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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5800-A Staff Analysis=FA�j:i1IjY_1 NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 Bowman Drive DEVELOPER: Bowman Business Park Davis Properties 1515 South Bowman Road Little Rock, AR 72211 ARCHITECT: Terry Burruss Architects 1202 South Main Street, Little Rock, AR 72202 AREA: 10.102 acres CURRENT ZONING: ALLOWED USES: Suite 230 NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 - •l Office Warehouse PROPOSED ZONING: Revised POD FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF PROPOSED USE: Office Warehouse with selected additional uses. VARIAN C ESMAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. BACKGROUND: The POD was approved on April 19, 1994, by the Little Rock Board of Director's adoption of Ordinance No. 16,632. The approval was for an office/warehouse development with a requirement 25 percent of the floor area to be dedicated to office use. The approval also required service courts to be located in the rear of the building and the front of the building was to maintain the appearance of an office development with the height of the building equal to two stories with floor area limited to the first floor. The site has developed with four buildings totaling 110,400 square feet. The site contains 249 parking spaces. The service drives are shared between the buildings with parking located in the front of the buildings. One building is located along South FILE NO.: Z -5800-A Cont. Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant's cover letter indicates a desire to revise the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The development has been in operation since 1994 and according to the applicant as tenants have "come and gone" and the neighborhood has changed, the owner has realized the need to add additional uses. The request includes the addition of the following uses as allowable uses to the site: 1. Office/ShowroomMarehouse 2. Laboratory 3. Photography Studio 4. Custom Sewing/Millinery/Tailor Shop 5. Job Printing, Lithographer, Printing or Blue printing 6. Medical Appliance Fitting and Sales 7. Studio (Broadcasting or Recording) 8. Studio (Art, Music, Dance, Etc.) 9. Tools and Equipment Rental (Inside Display Only) 10. Cabinet or Woodwork Shop 11. Commercial Catering 12. Furniture Repair Store 13. Upholstery Shop, Furniture The applicant is also proposing the placement of a sign on the site not to exceed six (6) feet in height (as measured from grade along South Bowman Road) and sixty-four (64) square feet in area. The proposed additional uses do not conflict with the approved Bill of Assurance for the subdivision. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains four office, warehouse building. One building is located along South Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. To the south of the site is vacant 0-3 zoned property. A portion of the northern perimeter is also vacant 0-3 zoned property. There is a skating center located to the north of the site with a non -conforming zoning status. To the east of the site is an office development accessed from Centerview Drive. To the west of the site there is a scattering of single-family homes located along South Bowman Road. Further west of the site is the Cherry Creek Subdivision. 2 FILE NO.: Z -5800-A Cont. C FBI E. F. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has received one informational phone cal resident. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site Sandpiper Neighborhood Association and the John Barrow Association were notified of the Public Hearing. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: Public Works Conditions: 1. No comment. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment. Center -Point Energy: No comment. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. I from an area along with the Neighborhood Fire Department: Place hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is not located on a dedicated CATA Bus Route. ISSUES/TECHNICAUDESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the 1-430 Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Service Trades District for this property. The applicant has applied for a revision of a POD for a change of uses for the property. The request does not require a change to the Land Use Plan. Master Street Plan: Bowman Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the Master Street Plan and may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements. The purpose of a Minor Arterial is to provide connections to and through an urban area, not to provide access to adjacent properties. Curb cuts should be limited to improve traffic flow. Bicycle_Plan: A Class 2 bike route is located in the vicinity of the application along Executive Center and Centerview Drives. 3 FILE NO.: Z-5800-A (Cont.)- CitV Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. Landscape: No comment. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (December 8, 2005) The applicant was present representing the request. Staff presented an overview of the proposed development indicating there were no outstanding technical issues associated with the proposed request. Staff stated no exterior modifications to the building or the building footprint were being proposed. Staff stated the request was to add additional allowable uses to the site. There was a general discussion concerning the uses being proposed for the site. Staff stated the addition of a detail shop (as had initially been requested) could generate environmental and detention concerns. Staff stated the addition of a carwash to the site would require the placement of catch basins to limit the flow into the City's storm water system. