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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5800-B Staff AnalysisFILE NO.: Z-58 NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 South Bowman Road DEVELOPER: Bowman Business Park Davis Properties 1515 South Bowman Road Little Rock, AR 72211 ARCHITECT: Terry Burruss Architects 614 Center Street Little Rock, AR 72201 AREA: 10.102 acres CURRENT ZONING ALLOWED USES PROPOSED ZONING PROPOSED USE NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 9 Office Warehouse Revised POD FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF Office Warehouse — to add selected additional uses VARIANCES/WAIVERS 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 front of the buildings. One building is located along South FILE NO.: Z -5800-B Cont. Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. Ordinance No. 19,480 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on February 7, 2006, allowed a revision to the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The approval included the addition of the following uses as allowable uses to the site: Office/Showroom/Wa rehouse, 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, Upholstery Shop, Furniture. The approval also allowed 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. Q PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: The request is to amend the previously approved POD to add additional uses to the allowed uses for the site. The applicant is requesting to add to the currently allowed uses the following uses: Pharmaceutical, Compounding, Infusion, Dialysis, and Therapy. There are no changes to the existing buildings or parking lot layout. The request is to allow additional uses to the site with no modification to the existing buildings or paved areas. The item was not routed to Public Works and the various utility companies for review and comment. 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. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has not received any comment from area resident. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site, all residents, who could be identified, located within 300 feet of the site and the John Barrow Neighborhood Association were notified of the public hearing. 2 FILE NO.: Z -5800-B Cont. D. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (November 24, 2010) The applicant was not present. Staff presented the item stating there were no outstanding technical issues in need of addressing related to the site plan. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. E. ANALYSIS: There were no outstanding technical issues associated with the site plan in need of addressing raised at the November 24, 2010, Subdivision Committee meeting. The request is to amend the previously approved POD to add additional uses to the allowed uses for the site. In addition to the currently allowed uses the applicant is requesting to add Pharmaceutical, Compounding, Infusion, Dialysis, and Therapy as allowable uses for the site. There are no changes to the existing buildings or parking lot layout. The site is developed with four buildings containing office and warehouse uses. The total office space within the development is 72,932 square feet and the total warehouse space is 35,368 square feet. The typical parking requirement for the office portion of the development would be 182 spaces and for the warehouse portion of the development 22 parking spaces for a total of 204 parking spaces. Located on the site are 296 striped parking spaces and areas behind the buildings which are indicated on the site plan as service areas which additional parking could be added should parking become an issue. There are no other modifications to the previously approved site plan. There is adequate parking to serve the development and the additional uses as proposed. To staff's knowledge there are no remaining outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff feels the modification to add the additional uses as proposed should not significantly impact the development or the area. F. STAFF RECOMMENDATION - Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (DECEMBER 16, 2010) Mr. Terry Burruss was present representing the request. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the itern with a recommendation of approval of the request to add the additional uses as proposed by the applicant. 4 FILE NO.: Z-5800-B(Cont.) There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 9 ayes 0 noes, 0 absent and 2 open positions. L! December 16, 2010 ITEM NO.: 9 NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 South Bowman Road DEVELOPER: Bowman Business Park Davis Properties 1515 South Bowman Road Little Rock, AR 72211 ARCHITECT: Terry Burruss Architects 614 Center Street Little Rock, AR 72201 FILE NO.: Z -5800-B 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 — to add 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 December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 9 (Cont] FILE NO.: Z-5 Bowman Road with the remainder of the buildings located to the east and accessed from a 30 -foot driveway. Ordinance No. 19,480 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on February 7, 2006, allowed a revision to the previously approved Planned Office Development to expand the allowable uses for the site. The approval included the addition of the following uses as allowable uses to the site: 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, Upholstery Shop, Furniture. The approval also allowed 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. A. PROPOSALIREQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: The request is to amend the previously approved POD to add additional uses to the allowed uses for the site. The applicant is requesting to add to the currently allowed uses the following uses: Pharmaceutical, Compounding, Infusion, Dialysis, and Therapy. There are no changes to the existing buildings or parking lot layout. The request is to allow additional uses to the site with no modification to the existing buildings or paved areas. The item was not routed to Public Works and the various utility companies for review and comment. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: C. 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. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has not received any comment from area resident. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site, all residents, who could be 2 December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 9 Cant. FILE NO.: Z -5800-B identified, located within 300 feet of the site and the John Barrow Neighborhood Association were notified of the public hearing. D. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (November 24, 2010) The applicant was not present. Staff presented the item stating there were no outstanding technical issues in need of addressing related to the site plan. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. E. ANALYSIS: There were no outstanding technical issues associated with the site plan in need of addressing raised at the November 24, 2010, Subdivision Committee meeting. The request is to amend the previously approved POD to add additional uses to the allowed uses for the site. In addition to the currently allowed uses the applicant is requesting to add Pharmaceutical, Compounding, Infusion, Dialysis, and Therapy as allowable uses for the site. There are no changes to the existing buildings or parking lot layout. The site is developed with four buildings containing office and warehouse uses. The total office space within the development is 72,932 square feet and the total warehouse space is 35,368 square feet. The typical parking requirement for the office portion of the development would be 182 spaces and for the warehouse portion of the development 22 parking spaces for a total of 204 parking spaces. Located on the site are 296 striped parking spaces and areas behind the buildings which are indicated on the site plan as service areas which additional parking could be added should parking become an issue. There are no other modifications to the previously approved site plan. There is adequate parking to serve the development and the additional uses as proposed. To staffs knowledge there are no remaining outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff feels the modification to add the additional uses as proposed should not significantly impact the development or the area. F. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. 3 December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 9 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -5800-B PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS (DECEMBER 16, 2010) Mr. Terry Burruss was present representing the request. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the iter -n with a recommendation of approval of the request to add the additional uses as proposed by the applicant. There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 9 ayes 0 noes, 0 absent and 2 open positions. IT EM NO.: 9. Z -5800-B NAME: Bowman Business Park Revised Long -form POD LOCATION: 1515 South Bowman Road 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. The notice must be mailed no later than December 1, 2010. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than December 10, 2010. 2. Provide the square footage for office, warehouse and other activities on the site. 3. Provide the total number of parking spaces available on the site. The request is to allow additional uses to the site with no modification to the existing buildings or paved areas. The item was not routed. 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, December 1, 2010. Item # 9.