HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOD Staff Report 090523OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
AUGUST 15, 2023 AGENDA
Subject
An Ordinance rezoning
property located at 3924
Potter Street from "R-3" to
"R-4". (Z-9790)
Submitted by:
Department of Planning and
Development
SYNOPSIS
FISCAL IMPACT
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND
Action Required
J Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Bruce Moore
City Manager
The owner of the 0.30 acre property located at 3924 Potter
Street is requesting that the property be reclassified from
"R-3" to "R-4".
I None
Approval of the Ordinance.
The property owner requests to rezone the 0.30 acre
property from R-3 to R-4 for future duplex development.
The property is located at the northwest corner of Potter and
West 40th Streets, and is comprised of two (2) platted lots
(Lots 1 and 2, Block 37, John Barrow Addition).
The property is undeveloped and mostly grass covered.
There are a few mature trees along the perimeter of the site.
The City's Future Land Use Plan designates this property
as "RL" Residential Low Density. The requested R-4
zoning will not require an amendment to the future plan.
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
On July 13, 2023, the Planning Commission voted
8 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent, 1 recused (Thomas) and 1 open
position, to approve the R-4 rezoning. There were two (2)
objectors present.
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.
Please see the attached Planning Commission minute
record for the complete staff analysis.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RECLASSIFYING PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING
MAP OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
Section 1. That the zone classification of the following property be and is
hereby changed as indicated:
Z-9790 — Described as Lots 1 and 2, Block 37, John Barrow
Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas:
From "R-3" Single Family District to "R-4" Two -Family District
(3924 Potter Street).
Section 2. That the map referred to in Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Little Rock and designated district map be and is hereby amended to the
extent and in the respects necessary to affect and designate the change provided for in
Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. That the Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force 30 days after
the date of its passage and approval.
Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid
or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
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declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
ordinance.
Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same
that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.
PASSED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
APPROVED:
Mayor
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