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: There were few outstanding issues associated with the proposed request raised at the December 8, 2005, Subdivision Committee meeting. The applicant is requesting to revise the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The original approval allow office warehouse activities on the site with a requirement 25 percent of the floor area be dedicated to office use. The request is to add Office/Showroom/Warehouse, Laboratory, Photography Studio, Custom Sewing/Millinery/Tailor Shop, Job Printing, Lithographer, Printing or Blue printing, Medical Appliance Fitting and Sales, Studio (Broadcasting or Recording), Studio (Art, Music, Dance, Etc.), Tools and Equipment Rental (Inside Display Only), Cabinet or Woodwork Shop, Commercial Catering, Furniture Repair Store and Upholstery Shop, Furniture as allowable uses for the site. The applicant has removed the request for the placement of a detail shop on the site. Staff is supportive of allowing the indicated additional uses to the site. The requested uses are allowable uses under the 0-3, General Office District and C-1, Neighborhood Commercial zoning district classifications. There is 0-3 zoned property located to the north (shown on the Future Land Use Plan as Mixed Office Commercial) and south (shown on the Future Land Use Plan as Suburban Office) of the site, which are currently vacant, but will more than likely develop with mixed office and suburban office type developments. Staff feels allowing the addition of selected C-1, Neighborhood Commercial zoning district FILE NO.: Z -5800-A (Cont. uses to the site will not negatively impact the adjoining properties. The existing development could act as a transitional area between the two areas of future development, allowing a stepping down of intensity of uses. The applicant is requesting signage as a part of the current request. The existing signage does not allow tenant identifications and the proposal includes replacing the current sign with a sign which does allow tenant identification. The sign is proposed as a single, monument style sign, not to exceed six feet in height as measured from grade of South Bowman Road and sixty-four square feet in area. Currently the sign is located lower than the roadway which does not allow visibility from the south. The applicant has indicated allowing the base of the sign to be raised approximately three feet would place the sign at grade with the adjacent roadway and allow for visibility from all directions. Staff is supportive of this request. To staffs knowledge there are no outstanding issues associated with the proposed request. Staff feels the requested uses should have minimal impact on the adjoining properties if developed as proposed. STAFF RECOMMENDATION. Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as noted in paragraphs D, E and F of the above agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JANUARY 5, 2006) The applicant was present representing the request. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion to allow the item to be placed for inclusion on the Consent Agenda for Approval. The motion carried by a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent. 5 January 5, 2006 ITEM NO.: 6 NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 Bowman Drive DEVELOPER: Bowman Business Park Davis Properties 1515 South Bowman Road Little Rock, AR 72211 ARCHITECT: Terry Burruss Architects 1202 South Main Street, Suite 230 Little Rock, AR 72202 FILE NO.: Z -5800-A AREA: 10.102 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF CURRENT ZONING: POD ALLOWED USES: Office Warehouse PROPOSED ZONING: Revised POD PROPOSED USE: Office Warehouse with selected additional uses. VARIANCESNVAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. BACKGROUND: The POD was approved on April 19, 1994, by the Little Rock Board of Director's adoption of Ordinance No. 16,632. The approval was for an office/warehouse development with a requirement 25 percent of the floor area to be dedicated to office use. The approval also required service courts to be located in the rear of the building and the front of the building was to maintain the appearance of an office development with the height of the building equal to two stories with floor area limited to the first floor. The site has developed with four buildings totaling 110,400 square feet. The site contains 249 parking spaces. The service drives are shared between the buildings with parking located in the front of the buildings. One building is located along South January 5, 2006 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -5800-A Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant's cover letter indicates a desire to revise the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The development has been in operation since 1994 and according to the applicant as tenants have "come and gone" and the neighborhood has changed, the owner has realized the need to add additional uses. The request includes the addition of the following uses as allowable uses to the site: 1. Office/Showroom/Warehouse 2. Laboratory 3. Photography Studio 4. Custom Sewing/Millinery/Tailor Shop 5. Job Printing, Lithographer, Printing or Blue printing 6. Medical Appliance Fitting and Sales 7. Studio (Broadcasting or Recording) 8. Studio (Art, Music, Dance, Etc.) 9. Tools and Equipment Rental (Inside Display Only) 10. Cabinet or Woodwork Shop 11. Commercial Catering 12. Furniture Repair Store 13. Upholstery Shop, Furniture The applicant is also proposing the placement of a sign on the site not to exceed six (6) feet in height (as measured from grade along South Bowman Road) and sixty-four (64) square feet in area. The proposed additional uses do not conflict with the approved Bill of Assurance for the subdivision. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains four office, warehouse building. One building is located along South Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. To the south of the site is vacant 0-3 zoned property. A portion of the northern perimeter is also vacant 0-3 zoned property. There is a skating center located to the north of the site with a non -conforming zoning status. To the east of the site is an office development accessed from Centerview Drive. To the west of the site there is a scattering of single-family homes located along South Bowman Road. Further west of the site is the Cherry Creek Subdivision. 2 January 5, 2006 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: FILE NO.: Z -5800-A As of this writing, staff has received one informational phone call from an area resident. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site along with the Sandpiper Neighborhood Association and the John Barrow Neighborhood Association were notified of the Public Hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS - Public Works Conditions: 1. No comment. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment. Center -Point Ener : No comment. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. Fire Department: Place hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is not located on a dedicated CATA Bus Route. