HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4325-C Staff AnalysisApril 2, 1998
ITEM NO.: 10 FILE NO.: Z-4325---C
Owner:
Applicant:
Location:
Request:
Purpose:
Size:
Existing Use:
Diamond Development, Inc.
Patrick McGetrick
East side of the 9400 Block of
Stagecoach Road
Rezone from MF-18 and 0-2
to O-1
Future office development
6.62 acres
Undeveloped
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Church; zoned MF-18 with conditional use permit
South - Church; zoned R-2 with conditional use permit
East - Undeveloped, wooded floodway; zoned R-2
West - Single Family and Undeveloped; zoned R-2 and
MF-12
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
1. Stagecoach Road is listed on the Master Street Plan as a
minor arterial. A dedication of right-of-way to 45 feet
from centerline is required.
2. All driveways shall be concrete aprons per City
Ordinance.
3. Plans of all work in right-of-way shall be submitted for
approval prior to start of work.
4. A grading permit and development permit for special
flood hazard area are required prior to construction.
5. A sketch grading and drainage plan, a special flood
hazard permit, and special grading permit for flood
areas are required. Arkansas Department of Pollution
Control and Ecology (ADPCE) and NPDES permit are also
required.
6. The minimum Finish Floor elevation of 293, is required
to be shown on plat and grading plans.
7. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property.
8. Easements for proposed stormwater detention facilities
are required.
9. ADPC&E clearance of soils prior to dedication.
10. City ordinance requires that floodway be dedicated or
Provide an easement to the City.
11. Street improvement plans shall include signage and
striping. Completed plans must be approved by Traffic
April 2, 1998
ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-4325-C
Engineering prior to construction.
12. Stagecoach Road has a 1997 average daily traffic count
of 8200.
13. Obtain permits (barricade/street cut) for improvements
within proposed or existing right-of-way from Traffic
Engineering prior to construction in right-of-way.
14. Prepare a letter of pending development addressing
street lights as required by Section 31-403 of the
Little Rock Code. All requests should be forwarded to
Traffic Engineering.
15. Obtain permits for improvements within State Highway
right-of-way from AHTD, District VI.
16. Utility excavation within proposed rights -of -way shall
be per Article V or Sec. 30.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is not located on a Central Arkansas Transit Bus
Route.
LAND USE ELEMENT
The site is located in the Otter Creek Land Use District.
The adopted plan recommends MF Multifamily for this site and
the properties to the north, including the church site.
Staff has recommended a plan amendment which would change
the land use designation for this site to Office.
Approximately half of the site is already zoned 0-2,
although the Plan reflects MF. The plan amendment would
also change the designation for the church site to the north
from MF to PI Public/Institutional. The plan amendment is
item no. 3 on this agenda, LU 98-16-01.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this
undeveloped 6.62 acre tract from MF-18 Multifamily and 0-2
Office and Institutional to 0-1 Quiet Office District. No
specific development is proposed at this time. 0-1 allows
for office uses that will be compatible with adjacent
residential districts. Typical development in the 0-1 zone
occurs on smaller lots.
The property is located on the east side of the 9400 Block
of Stagecoach Road. The 6.62 acre site is sandwiched
between two church sites and is bordered by a large area of
undevelopable floodway to the east. A new single family
residential subdivision is being developed across Stagecoach
Road to the west. Two tracts of MF-12 zoned property are
also located across Stagecoach Road. One of these tracts is
vacant and the other contains older single family homes.
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April 2, 1998
ITEM NO.: 10 Cont. FILE NO.; Z-4325-C
The southern half of the subject property is currently zoned
0-2. The northern half is zoned MF-18. Staff believes it
is appropriate to allow for the reclassification of the
property to O-1. 0-1 is an appropriate zoning for
properties located within close proximity to single family.
Churches abut both the north and south perimeter of the
site. Two new, large multifamily complexes are under
construction in this area, one on Baseline Road and one
further south on Stagecoach. It is unlikely that there is a
need for this small area of MF-18 zoned land for further
multifamily development.
The Otter Creek District Land Use Plan currently recommends
multifamily for this tract and for the church site to the
north. Staff has recommended approval of a plan amendment
which would show this site as office and the church site as
public/institutional. The plan amendment also involves
property further to the north of the church. See item no.
3, LU 98-16-01.
The Otter Creek and Crystal valley Neighborhood Associations
were notified of the request.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the request to reclassify this
property to 0-1 Quiet Office District. Any property which
is in the floodway will be classified OS Open Space.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 2, 1998)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved by a
vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent.
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