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NAME: The Village at Chenal PCD Revocation
LOCATION: On the Northwest corner of Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway
DEVELOPER:
Deltic Farm and Timber Co. Inc.
#7 Chenal Club Circle
Little Rock, AR 72223
ENGINEER:
White Daters and Associates
24 Rahling Circle
Little Rock, AR 72223
AREA: 90.52 acres
NUMBER OF LOTS
CURRENT ZONING: PCD
FT. NEW STREET: 0
ALLOWED USES: Mixed Use Development including, office, residential and
commercial
PROPOSED ZONING: C-3, General Commercial District, MF -18, Multi -family District
and 0-2, Office and Institutional District
PROPOSED USE:
Residential, Commercial and Office
VARIANCESM/AIVERS REQUESTED: None requested.
BACKGROUND:
The adoption of Ordinance No. 16,851 by the Little Rock Board of Directors on February
21, 1995, approved the site plan for the Village at Chenal. The development plan
included a conceptual Planned Commercial Development containing 138.4 acres. The
developer proposed a mixture of residential, commercial, office, and civic uses to
co -exist in a village setting. Of the total acreage 80.6 acres was proposed for
single-family uses, 14.0 acres for multi -family, and 43.5 acres for retail, office and civic.
The proposed uses consisted of over 1 million square feet of building areas, exclusive
of the building areas of the single-family dwellings. The development was proposed in
two principal phases, with development beginning in the areas west of the future "Outer
FILE NO.: Z -5936-D (Cont.)
Loop" (Rahling Road) which bisected the site, and involved about % million square feet
of multi -family, retail -office and civic building area.
Ordinance No. 18,292 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on June 20, 2000,
revoked a portion of the PCD zoning. The area located to the south of the proposed
"Outer Loop" (Rahling Road) was revoked restoring the previously held C-2, Shopping
Center District zoning classification. This site contained 47.88 acres.
A. PROPOSAUREQUEST:
The applicant submitted a request dated January 9, 2006, requesting the current
PCD zoning of the remaining 90.52 acres be revoked and the previous C-3,
General Commercial District, MF -18, Multi -family District and 0-2, Office and
Institutional District zoning classification be restored. The applicant has indicated
the proposed mixed use development will not be constructed on the site as
proposed. Per Section 36-454(d) the Owner may for cause request repeal of the
ordinance establishing the development.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The site is a wooded site located on the west side of Chenal Parkway at the
intersection with Rahling Road. Rahling Road has been constructed east of
Chenal Parkway but has not been constructed west of Chenal Parkway. A traffic
light has been installed at the intersection of Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
As of this writing, staff has received several informational phone calls from area
residents. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site, all residents,
who could be identified, located within 300 -feet of the site, along with the
Parkway Place Property Owners Association and the Margeaux Property Owners
Assocaition were notified of the Public Hearing.
D. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the request for the revocation of the current PCD
zoning classification and the restoration of the zoning classification to C-3, 0-2
and MF -18.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (FEBRUARY 16, 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 for the revocation of the current PCD zoning classification and the restoration of
the zoning classification to C-3, 0-2 and MF -18.
There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for
placement of the item on the Consent Agenda for Approval. The motion carried by a
vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent.
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February 16, 2006
ITEM NO_: 18
NAME: The Village at Chenal PCD Revocation
FILE NO.: Z -5936-D
LOCATION: On the Northwest corner of Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway
DEVELOPER:
Deltic Farm and Timber Co. Inc.
#7 Chenal Club Circle
Little Rock, AR 72223
ENGINEER:
White Daters and Associates
24 Rahling Circle
Little Rock, AR 72223
AREA: 90.52 acres
CURRENT ZONING:
NUMBER OF LOTS: 1
PCD
FT. NEW STREET: 0
ALLOWED USES: Mixed Use Development including, office, residential and
commercial
PROPOSED ZONING: C-3, General Commercial District, MF -18, Multi -family District
and 0-2, Office and Institutional District
PROPOSED USE
Residential, Commercial and Office
VARIANCESMAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested.
BACKGROUND:
The adoption of Ordinance No. 16,851 by the Little Rock Board of Directors on February
21, 1995, approved the site plan for the Village at Chenal. The development plan
included a conceptual Planned Commercial Development containing 138.4 acres. The
developer proposed a mixture of residential, commercial, office, and civic uses to
co -exist in a village setting. Of the total acreage 80.6 acres was proposed for
single-family uses, 14.0 acres for multi -family, and 43.5 acres for retail, office and civic.
The proposed uses consisted of over 1 million square feet of building areas, exclusive
of the building areas of the single-family dwellings. The development was proposed in
two principal phases, with development beginning in the areas west of the future "Outer
February 16, 2006
SUBDIVISIO
M NO.: 18 [Cont.
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Loop" (Rahling Road) which bisected the site, and involved about % million square feet
of multi -family, retail -office and civic building area.
Ordinance No. 18,292 adopted by the Little Rock Board of Directors on June 20, 2000,
revoked a portion of the PCD zoning. The area located to the south of the proposed
"Outer Loop" (Rahling Road) was revoked restoring the previously held C-2, Shopping
Center District zoning classification. This site contained 47.88 acres.
A. PROPOSAUREQUEST:
The applicant submitted a request dated January 9, 2006, requesting the current
PCD zoning of the remaining 90.52 acres be revoked and the previous C-3,
General Commercial District, MF -18, Multi -family District and 0-2, Office and
Institutional District zoning classification be restored. The applicant has indicated
the proposed mixed use development will not be constructed on the site as
proposed. Per Section 36-454(d) the Owner may for cause request repeal of the
ordinance establishing the development.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The site is a wooded site located on the west side of Chenal Parkway at the
intersection with Rahling Road. Rahling Road has been constructed east of
Chenal Parkway but has not been constructed west of Chenal Parkway. A traffic
light has been installed at the intersection of Rahling Road and Chenal Parkway.
C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS:
As of this writing, staff has received several informational phone calls from area
residents. All property owners located within 200 -feet of the site, all residents,
who could be identified, located within 300 -feet of the site, along with the
Parkway Place Property Owners Association and the Margeaux Property Owners
Assocaition were notified of the Public Hearing.
D. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the request for the revocation of the current PCD
zoning classification and the restoration of the zoning classification to C-3, 0-2
and MF -18.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(FEBRUARY 16, 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 for the revocation of the current PCD zoning classification and the restoration of
the zoning classification to C-3, 0-2 and MF -18.
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February 16, 2006
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 18 Cont. FILE NO.: Z -5936-D
There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for
placement of the item on the Consent Agenda for Approval. The motion carried by a
vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent.
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