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAUDESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the 1-430 Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Service Trades District for this property. The applicant has applied for a revision of a POD for a change of uses for the property. The request does not require a change to the Land Use Plan. Master Street Plan: Bowman Road is shown as a Minor Arterial on the Master Street Plan and may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements. The purpose of a Minor Arterial is to provide connections to and through an urban area, not to provide access to adjacent properties. Curb cuts should be limited to improve traffic flow. M January 5, 2006 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6 Cont. FILE NO.: Z -5800-A Bicycle _Plan: A Class 2 bike route is located in the vicinity of the application along Executive Center and Centerview Drives. Cily Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. Landscape: No comment. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (December 8, 2005) The applicant was present representing the request. Staff presented an overview of the proposed development indicating there were no outstanding technical issues associated with the proposed request. Staff stated no exterior modifications to the building or the building footprint were being proposed. Staff stated the request was to add additional allowable uses to the site. There was a general discussion concerning the uses being proposed for the site. Staff stated the addition of a detail shop (as had initially been requested) could generate environmental and detention concerns. Staff stated the addition of a carwash to the site would require the placement of catch basins to limit the flow into the City's storm water system. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: There were few outstanding issues associated with the proposed request raised at the December 8, 2005, Subdivision Committee meeting. The applicant is requesting to revise the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The original approval allow office warehouse activities on the site with a requirement 25 percent of the floor area be dedicated to office use. The request is to add Office/Showroom/Warehouse, Laboratory, Photography Studio, Custom Sewing/Millinery/Tailor Shop, Job Printing, Lithographer, Printing or Blue printing, Medical Appliance Fitting and Sales, Studio (Broadcasting or Recording), Studio (Art, Music, Dance, Etc.), Tools and Equipment Rental (Inside Display Only), Cabinet or Woodwork Shop, Commercial Catering, Furniture Repair Store and Upholstery Shop, Furniture as allowable uses for the site. The applicant has removed the request for the placement of a detail shop on the site. Staff is supportive of allowing the indicated additional uses to the site. The requested uses are allowable uses under the 0-3, General Office District and C-1, Neighborhood Commercial zoning district classifications. There is 0-3 zoned property located to the north (shown on the Future Land Use Plan as 4 January 5, 2006 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z -5800-A Mixed Office Commercial) and south (shown on the Future Land Use Plan as Suburban Office) of the site, which are currently vacant, but will more than likely develop with mixed office and suburban office type developments. Staff feels allowing the addition of selected C-1, Neighborhood Commercial zoning district uses to the site will not negatively impact the adjoining properties. The existing development could act as a transitional area between the two areas of future development, allowing a stepping down of intensity of uses. The applicant is requesting signage as a part of the current request. The existing signage does not allow tenant identifications and the proposal includes replacing the current sign with a sign which does allow tenant identification. The sign is proposed as a single, monument style sign, not to exceed six feet in height as measured from grade of South Bowman Road and sixty-four square feet in area. Currently the sign is located lower than the roadway which does not allow visibility from the south. The applicant has indicated allowing the base of the sign to be raised approximately three feet would place the sign at grade with the adjacent roadway and allow for visibility from all directions. Staff is supportive of this request. To staffs knowledge there are no outstanding issues associated with the proposed request. Staff feels the requested uses should have minimal impact on the adjoining properties if developed as proposed. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as noted in paragraphs D, E and F of the above agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JANUARY 5, 2006) The applicant was present representing the request. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion to allow the item to be placed for inclusion on the Consent Agenda for Approval. The motion carried by a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent. 61 ITEM NO.: 6 _ Z -5800-A NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 Bowman Drive Planning Staff Comments: 1. Provide notification of property owners located within 200 -feet of the site, complete with the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. 2. The applicant is requesting to add the following uses as allowable uses to the site: Buildings 1, 2, 3 and 4: i. Office/Showroom/Warehouse ii. Laboratory iii. Photography Studio iv. Custom Sewing/Millinery/Tailor Shop v. Job Printing, Lithographer, Printing or Blue printing vi. Medical Appliance Fitting and Sales vii. Studio (Broadcasting or Recording) Buildings 3 and 4: i. Automotive Detail Shop ii. Studio (Art, Music, Dance, Etc.) iii. Tools and Equipment Rental (Inside Display Only) iv. Cabinet or Woodwork Shop V. Commercial Catering vi. Furniture Repair Store vii. Upholstery Shop, Furniture Variance/Waivers- None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. No comment. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment. Center -Point Ener v: No comment. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. Fire Department: Place hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is not located on a dedicated CATA Bus Route. Planning Division: Landscape: No comment. Revised plat/plan: Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, December 14, 2005.