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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4676-C Staff AnalysisFebruary 8, 1994 ITEM NO.: 5 FILE NO.: Z -4676-C NAME: NAPA GENUINE PARTS COMPANY -- SITE PLAN REVIEW LOCATION: On the south side of Baseline Road approximately 300 feet east of Hilaro Springs Road, at 3405 Baseline Road DEVELOPER: WAYNE COOK Genuine Parts Co. 6601 Forbing Rd. Little Rock, AR 72209 562-8695 AREA: 0.9974 Acres ZONING: C-2 PLANNING DISTRICT: 14 CENSUS TRACT: 41.08 ENGINEER: BEN KITTLER, JR. 6133 Dena Drive Little Rock, AR 72206 888-3960 NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 VARIANCES REQUESTED: None STATEMENT OF PROPOSAL: PROPOSED USES: Commercial The applicant proposes the development of a 1 acre ± site for a NAPA auto parts store. The site is part of the C-2 zoned Baseline Square Shopping Center site, and the applicant is to purchase the lot from the Shopping Center owner. Proposed on the site is a NAPA store with 8,000 square feet and parking for 44 vehicles. Access is to be gained from one drive entrance on Baseline Road and two entrances from the shopping center drive. Proposed, also, is an amended site plan for the shopping center from which the NAPA site is being extracted to reflect the change in the originally approved site plan due to the sale of the NAPA site. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Review and approval by the Planning Commission is requested for the development of a 1 acre ± tract for a NAPA auto parts store. The development involves the purchase of the site from the abutting Baseline Square Shopping Center owner, the construction of an 8,000 square foot store with Parking for 44 vehicles, and drive access paints both from Baseline Rd. and from the shopping center property. Requested, also, is the approval for an amended site plan, and plat for the shopping center to create: I) the Peripheral "Outparcel lot under separate ownership from the shopping center ownership, and 2) the revised shopping February 8, 1994 ITEM NO.: 5 Continued FILE NO.: Z-4676 C B. C. center site plan with the NAPA lot divided from the site. No waivers or variances are requested from the applicable ordinances. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site for the proposed NAPA store is presently vacant. It is part of a larger tract for the Baseline Square Shopping Center, but much of the shopping center master plan has remained uncompleted. The approved site plan for the shopping center, approved in 1986, shows a "L" shaped strip center, with one "leg" across the southern portion of the tract and the other along the eastern property line. This latter "leg" is shown extending northward into the area to be sold for the NAPA store, and includes parking for the shopping center. Only Sawyer's Food Market and the Dollar General Store along the southern property line of the shopping center site, and occupying only a portion of the originally planned shopping center development, have been built. The remainder of the proposed building along the southern property line and none of the proposed building along the eastern property line have been built. The shopping center tract is zoned C-2. ENGINEERING/UTILITY COMMENTS: The City Engineering office indicates that handicap ramps will be required. Water Works reports that a private fire service line to serve the shopping center to the south crosses the tract which is to be subdivided from the shopping center site. Arrangements will need to be made to provide for access to and maintenance of this 8 inch lines which crosses the site, or the line needs to be relocated. Wastewater Utility reports that no sewer service is available to the site. The owner/applicant will be responsible for providing sewer service to the property. It is reported that there is an existing sewer main across/on the north side of Baseline Road, and that the state must approve cutting Baseline Road to gain access to the main. ARKLA Gas Co. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. have approved the site plan as submitted. The Fire Department approved the submittal without comment. Neighborhoods and Planning Site Plan review reports that the landscape buffer along the eastern perimeter must maintain a minimum landscape buffer width of 6 feet. The full buffer width requirement in this area, without tradeoffs, is 9 feet. February 8, 1994 ITEM NO.: 5 Continued FILE NO.: Z -4676-C D. ISSOES/LEGAL/TECHNICAL/DESIGN: The Zoning Ordinance requires site plan review for developments in C-2 zoning districts. Since the proposed development is in an applicable district, site plan review is required. The Zoning Ordinance allows peripheral "outparcel" lots and multiple ownerships when the plan and plat are approved by the Planning Commission. The shopping center site meets the ordinance requirement for a 5 -acre minimum site area, and the outparcel lot under separate ownership may be approved. The amended site plan for the shopping center development, excluding the NAPA site, shows a total building development of 97,860 square feet, with parking for 386 vehicles. A revised final plat of the entire site will be required. The remaining shopping center site needs to be designated as one lot; the site being purchased by NAPA needs to be designated and a second lot. The division of the property into the two lots can be accomplished at the staff level under the provisions for a "lot split" whereby "a single lot, tract, or parcel is being split into two (2) lots." An amended Bill of Assurance will be required to be submitted. This Bill of Assurance also needs to address the access of NAPA to the shopping center internal drive. E. ANALYSIS: The site plan has only minor deficiencies which can be easily corrected. The approval of the site plan needs to be conditioned on the shopping center owner completing the drawings to amend the originally approved site plan for the center and the final plat to properly divide the property being submitted and filed with the Circuit Clerk. The staff and utility comments need to be noted in the approval. F. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends approval of the request. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (JANUARY 20, 1994) Mr. Ben Kittler, Jr., the local project engineer, and Mr. John Ayres, the architect for the shopping center developer, as well as Misters J. D. Ashley, Sr. and Bryant Ashley, owners of the shopping center and sellers of the site to NAPA, were present. Staff presented the application and reviewed the comments in the discussion outline. It was pointed out to Mr. Ayres that the lot designated on the overall shopping center site plan as being 3 February 8, 1994 ITEM NO.: 5 Continued FILE NO.: Z ---4676-C divided for NAPA did not agree with the legal description of the lot as shown on the NAPA drawings. Mr. Ayres indicated that he would make the change; that the NAPA legal description was the correct one. The deficiencies with the landscape buffer, especially along the east property line abutting the church property, were discussed. Mr. Kittler indicated that he would adjust the building location to meet the landscape buffer requirements. The Wastewater Utility staff also pointed out the problem cited in their comments regarding the access to sewer. The applicants' representatives indicated that they were aware of this situation and had anticipated it; they have made arrangements to get sewer service across Baseline Road. With this review, the Committee forwarded the item to the Commission for final review and approval. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (FEBRUARY 8, 1994) Staff reported that the only remaining issue to be resolved was the submitting of a re -plat and Bill of Assurance for the Baseline Square Shopping Center site, and that this work is in progress. Staff reported that the applicant had submitted the required- revised site plan the Shopping Center and has met all requirements for the NAPA site. Staff recommended approval of the item and the item was included in the Consent Agenda. It was approved with the vote of 9 ayes, no nays, one open position, no abstentions, and one open position. 4