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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5991-B Staff AnalysisOctober 10, 1996 ITEM NO.: 14 FILE NO.: Z -5991-B NAME• Foy Bed and Breakfast House Special Use Permit LOCATION• 710 Wellington Village Road OWNER APPLICANT: Winrock/Jonathan Foy and Mark Buerkle PROPOSAL• A special use permit is requested to allow for the construction of a new colonial style bed and breakfast house on the R-2 zoned, 1.5 acre tract located at 710 Wellington Village Road. STAFF ANALYSIS• The applicants propose to construct a colonial style, residential structure on the R-2 zoned, 1.5 acre tract located at 710 Wellington Village Road. They are requesting a special use permit to allow for the use of the structure as a bed and breakfast house. This new facility will consist of the owner - occupied primary family residence and not more than 5 guest rooms. The two-story, residential style structure will contain approximately 4,000 square feet. The Zoning Ordinance defines bed and breakfast house as an owner occupied single family residence which contains not more than five (5) guest rooms which for a fee may be occupied by a guest for no longer than fourteen (14) days." Section 36-54(e) of the Code establishes the site and location criteria for bed and breakfast houses which are as follows: a. The occupancy fee may include a continental breakfast (coffee, juice and pastry) to be served to paying guests with no full meals. b. The owner must provide one (1) paved off-street parking space per guest room and one (1) additional for the residence use. C. Allowable signage is that permitted by the single-family residential standard. d. No receptions, private parties or tours for a fee are allowed. The applicants have stated that the proposed bed and breakfast house will conform to the standards of Section 36-54(e). October 10, 1996 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 14 Cont. FILE NO.: Z -5991-B The required on-site parking will be provided; minimum of 6 paved spaces. Signage will be limited to that permitted by the single family residential standard. That standard allows the following: 1. One attached nameplate per occupancy; not to exceed one square foot in area. 2. One freestanding ground -mounted sign, not to exceed one square foot in area and a maximum height of six feet. 3. No commercial advertising is allowed. Only signs denoting the name and address of occupants are allowed. The property is located at the southern fringe of a newly developing residential subdivision in west Little Rock. Properties to the south, between this.site and Chenal Parkway, are zoned 0-3, C-1, C-2 and MF -18. Properties to the north are zoned R-2. A new church is to be constructed on the property directly across the street from the site. Staff believes the proposed bed and breakfast house is a reasonable use for the property. what amounts basically to a large single family home with 5 guest rooms on a 1.5 acre tract is compatible with other uses in the area. It will serve as a transition from the single family properties to the north to the nonresidential zoning south of the site. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Special Use Permit subject to compliance with the site and location criteria for bed and breakfast houses outlined in Section 36-54(e) of the Code of Ordinances. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 10, 1996) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval, with conditions. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved subject to compliance with the site and location criteria in Section 36- 54(e). The vote was 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent. PA