HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6202 Staff AnalysisOctober 24, 1996
ITEM NO.: 1 Z-62
Owner:
Applicant:
Location:
Request:
purpose:
Size:
Existing Use:
Andrew J. McDonald as Bishop
of the Roman Catholic Diocese
of Little Rock
L. Dickson Flake
200 Block of Atkins Road; east
side
Rezone from 0-3 to C-2 and OS
Future retail development
5.11 acres total; 3.097 to be
C-2 and 2.015 to be OS
Undeveloped, wooded
SURLO )ING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Vacant, heavily wooded; zoned C-2
South - Single Family residences; zoned R-2
East - Various commercial uses and small strip, shopping
center; zoned C-3 and Entergy maintenance yard;
zoned 1-2
West - Vacant property; zoned 0-3
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet from centerline of Atkins
Road, construction to collector street standards with a
sidewalk on Atkins Road will be required. Chenal Parkway
dedication of a 10 foot sidewalk and utility easement beyond
a 50 foot right-of-way is required, if right-of-way is
deficient or less than 60 feet from centerline. Atkins Road
in this area is a 24 foot chip seal road. Access to Chenal
shall be per standards adopted with a sidewalk.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is not located on a Central Arkansas Transit
Authority Bus Route.
October 24, 1996
ITEM NO.: I Z-6202
LAND USE ELEMENT
The site is in the Ellis Mountain District. The adopted
Land Use Plan recommends office. The request is for
Commercial with an open Space Buffer of 75 feet to Single
Family. Due to recent changes to the Land Use Plan along
Chenal Parkway, Staff is willing to accept this change to
the Plan. This has been determined to be a minor change;
office to Commercial with a 75 foot Open Space.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the commission is to rezone this 5.11
acre tract from "0-3- General office to "C-211 Shopping
Center District and "oSII open Space District. The northern
3.097± acres is proposed to be zoned C-2 and the southern
2.015± acres is proposed to be zoned Open Space. The OS
zoned property will provide for a 75 foot wide buffer
between the C-2 zoned property and the Timber Ridge
Subdivision.
The property is currently heavily wooded. No specific
development has been proposed but it is assumed that, once
rezoned, the C-2 property will be added to the existing C-2
zoned property to the north to allow for future retail
development. C-2 is a site plan review district requiring
that property within the district be developed under a site
plan submitted to and adopted by the Planning commission.
The property is located near the intersection of West
Markham Street and Chenal Parkway. This intersection is a
commercial node, with a variety of commercial uses now
existing or being developed on the properties. Uses include
a car dealership, convenience store with gas pumps, a large
home center and a large number of smaller commercial uses.
This 200 foot wide, 0-3 zoned property serves as a
transition from the more intense commercial zoning to the
Timber Ridge residential subdivision. The Ellis Mountain
District Land Use Plan reinforces the zoning pattern by
recommending office for the site.
if the request were to rezone the entire 5.11± acre tract to
C-2, staff would be opposed and there would be a substantial
plan issue. As it is , the rezoning request will result in
a 75 foot wide OS zoned buffer along the entire southern
perimeter of the Site. This OS zoned strip will provide a
better buffer between the commercial properties and the
residential neighborhood than if the property remained zoned
0-3. The current 0-3 zoning will allow for new development
to be constructed within 10 feet of the common property line
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October 24, 1996
ITEM NO.: 1 z-6202 (C nt.)
between the subject property and the adjacent residential
properties.
Section 36-340 of the Code of ordinances states the OS open
Space district is to be used as a buffer between uses which,
due to their nature, height, siting or other circumstances,
are not compatible with each other. In this case, no
building or structure (principal or accessory) may be
erected, no trees may be removed and no paving for wheeled
vehicles will be allowed. Where the OS district is used as
a buffer zone, all such areas shall remain in their natural
state unless otherwise authorized by the City. The
assurance of future site plan review of the abutting C-2
zoned property will further enhance the protection of this
proposed OS zoned buffer.
Staf f is willing to support a change to the Ellis Mountain
District Land Use Plan to allow the proposed C-2 and OS
zoning. This has been determined to be a minor change; from
5.11± acres now shown as office to 3.097± acres of
Commercial with a 75 foot wide (2.015± acres) Open Space
buffer.
The applicant has indicated an unwillingness to dedicate any
required right-of-way for Chenal Parkway and Atkins Road.
This is an issue which will have to be dealt with by the
Board of Directors.
STAF RECOMMENDATI
Staf f recommends approval of the requested C-2 and OS rezoning
and of an amendment to the Ellis Mountain District Land Use
Plan.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTI : (OCTOBER 24, 1996)
L. Dickson Flake was present representing the application.
There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item
and a recommendation of approval of the requested zoning and
the Plan Amendment.
The zoning request and the Plan Amendment were placed on the
Consent Agenda and approved by a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes and
0 absent.
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