HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6266 Staff AnalysisApril 17, 1997
ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: Z-6266
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Applicant:
Location:
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Purpose:
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Existing Use:
W. L. Huffstutlar
Jim Hill
8001 I-30; SW corner of I-30
and Stanton Road
Rezone from R-2 to C-4
No specific use proposed
.33± acres
Vacant building (formerly a
convenience store)
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - I-30 right-of-way; zoned R-2
South - Single Family residences; zoned R-2
East - Vacant lot; zoned C-4 and nonconforming
mobile home park; zoned R-2
West - Vacant lot and office building; zoned C-3
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
With construction:
1. Grading permit will be required on this new development,
if it disturbs more than one acre.
2. Driveways shall conform to Sec. 31-210 or Ordinance
16,577.
3. Property frontage needs to have the sidewalks and ramps
brought up to the current ADA standards with any planned
construction.
4. Contact the AHTD for work within the State Highway right-
of-way.
ight-
of-way.
5. Provide in -lieu fee for widening Stanton to collector
street standards prior to permit.
6. Stanton Road has a 1995 average daily traffic count of
4100.
LAND USE ELEMENT
The property is located in the Geyer Springs East District.
The Land Use Plan currently recommends Mixed Office
Industrial for this site.
April 17, 1997
ITEM NO.: 1 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-6266
After a review of the area, staff finds that a change in the
land use plan from MOI to C is appropriate. This change
should include the areas on both sides of the Stanton Road
and I-30 access road intersection. The Master Street Plan
recognizes Stanton Road as a collector. Staff finds that
commercial land use at this intersection is appropriate.
This is considered a minor land use plan change.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is located on a Central Arkansas Transit Bus Route
which extends down Stanton Road.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this .33±
acre tract from "R-2" Single Family to "C-4" Open Display
district. The site is occupied by a vacant building which
once housed a convenience store. The convenience store was
in operation at the time of the site's annexation to the
City on April 29, 1984 and continued as a nonconforming use
for some time. The building has been vacant for several
years now and the site has lost its nonconforming status.
The applicant has not indicated a specific use for the site
once it is zoned to C-4.
The property is located at the southwest corner of Stanton
Road (a collector street) and the I-30 Frontage Road. There
is, however, no direct access to I-30. The nearest access
to the freeway is at the Geyer Springs interchange, to the
west, and the Scott Hamilton interchange, to the east. The
properties fronting onto this portion of the Interstate are
zoned C-3, C-4 and I-2. The C-4 property at the southeast
corner of Stanton and I-30 is undeveloped. The adjacent C-3
zoned property is undeveloped and an office use is located
on the C-3 property further west. The large area of I-2
zoned property on National Drive, to the west, contains uses
which are primarily office in nature. A large area of mixed
residential uses extends along Stanton Road to the south.
These uses range from conventional single family homes to
many mobile/manufactured homes.
Although this site is appropriate for nonresidential zoning,
staff is concerned about the intense level of outside
activity permitted with the C-4 district, due to the site's
relationship to adjacent residential. Staff believes C-3 to
be a more appropriate zoning for this tract. The C-4
district is more appropriately located along heavily
traveled major traffic arterials. Neither Stanton Road nor
this portion of the Freeway Frontage Road qualify as a
heavily traveled major traffic arterial. The C-3 zoning
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April 17, 1997
ITEM NO.: 1 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-6265
district would allow the existing building to be used in a
commercial fashion similar to that for which it was
developed.
The Land Use Plan currently recommends Mixed Office
Industrial for the site. Staff recommends a minor plan
change to Commercial for those properties directly at the
corner of Stanton and I-30. This would recognize the
existing C-3 and C-4 zoning at that location and would
accommodate C-3 for this property.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff does not recommend approval of the requested C-4 zoning.
Staff recommends approval of a minor plan change to Commercial
at the intersection and also recommends that this property be
zoned C-3.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(APRIL 17, 1997)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff informed the Commission that the application had been
amended to C-3. Staff recommended approval of the C-3
zoning request and of a minor amendment to the Land Use Plan
to Commercial from Mixed Office Industrial for those,
properties directly at the southwest and southeast corners
of Stanton Road and the I-30 Frontage Road.
The rezoning request, as amended to C-3, and the Plan
Amendment were placed on the Consent Agenda and approved by
a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent.
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