HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5833-A Staff AnalysisOctober 29, 2001
ITEM NO.: 3
File No.: Z-5833-A
Owner: City of Little Rock, Municipal
Airport Commission
Address: 3301 E. Roosevelt Road
Description: A tract of land located in
the NW 14 of Section 18, T-1-N,
R-11-W
Zoned:
Variance Requested:
Justification:
Present Use of Property:
Proposed Use of Property:
STAFF REPORT
A. Public Works Issues:
No Comments.
I-2
A variance is requested from
the off-street parking
requirements of Sections 36-502
and 36-503.
The applicant's justification is
presented in an attached letter.
Aerospace Education Center and
Pulaski Technical College
Workforce Development Center
Aerospace Education Center and
Pulaski Technical College
Workforce Development Center
B. Landscape and Buffer Issues:
Areas set aside for landscaping and buffers meet with
ordinance requirements.
An irrigation system to water landscaped areas is
required.
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Landscape plans are required to be stamped with the
seal of a Registered Landscape Architect.
Detailed landscape plans meeting all landscape and
buffer requirements have been submitted and approved.
C. Staff Anal sis:
The property at 3301 E. Roosevelt Road is zoned I-2 and
is occupied by the Aerospace Education Center and
Pulaski Technical College Workforce Development Center.
On May 23, 1994 the Board of Adjustment approved a
variance for the Aerospace Education Center for a
reduced number of parking spaces. The total number of
spaces allowed for the center was 247. Some years
later the Workforce Development Center addition was
made to the east side of the Aerospace Center building,
which eliminated some of the existing parking spaces.
There are currently 208 parking spaces on the site. It
is unclear how this building addition was allowed
without further Board of Adjustment review.
The applicant is currently proposing to construct a
7,140 square foot building addition for the Workforce
Development Center. This addition will be made on the
east side of the existing building. With the building
addition the minimum number of parking spaces required
for the entire development is 348 spaces, according to
Section 36-502 and 503 of the City's Zoning Ordinance
and the previous Board of Adjustment approval. The
applicant proposes to add ten (10) spaces with the
construction of the building addition, for a total of
218 parking spaces. Therefore, the applicant is
requesting a variance for a reduced number of parking
spaces. There will be 130 parking spaces fewer than
the minimum requirement.
Staff is supportive of the variance as requested.
Staff feels that the applicant has presented adequate
justification for the variance request (see attached
letters from Mike Callahan and Kenneth Quimby).
According to the letters, there has been no parking
problem on the site during peak hours of operation.
Staff is comfortable with this summation, and feels
that the proposed building addition will not create a
parking problem. Mr. Quimbly notes that many of the
groups that visit the Aerospace Center arrive in buses.
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It has also been noted that if the Aerospace Education
Center expands, additional parking will be included in
the expansion project.
Staff feels that the reduced number of required parking
spaces on this site will have no adverse impact on the
general area. If parking does happen to become a
problem on the site, there is additional space west of
the Aerospace Center and existing parking areas to
construct additional parking.
D. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the variance for a reduced
number of parking spaces subject to compliance with the
Landscape and Buffer Ordinances.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT:
(OCTOBER 29, 2001)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval.
The applicant offered no additional comments.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved
as recommended by staff by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and
0 absent.
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