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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4336-JJ Staff AnalysisMay 10, 2012 ITEM NO.: 2 FILE NO.: Z4336 -JJ NAME: 1021 MLK, Jr. Drive Short -form PCD LOCATION: Located at 1021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive DEVELOPER: Arkansas Children's Hospital Nolan Rushing, Agent P.O. Box 3546 Little Rock, AR 72203 Vijay Gondhalekar 14309 St. Michael Drive Little Rock, AR 72211 ENGINEER: White-Daters and Associates 24 Rahling Circle Little Rock, AR 72223 AREA: 0.861 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 zoning lot FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF CURRENT ZONING: 0-2 and R-4 ALLOWED USES: Office and Institutional and Two-family PROPOSED ZONING: PCD PROPOSED USE: Office and Commercial VARIANCESMAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. The applicant submitted a request dated April 25, 2012, requesting a deferral of this item to the June 21, 2012, public hearing. Staff is supportive of the deferral request. May 10, 2012 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 2 Cont. FILE NO.: Z -4335 -JJ PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (MAY 10, 2012) The applicant was not present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff stated the applicant had submitted a request dated May 7, 2012, requesting withdrawal of the item. Staff stated the withdrawal request would require a waiver of the Commission's By-laws with regard to the late withdrawal request. Staff stated they were supportive of the withdrawal request. There was no further discussion of the item. The Chair entertained a motion for approval of the By-law waiver with regard to the late withdrawal request. The motion carried by a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent. The Chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff on the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent. 2 ITEM NO.: 2. (Z -4336 -JJ) NAME: 1021 MLK, Jr. Drive Short -form PCD LOCATION: located at 1021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Planning Staff Comments - 1 . omments: 1. Provide notification of property owners located within 200 -feet of the site including the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. The notice must be mailed no later than April 25, 2012. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than May 4, 2012. 2. The site plan does not include the minimum landscape strip as required per the zoning ordinance nor the landscape ordinance. 3. The site plan indicates the placement of 27 parking spaces after the three are removed as indicated by public works staff. The specific listing of uses includes the allowance of eating place, barber or beauty shop both of which generate a significant parking demand. The request does not place limits on the total square footage for each of these uses or limit the percentage of commercial and/or office uses. 4. The request includes eating place with drive-in service. The site plan as configured does not allow for drive-in stalls for this use. If this use were to locate on the site a revised site plan would be required. 5. The request also includes the allowance of eating place without drive-in service. This uses is typically a restaurant with a drive-in window. The site plan as currently configured does not allow for a pick-up window. 6. The plan as indicated allows for a zero (0) setback along West 10th Street. 7. Provide details of the proposed signage including building and ground signage. Provide the location total height and total sign area for ground mounted signage. Provide the percentage of the facade proposed for building signage. 8. Provide the days and hours of operation for the businesses. 9. Will the dumpster service hours be limited to daylight hours? The specific listing of uses indentified by the applicant are as follows: Antique shop, without repair, Auto parts and accessories, Bakery or confectionary shop, Bank or saving and loan office, Barber and beauty shop, Book and stationary shop, Cabinet and woodworking shop, Catering commercial, Clothing store, Convenience food store with gas pumps, Customer sewing and millinery, Drug store or pharmacy, Eating place inside, Eating place with drive-in service, Eating place without drive-in service, Florist shop, Food store, Furniture store, Handicraft, ceramic, sculpture or similar art work, Hardware or sporting goods store, Hobby shop, Jewelry store, Laundromat or pick-up station, Medical appliances, fitting or sales, Mini -warehouse, Office, general and professional, Office equipment sales and service, Office warehouse, Parking, Photography studio, Shoe repair, Tailor, Tool and equipment rental, inside display only, Travel Bureau, Warehouse. Within the application you indicate some uses are most probable. Identify the uses being requested. Staff has to review all the items as allowable uses. Item # 2. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. A 20 foot radial dedication of right-of-way is required at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and West 11th Street. 2. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is damaged in the public right- of-way prior to occupancy. 3. Driveway locations and widths do not meet the traffic access and circulation requirements of Sections 30-43 and 31-210. The existing driveway at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and West 11th Street intersection must be removed. 4. Appropriate handicap ramps in accordance with Section 31-175 of the Little Rock Code and the Master Street Plan are required to be installed at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and West 11th Street. 5. Traffic flow on the site is very tight and appears to not function and have proper flow. 6. Back -out space is not provided for the northern handicap parallel parking space along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. 7. The western curb line on the northern property site should be straightened to at the intersection with West 10th Street. 8. Backup space is not provided for the southern most parking spaces on the northern development site on West 10th Street. 9. Satellite fill portals used for the underground storage tanks should be placed out of the driveway entrance. 10. At least 40 feet should be provided between pump islands for vehicle flow. 11. No backup space is provided for the two (2) northern parking spaces on the southeast parking area adjacent to the proposed dumpsters. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available on site for this project. Contact Little Rock Wastewater for additional information. Entergy: A 15 -foot overhead utility easement is required around the sites perimeter. Contact Entergy for additional information. Center -Point Energy: No comment received. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of the water meter. A Capital Investment Charge based on the size of meter connection(s) will apply to this project in addition to normal charges. This fee will apply to all connections including metered connections off the private fire system. If there are facilities that need to be adjusted and/or relocated, contact Central Arkansas Water. That work would be done at the expense of the developer. Contact Central Arkansas Water if additional fire protection or metered water service is required. The Little Rock Fire Department needs to evaluate this site to determine whether Item # 2. additional public and/or private fire hydrant(s) will be required. If additional fire hydrant(s) are required, they will be installed at the Developer's expense. