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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8061-B Staff Report ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: Z-8061-B NAME: Southern Magnolia House, LLC – Office – Conditional Use Permit LOCATION: 1301 Cumberland Street DEVELOPER: Andrea Andrews Southern Magnolia House, LLC 3603 Lacoste Drive Jonesboro, AR 72404 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Andrea Andrews Southern Magnolia House, LLC 3603 Lacoste Drive Jonesboro, AR 72404 SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Brooks Surveying, Inc. 20820 Arch Street Pike Hensley, AR 72065 AREA: 0.17 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 1 PLANNING DISTRICT: 8 CENSUS TRACT: 46 CURRENT ZONING: R-4A VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow the use of a General Office in an R-4A zoned area. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The property at 1301 Cumberland has two primary structures on one lot, with common area in between the buildings, and is surrounded by a block wall with access from E. 13th Street. The property is in an area where the primary zoning is R-4A. However, the immediate area does include UU zoning and a residentially zoned section of the Capitol Zoning District. C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS: All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site and all neighborhood associations registered with the City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: No comments. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received. Entergy: No comments received. Summit Utilities: No comments. AT & T: No comments received. Central Arkansas Water: NO OBJECTIONS; All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. Fire Department: No comments. Parks and Recreation: No comments received. County Planning: No comments. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Codes: No comments received. Landscape: No comments. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: No comments received. Planning Division: No comments. H. ANALYSIS:  The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow the use of a General Office in an R-4A zoned area. The property at 1301 Cumberland has two primary structures on one lot, with common area in between the buildings, and is surrounded by a block wall with access from E. 13th Street. The property is in an area where the primary zoning is R-4A. However, the immediate area does include UU zoning and a residentially zoned section of the Capitol Zoning District. The applicant has stated that the structure facing Cumberland will be used as a General Office and the structure behind will be used as a Single-Family Residence. The proposed residential structure has off-street parking in the back, adjacent to E. 13th Street, while the office structure along Cumberland has on-street parking. There is a small parking pad on E. 13th Street near the entrance to the property’s common area. In 2009, a conditional use permit was approved at the site for the use as a counseling office. The current request is similar to this 2009 approval, in that there will be no changes made to the exterior of the property or to the current parking. Staff supports the proposed conditional use permit to use the structure along Cumberland Street as a General Office. Staff believes the request is reasonable. I.     STAFF RECOMMENDATION:  Staff recommends approval of the requested conditional use permit, subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E, and the staff analysis, of the agenda staff report.