HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6271 Staff AnalysisApril 17, 1997
ITEM NO.:
FILE NO.: Z-6271
Owner: E. R. and Lessie Curtis
Applicant: Earl Curtis
Location: 710 Kirk Road
Request: Rezone from 0-2 to C-3
Purpose: Future commercial development;
no specific use proposed at
this time.
Size: 1.9± acres
Existing Use: One-story single family
residence and accessory
building
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Undeveloped tract; zoned 0-2
South - Nonconforming auto repair business; zoned 0-2
East - Undeveloped pasture; zoned 0-2
West - Undeveloped tract; zoned 0-2 and undeveloped
PD -O
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
Kirk Road is a collector street on the Master Street Plan.
Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet from centerline.
With construction:
1. Grading permit will be required on this new development,
if it disturbs more than one acre.
2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property.
3. Construct collector street widening with sidewalk.
4. Driveways shall conform to Sec. 31-210 or Ordinance
16,577.
5. Chenal Parkway at Kirk Road has a 1995 average daily
traffic count of 11,000.
LAND USE ELEMENT
The property is located in the Chenal District. The Land
use Plan recommends Office for this site.
April 17, 1997
ITEM NO.: 3 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-6271
The request is not in conformance with the land use plan.
The area in question is currently being studied by the Kanis
Road Study Committee. The Kanis Road Study Committee had
requested that no action be taken on this request. The site
in question is bordered on three sides by office land uses.
After review of the area, staff finds that a change to the
land use plan would not be appropriate.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is not located on a Central Arkansas Transit Bus
Route.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this 1.9±
acre tract from "0-2" Office and Institutional District to
"C-3" General Commercial District. The property currently
contains an older single family residence and an accessory
structure. No specific development is proposed at this
time. The tract was zoned 0-2 through adoption of the 1987
Chenal Valley Zoning Plan.
The site is located on the west side of Kirk Road,
approximately 1,000 feet north of its intersection with
Chenal Parkway. The area is still very rural in nature
although new development is occurring along Chenal Parkway.
The new Arkansas Systems development is located on the 0-2
zoned property to the north. A post office was approved on
the adjacent PD -0 zoned tract. The large area of 0-2 zoned
property across Kirk Road to the east is undeveloped. A
nonconforming auto repair service is located on the 0-2
zoned property to the south and a newer convenience store is
located on a C-3 zoned tract at the corner of Kirk Road and
Chenal Parkway. Many of the properties in the area are
undeveloped or contain older homesites.
The Chenal District Land Use Plan recommends Office use for
this tract. Properties to the south, as far as Chenal
Parkway, are shown as Neighborhood Commercial. Staff
believes the current plan designations are appropriate and
this area should remain office. Any commercial should be
clustered closer to the intersection and should not be
permitted to extend further up Kirk Road. There is
available undeveloped, or underdeveloped commercial property
in the area. This rezoning request is not driven by a
specific development and staff believes it more reasonable
to leave the property zoned 0-2.
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April 17, 1997
ITEM NO.: 3 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-5271
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends denial of the requested C-3 zoning. The
request conflicts with the Land Use Plan and inappropriately
extends commercial zoning too far north of the Kirk Road/Chenal
intersection.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 17, 1997)
The applicant was not present although he had been present
earlier. There was one objector present, John Flake. Staff
informed the Commission that the applicant had stated, only
minutes before the public hearing for this item, that he
wished to withdraw the C-3 rezoning request. A motion was
made to withdraw the item. The motion was approved by a
vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes and 2 absent.
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