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Home My WebLink AboutZ-9617 Staff Report ITEM NO.: 14 FILE NO.: Z-9717 NAME: Powell Short-Term Rental – PD-C LOCATION: 3 Dove Circle DEVELOPER: Petite Powell (Owner) 3 Dove Circle Little Rock, AR 72205 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Petite Powell (Owner) 3 Dove Circle Little Rock, AR 72205 SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Brooks Surveying, Inc. 20820 Arch Street Pike Hensley, AR 72065 AREA: 0.28 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 3 PLANNING DISTRICT: 3 CENSUS TRACT: 21.03 CURRENT ZONING: R-2 VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant proposes to rezone 0.28-acre property located at 3 Dove Circle from R-2 to PD-C to allow use of the property as a Short-Term Rental with a maximum stay of fourteen (14) days. The owner will not reside in the residence. The entire residence will be rented as one (1) unit. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The 0.28-acre property is located just north of I-630 between Princess Drive to the north and Marguerite Lane to the south. It contains a one-story brick structure with open carport. A driveway extends from Dove Circle which provide three (3) parking spaces. The property is surrounded by R-2 zoning all directions. There are no existing commercial zoning or uses located within the surround area. C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS: All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site and all neighborhood associations registered with the City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: No comments. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received. Entergy: No comments received. Summit Energy: No comments. 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. Commercial and Industrial Developments – 2 means of access. - Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height. Building or facilities exceeding 30 feet or three stories in height shall have at least two means of fire apparatus access for each structure. Section D104.2 Building exceeding 62,000 square feet in area. Buildings or facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet shall be provide with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet that have a single approved fire apparatus access road when all building are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems. D104.3 Remoteness. Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line between accesses. 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 comments received. County Planning: No comments received. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Code: No comments received. Landscape: No comments. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: No comments received. Planning Division: The request is in the West Little Rock Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Residential Low Density (RL) for the requested area. The Residential Low Density (RL) category provides for single family homes at densities not to exceed 6 dwelling units per acre. Such residential development is typically characterized by conventional single family homes, but may also include patio or garden homes and cluster homes, provided that the density remain less than 6 units per acre. The application is to rezone from R-2, Single Family District to Planned Commercial Development (PCD) District to allow for use of the house as a Short Term Rental. Surrounding the application area, the Land Use Plan shows Residential Low Density (RL) in all directions from the site. The Residential Low Density (RL) category provides for single family homes at densities not to exceed 6 dwelling units per acre. Such residential development is typically characterized by conventional single family homes, but may also include patio or garden homes and cluster homes, provided that the density remain less than 6 units per acre. This is a developed single-family subdivision with a zoning of R-2, Single Family District. Master Street Plan: Dove Circle is a Local Street on the Master Street Plan. The primary function of Local Streets is to provide access to adjacent properties. Local Streets that are abutted by non-residential zoning/use or more intensive zoning than duplexes are considered as “Commercial Streets”. This street may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements for entrances and exits to the site. Bicycle Plan: There are no bike routes shown in the immediate vicinity. Historic Preservation Plan: There are no existing historic sites on, or in proximity to, this land. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant proposes to rezone the 0.28-acre property located at 3 Dove Circle from R-2 to PD-C to allow use of the property as a short-term rental with a maximum stay of fourteen (14) days. The owner will not reside in the residence and the entire residence will be rented as one (1) unit. The 0.28-acre property is located just north of I-630 between Princess Drive to the north and Marguerite Lane to the south. The property contains a 1,069 square foot, one-story brick structure with three (3) bedrooms. There is an existing shed located in the northwest portion of the property and will continue to be used for storage only. A driveway extends from Dove Circle which provides three (3) parking spaces. Staff feels the parking is sufficient to serve the proposed use. The applicant notes that meals will not be provided to guests and standard trash pick-up will be through the City of Little Rock trash collection. The applicant is not proposing any signage at this time. Any signage must comply with Section 36-551 of the City’s Zoning Ordinance (signs permitted in residential one – and two-family zones). The applicant provided responses and additional information to all issues raised during staff’s review of the application. The applicant is requesting no variances with the PD-C zoning. Staff does not support the requested PD-C rezoning. Staff does not believe the request is reasonable and that the proposed commercial use is not appropriate for this location. The property is designated as “RL” Residential Low Density on the City’s Future Land Use Plan and is bordered in all directions by single family homes. Staff feels that the introduction of a commercial short-term rental will be out of character with the overall area at this time. Staff believes that this type of short-term rental would be more appropriately located on the outer edge of a single-family subdivision, in a more transitional area, and not in the center of a single-family neighborhood. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the requested PD-C zoning request.