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'r`''6 Urban Use District Uses: Permitted: Residential, Office or Commercial (inside) Conditional: Industrial (I2 permitted), Commercial surface parking Setbacks: None except adjacent to Single Family Front build -to -line ZERO Height: 5 stories with bonuses (residential 2, CAT 1, retail access 2 S per 1 SF) Only Airport regulations 2nd to 9th, Broadway to Scott Parking: None If surface must be landscaped, if deck on Corridor must have ground -level retail, etc. or false -facade Street -level: Transparency or display 60 percent Street Trees: Required Building Orientation: Primary entrance at sidewalk on street Build materials: No corrugated or ribbed materials Primary Streets: No trash receptacles or visible drive-in/drive through or direct access to drive-in/drive through R4 -A District Use: Permitted: single family, duplex Conditional: Multifamily (R5), Commercial (C 1) Capitol to 9th, I-30 to Cumberland -- Multifamily by right Setback: Front 15 ft U 0 P -P- P P-P- Dowfitown PARTNERSHIP January 27, 2000 Mr. Cy Carney City Manager City Hall 500 West Markham, Room 204 Little Rock, AR 72201 RECEIVED .JAN 31 2000 J �/Y, v tz PI1 Re: Inclusion in Development Goals in the Zoning Ordinance Dear Cy: I certainly want to convey my appreciation for you allowing us the time to review the proposed zoning ordinance, and to work with the City Planning Staff to incorporate input from the Downtown Partnership. We've completed a series of four meetings with members of various Partnership committees, and I am submitting a list of changes to the proposed zoning ordinance we recommend be incorporated before they are adopted by the City Board. The specific language for these proposed changes was drafted by Walter Malone to be compatible with the existing ordinance, and I hope they meet with your approval. I dont feel these are major changes to the ordinance, but do provide additional important steps in a strong direction towards development goals downtown. I would be happy to meet with the Planning Commission and present these ideas, discuss them and ask for adoption, or I will proceed in any manner you might deem appropriate in order to expedite acceptance of these proposed changes. Again, I appreciate your willingness to allow us the time to discuss and propose these changes, and I urge you to adopt what I think are very important items in the new ordinance. While the primary goal of the Partnership and our discussions in the last few weeks has been to expeditiously agree upon and present to you any specific changes we think should be made in the zoning ordinance before it is approved by the Board, our very strong secondary recommendation to you and the City Board, is to continue discussions of the newly adopted ordinance and develop an ongoing process to continue making changes in this ordinance as development occurs in the downtown area. As you know, zoning requirements are very complex and specific, and we feel should be monitored and revised as required in a growing and dynamic area such as downtown Little Rock. 101 South Main, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 PHONE (501) 375-0121 FAX (501) 375-1377 Mr. Cy Carney City Manager January 27, 2000 Page Two We think it would be prudent to discuss the implementation of an overlay district for certain areas of downtown in order to insure compatible development, and address specific needs and requirements of our urban core. To this end, we would propose the Planning Commission designate the Downtown Partnership to take the lead in chairing meetings of representatives from the Planning Commission, the City Planning Staff, and the pertinent Partnership committees, to discuss the merits of and develop, if needed, a specific overlay district, as well as discuss the various developments approved in the downtown area and the effect of our new zoning ordinance on the type of development we are all striving to achieve. We think this is the most important part of our quest to conform to the vision plans of the Six Bridges Plan, the Corridors Study, and the Framework Plan adopted by the. City Board, and the continual monitoring of the permitting process should be done to assure conformance to these plans. We think this continuing review process will help us encourage development and not stifle it with over -burdensome regulations, and also will develop the downtown in a manner compatible with our long-term goals. We believe the following goals of development for a revitalized urban center in Little Rock should be followed in granting any building permit: 1. The planning principles of the Corridors Study and Six Bridges Plan, and the Framework Plan will guide all development concepts; 2. Projects will recognize the original, and in some cases existing, built street frontage by creating a continuous building fagade on the street at the property line; 3. Existing buildings of any historic age or having architectural character will be viewed as significant in any new development plans, and every effort to preserve them or reuse them will be made; 4. New projects in the downtown will conform to the existing, and often older, built form where possible, avoiding unnecessary front setbacks, placing parking in the rear of projects, coupling auto access with the parking areas and avoiding development styles typically designed for lower density areas outside of the urban