ordinances
3. FAA approval must be granted prior to a building permit
being issued for the structure.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (OCTOBER 30, 1995)
J. Dan Baker was present representing the application. There
were no objectors present. Staff presented the item and a
recommendation of approval, with conditions. The Board was
informed that the applicant had agreed to relocate the driveway
to the west and to redesign the driveway, providing two lanes in
and one lane out of the parking deck. That arrangement had been
agreed to by the City Traffic Engineer's Office.
Mr. Baker stated that he agreed with staff's recommendation.
A motion was made to approve the requested height and setback
variances subject to the following conditions:
1. The driveway is to be moved 100 feet to the west of the
existing driveway.
2. The driveway entering the deck from Roosevelt Road is to
have two lanes entering and one lane exiting.
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Item No_ (Cont.)
3. Compliance with the City's Landscape and Buffer Ordinances.
4. FAA approval must be granted prior to a building permit
being issued for the structure.
The motion was approved by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent and
1 open position.
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