HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5111 Staff Analysis1. Meeting.__Da_te: December 20, 1988
2. Case No.: Z-5111, Storage World PCD Amended
3. Request: To amend the current PCD plan for purposes
of adding a new structure for boat and recreational
vehicle storage and a manager's apartment.
4. Location: On the north side of Cunningham Lake Road
approximately 1000 feet east of Old Barrow Road
intersection.
5. Owner�.App_Ii.cant: Storage World by Ralph Bozeman
6. Ex„i.s.ting Status: Mini-warehouse complex.
7. Proposed Use: Remain the same except for addition of
accessory dwelling for the manager.
8. Staff_ Recommen.d.at._i_on_: Approval.
9. Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval, subject
to owner complying with the Retention Ordinance.
10. Ro_mmendation....,Forwar.ded_.W.i_th.: A vote of 10 ayes,
6_n' ays, 1 abstention.
11. 0b..jec.t_o.r_s.: There were two present offering comments.
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NAME: Storage World Amended PCD
LOCATION: 8500 Cunningham Lake Road
DEVELOPER : ENG -._NEER
Storage World Bozeman and Associates
8500 Cunningham Lake Rd. 600 South McKinley, Suite 309
Little Rock, AR 72205 Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 224-3370 Phone: 664-3906
AREA: 3.85 acres NO. OF _LOTS 1 FT. OF NEW „ST. 0
ZONING: PCD
PROPOSED USE: Mini -storage
A. Proposal/Request
1. To revise an approved PCD project for warehouse
storage by addition of a covered boat/RV storage
vehicle building in Phase I, and a new manager's
apartment/office in Phase II
B. Development Statistics
1. Phase I
Boat storage building...
6,796
square
feet
Drive...................1,770
300
square
feet
2. Phase II
Manager's apartment.....
2,400
square
feet
Drive ...................
300
square
feet
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3. Existing Areas:
Total Site ............ 167,800 square feet
Street paving......... 5,840 square feet
Drives ................ 63,250 square feet
Grass ................. 40,360 square feet
Buildings -ground floor 58,350 square feet
Buildings -second floor 24,500 square feet
C. Engineer in Comments
Conformance to Storm Water Detention may be required.
Street improvements are in place, but presently no
sidewalk exists. Parts of this site are in the
100 -year floodplain and minimum floor heights elevation
will apply.
D. Issues/Discu_ssions/Legal/Technica.IJDesi_gn
1. Discussion of the flood/elevation issue.
E. Analysis
In his letter of submission, the applicant stated that
a large front yard setback was required due to the
100 -year flood elevation. The Corps of Engineers have
recently made revisions in the 100 -year floodplain
which will permit use of this area.
F. Staff ecomme............... tion ....... _ ..__.
Approval, subject to comments made.
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE._._.._REVIEW:
The item was discussed. The Applicant stated that he would
like to correct an existing problem involving undedicated
right-of-way at Cunningham Lake Road. It was determined
that no floodway elevations were required on open storage
if the manager's apartment is located one foot above the
elevation.
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PLANNING. COMMISSION ACTION: (November 15, 1988)
Mr. Ralph Bozeman, an architect, owner and developer of the
project, represented the application. Several concerned
residents of the neighborhood adjacent on the east were in
attendance.
Mr. W. Barnwell of 405 Brook Park Drive was concerned that
the building of a wall on this property would increase the
possibility of flooding due to the forcing or redirection of
water back into the street. He stated that the area has
flooded on several occasions since the Corps of Engineers'
revision of the floodplain boundaries including December of
1987. Mr. Bozeman assured him that the water would be
routed back toward the project property.
Mr. Jerry Gardner of the City Engineer's staff addressed the
floodplain and floodway issues. He explained that the area
was in the floodway but that a study done by the Corps of
Engineers changed the boundaries to the other side of
Cunningham Lake Road (south side). The habitable portion
would not flood. Mr. Bozeman added that the portion that
flooded in 1987 was not the area referred to by Mr.
Barnwell.
Mr. Frank Pichico submitted a letter from the neighborhood
that stated opposition to the development. He felt that the
reason flooding had not occurred on the Storage World Site
was because it was filled and built upon land with
elevations above the surrounding houses. Mr. Gardner
explained that the way he interpreted the floodway and
floodplain maps as prepared by the Corps indicated that no
flooding would occur. He further indicated that the
Detention Ordinance would take care of any additional runoff
that will occur. The Commission felt that Mr. Pichico had a
very legitimate concern regarding details of the proposal to
handle the potential runoff. Mr. Bozeman explained that all
of the water would come through curbs and gutters on the
perimeter of his site that would channel the water onto his
site and then to the proper direction. Mr. Gardner
explained that the Detention Ordinance only covered the
proposed addition, not previous proposals or construction.
After additional discussion, a motion for approval was made
and passed subject to the applicant's compliance with the
Detention Ordinance. The vote on the motion: 10 ayes,
0 nays, 0 absent and 1 abstention (John Schlereth).
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