center; Mr. Cy Carney City Manager January 27, 2000 Page Three 5. Landscaping and streetscaping will be incorporated in projects to the fullest degree possible, and; 6. New building fagades will be as transparent as is feasible, utilizing window openings in their street fagades to encourage lively pedestrian interaction. Again Cy, I appreciate you and the planning commission allowing us this time to study these ordinances. We feel we've offered some good suggestions to incorporate into the zoning plan, along with ideas for monitoring this plan in the future. But one of the most important achievements of this discussion has been the interaction between public and private groups, and serious input from all concerned who will be affected by this ordinance, and who care about a viable downtown Little Rock. We believe this discussion is healthy and necessary for all parties to work toward a common goal. I realize this process is not quick or necessarily pleasant to execute, but we feel is very necessary in achieving our common goal of a viable downtown Little Rock. Please let me know how you wish to proceed with these proposed changes. Sincerely, Robert East President RE/slc Ordinance Changes: Section 2: Definitions Drop `Integral accessory use' Primary street definition add Ninth, Cumberland, Cross and Byrd streets to read as follows: Primary streets — means Capitol Avenue, Broadway, Byrd, Center, Chester, Commerce, Cross, Cumberland, Main, Markham, Scott, Spring, State, 7t' (west of Center), and 9t' Streets. Section 6: Urban Use District C.3 Drop second sentence, read as follows: No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible or take direct access from a primary street. C. 5 Add sentence stating street trees are required, read as follows: Street trees a minimum of 3" callper shall be required (type of trees listed in landscape ordinance). The trees shall be (coated a minimum of 2'-0" off back of curb and shall be 30'-0" on center and no closer than 30'-0" to street intersections, with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. C. 8 Change (first paragraph only) transparency requirement from 35 to 60 percent, read as follows: Street -level floor. The ground -level (street -fronting) floor for non- residential structures shall have a minimum of 60 percent fagade area transparent or window display. C. 10 A change parking structure requirement (remove entire subsection and replace) to just the six corridors, read as follows: Parking structures. Any parking structure with frontage along Capitol Avenue, Broadway, Chester, Main, Markham and Ninth Streets shall be required to have active uses other than parking (such as office, light retail, personal services and entertainment) or a first floor building fagade constructed to meet the standards of this section along said frontage. E. Change 'base' building heights to 5 stories and change the western boundary of the no height area to Broadway, read as follows: Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Developments that provide residential uses are entitled to add two stories to the structure. Any structure that is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus stop, etc.) is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses are cumulative no to exceed fifteen (15) stories or 225 feet. For those structures within the area described as, 2"d Street south to SP Street and Scott Street west to Broadway, the structural height shall governed by the "Adams Field Airport Zoning Ordinance" (Little'Rock Code of Ordinance" (Little Rock Code of Ordinances 7-57). F. 1 Change the front build -to -line to zero and remove the 20 foot option, the first paragraph should read as follows: Front yard. No setback, zero (0) foot build -to -line. EtCity of Little Rock Office of the City Manager February 10, 2000 City Hall 500 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 371-4510 FAX # (501) 371-4498 Mr. Robert East, CEO Downtown Partnership Board President East Harding Construction Company 2230 Cottondale Lane, Suite 3 Little Rock, AR 72202 Re: New Downtown Zoning Ordinance Dear Bob: I have received your January 27, 2000 letter with the Downtown Partnership's recommendations. The Partnership's diligence is greatly appreciated. In order to assure we cover all bases, an item has been placed on the March 2, 2000 hearing of the Little Rock Planning Commission. This will allow the Commission to consider the Partnership's recommendations prior to Board action. I do not expect serious concerns, but it would be helpful to have someone there to answer any questions the Commission may have. That meeting will be at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers, 500 West Markham. The entire zoning ordinance will be placed on the Board of Directors March 7, 2000 hearing for consideration. We look forward to continuing this work with the Partnership to make our downtown a vital active area which attracts people not only from around the area but around this state and nation. Sincerely, Cy arney City Manager cc: Christie Godwin ony Bozynski City of Little Rock U( Office of the City Hall City Manager 500 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 371-4510 FAX # (501) 371-4498 December 1, 1999 Mr. Robert East, CEO Downtown Partnership, Board President East Harding Construction Company 2230 Cottondale Lane, Suite 3 Little Rock, AR 72202 Re: New Downtown Zoning Ordinance Dear Bob: I have received your November 30, 1999 letter about the proposed downtown zoning ordinance and related issues. As always, your requests are well thought out and reasonable. As a result, the Little Rock Board of Directors will act on the Downtown Vision Plans as part of the December 7, 1999 Board Meeting and with strong support by staff. I expect unanimous approval. We will also delay action on the zoning ordinance until February and will appreciate all parties keeping the intensive schedule which you outlined. Mr. Tony Bozynsky of the City's Planning Department will be the key contact for these sessions and for follow-up questions. Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information. SqnIly, City Manager Cc: Mayor Jim Dailey Mr. Tony Bozynski UUPP OWntorn PARTNERSHIP November 30, 1999 Mr. Cy Carney City Manager City Hall 500 West Markham, Room 204 Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: New Downtown Zoning Ordinance Dear Cy: RECEIVE:) DEC 011999 As you know, The Downtown Partnership has had several meetings in the past month to discuss the Six Bridges Plan, the Corridor Study, and the Downtown Framework Plan, as well as the new zoning ordinance prepared by city planning staff for the downtown area. The Six Bridges Plan, the Corridor Study, and the Downtown Framework Plan, all address general guidelines for development and present an outline of the optimum way for the city to develop. After studying these three vision plans for the last sixty days, The Partnership in its regularly scheduled board meeting last week, voted unanimously to approve these conceptual plans and recommend adoption by the City of Little Rock. We believe the next step in implementing these vision plans, is the adoption of zoning ordinances and regulations which reflect the direction of these plans with specific zoning requirements to accomplish these objectives. The Partnership Executive Committee in joint session with the Physical Planning Committee has met twice to discuss the zoning ordinance presented by the City of Little Rock planning staff. After our meeting this past Monday, I was hopeful I could send you a list of changes we recommend for the zoning ordinance, and then recommend approval of the ordinance with these changes. However, after much in-depth discussion with representatives of the City, the Donaghey Project for Urban Studies, and The Downtown Partnership, it has become clear there are few areas of concern in the zoning ordinance that we would like to discuss in more detail. 101 South Main, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 PHONE (501) 375-0121 FAX (501) 375-1377 To this end The Downtown Partnership Executive Committee and Physical Planning committee made several recommendations today which they are asking you to consider. We would like to divide the work effort into two phases: 1. An immediate phase to solve the remaining differences in the current zoning ordinance. 2. A future phase to consider issues of urban design which may require further considerations of changes to the zoning ordinance or be resolved through new design overlay districts for key areas of the Downtown. In the first phase, we will to address only the following issues from the proposed zoning ordinance in the immediate phase within a tight schedule to meet your goal of adoption soon: • Street trees • The 5 foot build -to line • Parking • Percentage of transparency in a wall • Maximum height requirements • Coordination of corridor street designations • Architecturally significant and historic structures In the second phase, we will address the following issues as future recommendations: • Minimum height requirements • Overhead skywalks • Underground utilities and street lights • Financial incentives (i.e. tax abatement) I know you and the Planning Commission have spent a great amount of time on the zoning ordinance, and you would like to bring this to a resolution as soon as possible. We will commit to you to have a series of four meetings in December and early January, to include the Planning Commission and Hugh Earnest in the discussions, or make a special presentation to the Planning Commission if you think necessary. By the last week of January we will have a final copy of our proposed changes incorporated into the ordinance ready for Board adoption. I understand your feelings concerning major changes in the ordinance and the possible necessity of these changes needing to be discussed again by citizen groups. We feel as though we are expanding on the input you have already received, and hopefully you will feel comfortable that new citizen discussions are not necessary. We will, however, do whatever you believe is the best way to proceed in this area. It is not our goal to make substantive changes in the ordinance. The Downtown Partnership respectively requests you do two things regarding these vision plans and zoning documents. First, we would like you to proceed with a resolution for adoption of the Vision Plans at the December 7th City Board meeting. Secondly, we would ask you to put off adoption by the City Board of the new zoning ordinance until a February board meeting. We will commit to have to you by this time, a new draft of the ordinance incorporating any changes which our group thinks are appropriate. We understand there was language in the zoning ordinance suggesting a delay of implementation of six months to a year. We think this delay for which we are asking, would fit that time period of review and implementation and not impact the overall effect of your new zoning ordinance. Cy, we certainly appreciate you willingness to work with us on what we consider a new and exciting direction for downtown. Please let me know if I can answer any questions. Sincerely, JF5"i'2 Robert East President CC: Christie Godwin George Wittenberg Walter Malone Jimmy Moses c1 ho Zoning Ordinance changes. 