HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6474-B Staff AnalysisJuly 22, 1999
ITEM NO.: 10 FILE NO.: Z -6474-B
Owner: Robert and Deborah Cooley
Applicant: Robert and Deborah Cooley
Location: 3521 Longcoy
Request: Rezone from C-3 to R-3
Purpose: Build new single family
residence
Size: .18 acres
Existing Use: Vacant lot
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Single Family residence; zoned R-3
South - Single Family residence; zoned C-3
East - Single Family residence; zoned R-3
West - Vacant lot; zoned C-3
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
With Building Permit:
No comments directly related to the rezoning.
1. Minimum floor elevation of natural ground plus 3.0 feet
is required. A development permit for SFHA is required
to document compliance.
2. Obtain permits (barricade/street cut) for improvements
within proposed or existing right-of-way from Traffic
Engineering prior to construction in right-of-way.
3. Utility excavation within proposed rights-of-way shall
be per Article V of Sec. 30.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
This site is located on a Central Arkansas Transit Bus Route
which extends down West 36th Street.
July 22, 1999
ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.)
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
FILE NO.: Z -6474-B
All owners of property within 200 feet of the site, all
residents within 300 feet and the John Barrow Neighborhood
Association were notified of the rezoning request.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located in the Boyle Park District. The adopted
Plan recommends Single Family for this property. The R-3
request conforms to the adopted Land Use Plan and the John
Barrow Neighborhood Plan.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this vacant,
.18 acre tract from C-3 General Commercial to R-3 Single
Family Residential. Once the property is rezoned, the
applicants propose to construct a new, site -built single
family home on the lot. This property was previously before
the Commission on April 30, 1998 for an R-3 rezoning request
and a conditional use permit to allow for placement of a
multisectional manufactured home on the lot. The Commission
approved both the rezoning and conditional use permit. On
July 7, 1998, the Board of Directors voted to rescind the
Commission's action and denied the C.U.P. The applicants
withdrew the C-3 to R-3 rezoning request from the Board's
agenda to allow time to consider their options. They have
now decided to build a new home on the lot and have chosen
to pursue the C-3 to R-3 rezoning.
The property is located at the northeast corner of West 36th
and Longcoy Streets, in the heart of the John Barrow
Neighborhood. The primary land use in the area is single
family residential. A small area of C-3 zoned properties is
located around the intersection of 36th and John Barrow.
Most of those C-3 zoned properties are either vacant or are
occupied by single family homes. The R-3 zoned properties
adjacent to the east and north are occupied by single family
homes. The C-3 zoned property across 36th Street to the
south is occupied by a single family home. The C-3 zoned
lot across Longcoy to the west is vacant.
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July 22, 1999
ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: Z -6474-B
The Boyle Park District Land Use Plan recommends single
family for this lot. The single family zoning request also
conforms to the John Barrow Neighborhood Action Plan. The
R-3, Single Family residential, rezoning request conforms to
the adopted Land Use Plan and is compatible with uses and
zoning in the area.
STAFF RECOM ONDATION
Staff recommends approval of the requested R-3 zoning.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(JULY 22, 1999)
The applicants were present. There was one objector
present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of
approval.
The applicants offered no comments at that point.
Janet Berry, who stated she was speaking on behalf of a
co-worker who lived next door to the applicants' property,
voiced concerns about the type of house to be built on the
lot. Robert Cooley responded that it would be a site -built
Jim Walters home.
A motion was made to approved the requested R-3 zoning.
The motion was approved by a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes and
2 absent.
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