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZ) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water requires that upon installation of the RPZA, successful tests of the assembly must be completed by a Certified Assembly Tester licensed by the State of Arkansas and approved by Central Arkansas Water. The test results must be sent to Central Arkansas Water's Cross Connection Section within ten days of installation and annually thereafter. Contact the Cross Connection Section at 377-1226 if you would like to discuss backflow prevention requirements for this project. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Maintain access at least 20 -feet wide. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: Current sidewalk ends at existing driveway on 11th Street. The sidewalk needs to be extended to the property line on 11th Street. This property is directly served by a bus route. The site is located on CATA Bus Route #11 — the ML King Jr. Route. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. Planning Division: This request is located in the Central City Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Mixed Office Commercial (MOC) for this property. The Mixed Office Commercial category provides for a mixture of office and commercial uses to occur. Acceptable uses are office or mixed office and commercial. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is mixed office and commercial. The applicant has applied for a rezoning from R-4 (Two -Family District) and 0-2 (Office and Institutional District) to PCD (Planned Commercial District) to allow for the development of a convenience store with pumps, retail, restaurant and office/warehouse uses on the site. Master Street Plan: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is a Collector and both 10th Street and 11t Street are Local Streets. The primary function of a Collector Street is to provide a connection from Local Streets to Arterials. The primary function of a Local Street 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". A Collector design standard is used for Commercial Streets. These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements for entrances and exits to the site. Bicyclen: There are no bike routes shown in the immediate vicinity. Landscape: 1. Site plan must comply with the City's minimal landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. A twelve foot (12') wide land use buffer is required to separate this proposed development from the residential property on the eastern perimeter of the site. Item # 2. Seventy percent (70%) of these buffers are to remain undisturbed. The parking lot will need to be shifted towards the "Lease Area Buildings". 3. A nine foot (9') wide land use buffer is required to separate this proposed development from the residential property on the northeastern perimeter of the site. Seventy percent (70%) of these buffers are to remain undisturbed. It appears dumpsters are being proposed within this land use buffer area; revise. 4. The zoning ordinance requires an average twelve foot (12') wide street buffer along MLK Drive and in no case to be less than nine (9') foot in width. 5. The zoning ordinance requires an average seventeen foot (17') wide street buffer along W. 10th Street and W. 11th Street and in no case to be less than nine (9') foot in width. 6. The landscape ordinance requires a nine foot (9') wide perimeter landscape strip around the sites entirety. This site is located within the Designated Mature Area of the City of Little Rock; therefore, this amount can be reduced to six foot, nine inches (6'-9") in hardship areas. There are numerous places this minimal amount is not being met. A variance from the City Beautiful Commission must be obtained prior to the issuance of a building permit. 7. A small amount of building landscaping will be required. Building landscaping needs to be located between the parking lot and the building(s). 8. A water source is required within seventy-five feet (75') of all landscaped areas. 9. A six (6) foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall, or dense evergreen plantings, is required along the north eastern and north eastern perimeters of the site. Credit towards fulfilling this requirement can be given for existing trees and undergrowth that satisfies this year-around requirement. 10. The landscape ordinance requires a minimum of 8 % of the paved areas be landscaped with interior islands of at least 7 Y2 feet in width and 150 square feet in area. Proposed plan does not currently reflect this minimum. Interior islands are to be evenly distributed throughout the property. 11. It appears the proposed sidewalk between the parking lot and the main building can be reduced in size allowing for additional green space within the interior of the site. 12. Street trees are highly encouraged and recommended by both the City of Little Rock and the City Beautiful Commission. 13. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger. Revised plat/plan: Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plat/plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Item # I Department of Planning & Development 723 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas For meeting on Monday 23rd April 2012 Planning Staff Comments: 1) Under way, will be mailed out the 25th April 2) See below under landscaping 3) Breakdown of usage a) Restaurant — 2,500 sqft (parking slots 25) b) Retail — 3,000 sq ft (parking slots 10) c) Office space — 3,000 sqft (parking slots 7) d) Warehouse — 3,500 sq ft. The site( as it is ) has 27 parking slots 4) Eating place with drive in services - removed from list 5) Eating place without drive in services — removed from list 6) Allow for setbacks along l Oth Street — to be revised 7) Will use typical dimensions for signage in this locale ( use ACH as reference) 8) Hours of operation a) Restaurant — 6 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week b) Retail — 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week c) Office space — 7 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week d) Warehouse — 8am to Bpm, 7 days a week e) Convenience Store Gas station 24 hours, 7days 9) Dumper service hours shall be limited to day time hours, 7 days a week. Vijay Gondhalekar, Little Rock Page 1 LIST A - Uses of site 2 Auto r+.- and aeeesseFies 3. Bakery or confectionary shop 4. Bank or savings and loan office 6. Book and Stationary shop 7. Cabinet and woodwork shop 8. Catering commercial 9. Clothing store 10. Convenience food store with gas pumps 11, GustemL- 12. Drug store or pharmacy 13. Eating place inside 16. Florist shop 17. Food store 18. Furniture store 19. Handicraft, ceramic, sculpture or similar art work 20. Hardware or sporting goods store 21. Hobby shop 22. dewelFStaz 24. Medical appliances, fitting or sales 25. Mini warehouse 26. Office ( general or professional) 27. Office equipment sales and services 28. Office warehouse 29. Parking 30. Photography studio 21 Sh 32. Tall - 33. Tool and equipment rental ( inside display only) 34. Travel Bureau 35. Warehouse Vijay Gondhalekar, Little Rock Page 2