HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4020 Staff AnalysisJune 20, 1983
Item No. 7 - 24 -Hour Club - Interpretative Issue
Staff has considered this issue at length and cannot come up
with any way to allow this use by right without seriously
jeopardizing the overall effectiveness of the Ordinance.
Simply put, there is no way to write a defensible definition
of this kind of use which would not include other uses of
similar type but which might not be suitable for residential
neighborhoods.
By the same token, even the 24 -Hour Club might not be
suitable in all areas for one reason or another. Individual
considerations of these kinds of uses would solve this
problem, but this would seem to create yet another process
within the Ordinance structure.
Staff believes that the present short form PUD format can
handle this and other similar situations. This process is
similar to the conditional use process which allows for
property -by -property consideration and permits the special
handling of uses so that the neighborhood impact is
minimized. Therefore, it appears that the best approach
would be to use the existing processes.
BOARD ACTION:
The applicant was not present. This item had been
considered before and was essentially at this point a matter
between the staff and the Board of Adjustment. Staff
stated that it had been virtually impossible to find a way
of dealing with the 24 -Hour Club without opening up many
other problem areas. After considerable discussion the
Board stated that it agreed with staff that the short form
PUD format would provide a reasonable solution to the
problem. The Board directed staff to provide a letter to
Warren Baldwin, President of the 24 -Hour Club, outlining the
proposal as discussed at the meeting. The motion on`that
directive was passed: 7 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent,
APPROVED
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
( Subject to court action for 30 days- on
request, building permit or certificate
of occupancy will be issued. However,
the City of Little Rock assu-nies no
responsibility if court action is taken)
J.