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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
FEBRUARY 21, 2023 AGENDA
Subject
Land Use Plan Amendment
– 65th Street West Planning
District (LU2023-12-01)
Submitted By:
Action Required
√ Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Planning and Development Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS To approve a Land Use Plan Map amendment in 65th Street
West Planning District at 7404 Mabelvale Pike from
Residential Low Density (RL) to Residential Medium
Density (RM).
FISCAL IMPACT None
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommended approval. At their January 12, 2023
hearing the Little Rock Planning Commission by a vote of
10 for, 0 against, and 1 vacancy made a recommendation of
approval.
BACKGROUND The subject site is situated along the north side of Mabelvale
Pike, between Forbing and North Chicot Roads. Single-
family houses bound the site on the east and north. A
24-unit, 3-building apartment complex is adjacent to the site
on the west. This portion of Little Rock was annexed in the
late 1960s through 1980. The subject property has been
vacant for close to two decades.
There are developed single-family subdivisions to the east,
north and west of the subject site. These subdivisions were
developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Since 2010 there has
been no new construction of either single-family or
multifamily structures in the vicinity.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Today the subject site is vacant and well maintained. The
surrounding tracts are all developed and are being
maintained by their owners. All the lots within the existing
single-family subdivisions have been developed with
houses. In the vicinity, there are some larger tracts which are
either vacant or could be subdivided to allow for additional
single-family housing (including this tract). This portion of
Mabelvale Pike is lined with single-family houses and
single-family subdivisions. The area has a residential ‘feel’
when driving through it.
Interstate 30 is approximate a third of a mile due south and
approximately half a mile via Mabelvale Pike and Chicot
Roads. The development pattern is heavy commercial and
light industrial uses along the freeway with apartments north
of that. The Land Use Plan Map shows this pattern with
Commercial (C) along the freeway then Residential High
Density (RH) then, Residential Medium Density (RM) to
Residential Low Density (RL).
There has been no new residential activity in the vicinity at
any density level in the last few years. There is undeveloped
land shown on the Land Use Plan Map at all residential
density levels. The site in question is bounded by both
existing single family and multi-family developments. The
single-family units back to the property and the multi-
family’s parking lot is adjacent to the site. Future
development will not be able to connect to the existing
single-family subdivision and is impacted by the multi-
family development. An increase in density from Low and
Medium Density should not adversely affect the existing
single-family area. The change in use does not eliminate the
possibility of additional single-family in the area or on
the site.
Notices were sent to the South Brookwood Ponderosa
Association. A general notification to all associations was
made for the Planning Commission Hearing.