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File No.: Z-4807-V
Owners: Deltic Real Estate, LLC
Applicant: Tim Daters, White-Daters & Associates
Address: Southwest Corner of Rahling Road and Kirk Road
Legal Description: Lot 2, Tract 300 (unrecorded), Chenal Valley Addition
Current Zoning: C-1
Present Use: Undeveloped
Proposed Use: Bank
Variance(s) Requested: Variances are requested from the development provisions and the area provisions of Section 36-299 to allow a new building with increased area and building height.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented in an attached letter.
STAFF REPORT:
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No comments.
Landscape and Buffer Comments:
All landscaping and buffer areas for the new development must comply with Chapters
15 and 36 of the City of Little Rock Code of Ordinances.
Building Codes Comments:
No comments required.
Analysis:
The C-1 zoned property located at the southwest corner of Rahling Road and Kirk Road is comprised of 2.63 acres and is currently undeveloped. The property is mostly tree covered and
generally slopes downward from north to south and from east to west.
The applicant proposes to construct a bank building on the site as noted on the attached site plan. The proposed bank building will be located within the east half of the lot, with
paved parking on the east and west sides of the building. Access drives will be located at the northwest and southeast corners of the property, from Rahling
Road and Kirk Road respectively. The proposed building will be three (3) stories in height, with a total floor area of approximately 16,390 square feet. The proposed building will have
a two-story height as viewed from the north and east (street frontages), and a three-story height as viewed from the low sides of the property (west and south elevations). The total
building height will be 57 feet, as viewed from the lowest finished floor (west and south elevations) to the highest point of the building’s flat roof. The building will have a height
of 43 feet as viewed from the two (2) streets (north and east elevations).
Section 36-299(b)(2) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance provides the following
development criteria for C-1 zoned property:
(2) There shall be a maximum gross leasable area of five thousand (5,000) square
feet per establishment, except that one (1) establishment may have not more than
ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
The applicant is proposing a single use building with an area of approximately 16,309
square feet. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance for the increased floor
area.
Section 36-299(d) allows a maximum building height of 35 feet for C-1 zoned property. The proposed building will have a height of 57 feet as viewed from the low sides of the property
(west and south elevations). The applicant is also requesting a variance to allow the increased building height.
Staff is supportive of the requested variances. Staff views the request as reasonable, as the property is located at the minor arterial/minor arterial intersection of Rahling Road and
Kirk Road. C-1 Neighborhood Commercial zoning is typically located in closer proximity to single family neighborhoods and not at major intersections. Given the property’s location
and the site’s topography, staff believes that the building height and building area variances are appropriate and should have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested building height and area variances, subject to the descriptions and any conditions in the “staff analysis,” and the following conditions:
A building permit being obtained for all construction.
Abide by all site development requirements for C-1 zoned properties.
Compliance with the Landscape and Buffer requirements of Chapters 15 and 36 of the City code.