HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6120-B Staff AnalysisDecember 7, 2000
ITEM NO.: 20
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FILE NO.: Z -6120-B
Capitol Lakes Estates, LLC
Jim Hathaway
Western perimeter of Capitol Lakes
Estates, south of proposed West Kanis
Road
Rezone from R-2 to MF -12
Future multifamily development
7.28± acres
Undeveloped, wooded
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Undeveloped, proposed Capitol Lakes Estates;
zoned R-2
South - Undeveloped, proposed Capitol Lakes Estates;
zoned R-2
East - Undeveloped, proposed Capitol Lakes Estates;
zoned MF -12
West - Undeveloped; zoned R-2
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
No comments, all addressed through previous rezoning and plat.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is not located on a current CATA Bus Route.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
All owners of land located within 200 feet of the site and the
Spring Valley Manor Property Owners Association were notified of
the proposed rezoning. There are no residents within the
vicinity of the site to be notified by staff.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located in the Ellis Mountain Planning District.
The adopted. Plan recommends Low Density Residential and Single
December 7, 2000
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 20 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -6120-B
Family for this site. Insomuch as a plan is to be general in
nature, staff believes no Plan Amendment is necessary. This
tract and all surrounding properties are wooded and undeveloped.
Allowing the minor expansion of the LDR designation to encompass
these additional 7± acres seems reasonable. The site is not
within an area covered by a neighborhood action plan.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this wooded,
undeveloped, 7.28± acre tract from "R-2" Single Family to
"MF -12" Multifamily. The property is located at the western
perimeter of the proposed Capitol Lakes Estates development,
west of and adjacent to an existing, 25± acre MF -12 zoned tract.
The 7.28± acre tract is approximately 1,700 feet west of the
existing Cooper Orbit Road, on the south side of proposed West
Kanis Road. The area was previously platted as a street and 14
single-family lots. Final engineering has proven that the
terrain is too steep to develop as it was preliminary platted.
The applicant has revised the preliminary plat by removing these
14 lots and the street and by combining the 7.28± acres with the
larger 25± acre, multifamily tract.
Staff is supportive of the rezoning request. The area to be
rezoned is approximately 1/3 mile from the nearest residence in
the Spring Valley Manor Subdivision, the nearest single-family
development. This site and all surrounding properties are
currently heavily wooded and undeveloped. The proposed Capitol
Lakes Estates development abuts the site on the north, south and
east. The site abuts a large area of wooded, undeveloped
property on the west. This 7.28± acre tract is bounded by a
proposed arterial street (west Kanis Road) on the north, a 25±
acre, MF -12 zoned tract on the east and proposed single-family
lots on the south. Since the difficulty of the terrain will
prevent the development of the tract as single-family homes,
staff believes the best use for the site is to add it to the
adjacent multifamily tract.
When the zoning for Capitol Lakes Estates was first approved in
1996, there were difficulties associated with the multifamily
that was proposed at that time. Two tracts of multifamily were
proposed; a 25 acre tract to be located on the west side of the
new alignment of Cooper Orbit Road (to be called'Rushmore
Avenue) and 13±acres located on the east side of Rushmore
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December 7, 2000
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 20 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: Z -6120 -B -
Avenue. Concerns centered on the smaller tract which was known
as Tract "B" and as a result, when the zoning was approved by
the Board of Directors, the following conditions were attached:
a Any development which occurs on the property described as
Tract B in Section 1 of this Ordinances shall be limited to
125 dwelling units.
• Three acres within the property described as Tract B in
Section 1 of this Ordinance will be dedicated as Open Space
and not developed.
• Capitol Lakes Estates shall not be developed prior to
implementation of sanitary sewer service, whether brought
about through formation of a new sewer improvement
district, expansion of the existing sewer improvement
district or some other more feasible cooperative
alternative.
■ With respect to that portion of property zoned MF -12 which
will front on the newly realigned Cooper Orbit Road, twenty
(20) foot natural buffer will be maintained along the
frontage of the newly realigned Cooper Orbit Road. If it
becomes necessary to regrade the buffer zone, the regraded
area within the twenty foot buffer strip will be replanted
to a planting density fifty (50) percent greater than that
specified in the Little Rock landscaping ordinance.
Allowing this expansion of additional multifamily zoning on the
western perimeter of the Capitol Lakes Estates Development will
not affect the zoning of the smaller tract nor will it impact
any of the previously approved conditions.
The applicant is proposing a 30 -foot wide buffer along the
western edge of the 7.28± acre tract and along the southern
perimeter of the tract where it is adjacent to proposed single-
family lots. Since this buffer is not set aside as a separate
tract, staff would prefer to see it zoned OS to assure it
remains as a buffer.
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December 7, 2000
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 20 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -6120-B
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the requested MF -12 zoning with a
30 foot OS strip to be zoned along the western perimeter of the
site and along the southern perimeter of the tract where it is
adjacent to the proposed single-family lots.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (DECEMBER 7, 2000)
The applicant was not present. There were no objectors present.
Staff informed the Commission that the applicant had submitted a
letter on December 1, 2000 requesting that the item be
withdrawn, without prejudice.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approve for
withdrawal, without prejudice. The vote was 8 ayes, 0 noes and
3 absent.
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