HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8741-A Staff AnalysisFILE NO.: Z -8741-A
NAME: ACE General Contractors Revised Short -form PD -C
LOCATION: Located at 10819 Stagecoach Road
DEVELOPER:
Ken Bhatti
ACE General Contractors
12 Sienna Lake Cove
Little Rock, AR 72210
SURVEYOR/ENGINEER:
BTE Engineers
1510 South Broadway Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
AREA: 0.496 -acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF
WARD: 7 PLANNING DISTRICT: 16 — Otter Creek CENSUS TRACT: 42.20
CURRENT ZONING: PD -C
ALLOWED USE: Health Studio Spa
PROPOSED ZONING: Revised PD -C
PROPOSED USE: Add general and professional and medical office as an allowable use
VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested.
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 20,559 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on March 27, 2012,
rezoned the property from R-2, Single-family to PD -C, Planned Development
Commercial, to allow the construction of a new commercial building on a'/ -acre site. The
building was proposed as a one-story, 60 -foot by 53 -foot building containing
3,180 square feet. The site plan indicated the placement of parking within the front yard
FILE NO.: Z -8741-A (Cont.
area as well as behind the building. Within the front yard area there were eleven (11)
parking spaces proposed and in the rear yard there were ten (10) parking spaces
proposed. The applicant requested the use of the building as a health studio or spa. No
other uses were requested.
A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT:
The site has developed with the office building and the parking as proposed. The
applicant is now proposing to revise the previously approved PD -C, Planned
Development Commercial to add general and professional office and medical
office as an allowable use for the property. There are no other changes proposed
with the rezoning request.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The site is developed with a two (2) bay retail/office building. Currently there is an
office user in one (1) of the bays and a medical office in the second bay.
To the north of this site are single-family homes. Also to the north, across
Stagecoach Road there are commercial uses including a restaurant and
mini -warehouse. There is an approved PCD, Planned Commercial Development,
located southwest of the site which was approved for automobile sales but has not
developed. Further southwest there is a developed office/warehouse site. North
of the site is an apartment complex located on Nandina Boulevard. There is
floodway located to the south of this site.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS.
All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site along with the Otter Creek
Property Owners Association and Southwest Little Rock United for Progress were
notified of the public hearing.
D. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT:
(December 20, 2017)
The applicant was not present. Staff presented an overview of the item stating the
request was to add office to the allowable uses for the property. There were no
more issues for discussion. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full
Commission for final action.
E. ANALYSIS:
There were no outstanding issues associated with the request in need of
addressing via a revised site plan. The request is to revise the previously
approved PD -C, Planned Development Commercial to add general and
professional office and medical office as an allowable use for the property. The
site has developed with the 3,180 square foot office building and the parking
as proposed.
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FILE NO.: Z-8741 -A (Cont.
The site contains 21 -parking spaces with ten (10) parking spaces in the front and
eleven (11) parking spaces behind the building. Currently there is a general and
professional office user located in one bay of the building and a medical office user
located in the second bay. Parking for an office use is typically based on one (1)
parking space per 400 gross square feet of floor area. Based on the square
footage occupied by the general office user four (4) parking spaces would
typically be required. Parking for a medical office user is typically based on the
number of doctors serving the clinic. There is currently one (1) doctor serving the
medical clinic. This would result in a typical requirement of six (6) parking
spaces. Parking for the current users would be ten (10) parking spaces.
As indicated there are 21 -parking spaces on site.
There are no other changes proposed with the rezoning request. The previous
approval allowed the development 24-hour, 7 -day a week access for the site.
Building signage was approved along the front fagade of the structure limited to
signage as allowed in commercial zones or a maximum of ten percent (10%) of
the front fagade. A single ground sign not to exceed 36 -feet in height and
160 square feet in area was approved within the front yard setback of Stagecoach
Road.
Staff is supportive of the applicant's request. Staff does not feel the revision to
add the additional uses as proposed will have any adverse impact on this
development or on the area.
F. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the request to add medical office and general and
professional office uses as allowable uses for the site as proposed by the
applicant.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JANUARY 11, 2018)
The applicant was present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented
the item with a recommendation of approval of the request to add medical office and
general and professional office uses as allowable uses for the site as proposed by the
applicant. There was no further discussion. The item was placed on the consent agenda
and approved as recommended by staff by a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent.
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