1) Amend Section 36-2 Definitions -- adding: Drive Through -- means an establishment which by design of physical facilities or by the type of service offered, the customer conducts business from a motor vehicle. Pedestrian 'urban' oriented -- means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian -- window displays, streetscape amenities. Integral accessory use — means an outdoor or partially enclosed use area, which is an intbgral part directly servicing in a subordinate role a permitted interior use. Build -to -line — means the line where the exterior facade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot — means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on a daily, monthly or annual basis. Primary street— means the street with the highest classification in the Master Street Plan. II) Amend Article lll, Section 36-156. Height and area exceptions -- Changing R-4 to R -4A in paragraph 2c. as follows: "Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R -4A districts..." 111) Amend Article IV, Section 36-176. Districts established - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district II0 Amend Article V, Section 36-337. Districts - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district 19 Remove Article VI Sections 36-401 through 36-418 - Zoning Plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. DRAFT DRAFT VI) Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications (zoning buffers) - adding: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. VII)Adding two new Zone Districts to Article V District Regulations - Urban Use (UQ) and Low Density Residential (R - 4A) SECTION _. URBAN USE DISTRICT (a) General Purpose and Intent. The Urban Use district established by this chapter is designed to assure the continuation of development consistent with a traditional urban form. The Urban Use district is designed to help create a compact, dense, distinguishable core area. The district is established in order to provide for an urban form allowing mid -rise and high rise structures. This District is to provide for the office, civic and business core of the City. Structures within the Urban Use district are encouraged to provide multiple uses within the same structure. The ground or street level of structures should include street oriented activity and pedestrian amenities. The resulting area is to be pedestrian `urban' oriented. (b) Application of Regulations. The regulations of this District shall apply to new development, redevelopment, expansion of existing development or exterior modifications. Routine repairs and maintenance shall not require compliance with this section. Except for construction of improvements in the public right of way required by the City, and redevelopment or expansion of existing development, all uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date of this section which do not conform to the standards and guidelines established in this section, shall be treated as nonconforming according to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. DRAFT DRAFT (c) Development Criteria. (1) Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect light away from adjacent residential structures. Fixtures adjacent to roadways shall be of a design that minimizes glare to the motoring public._ No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance, which substantially exceeds that general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the boundary of the site. (2) All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from the prima street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-way. Trash receptacles shall be placed adjacent to alleys if alleys are available. (3) No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible from the-r,4b4o . or take direct access from the primary street. For developments with only one street frontage a conditional use review is required. (4) Building facade materials. Pr,;:AaF y b «kiln^ fagads-mate a's Facade materials may be any standard material except corrugated or ribbed materials. (5) Landscaping a. All vehicular use areas and public right-of-way shall be in compliance with chapter 15, article IV. b. Street trees (tree types as listed in the landscape ordinance) shall be a minimum 3" caliper trees. The trees shall be located a minimum of 2'-0" off back of curb and shall be 30'- 0" on center, no closer than 30'- O" to a street intersection, with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. c. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. (6) Sidewalks. a. Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum 5 foot concrete walk, excluding the first 2 feet from the curb. Sidewalks shall provide a minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground. DRAFT CRAFT b. Sidewalk sales and daily display or vending that is stored inside the principal business building during closed business hours, s may be allowed. However, these activities shall not obstruct _pedestrian movement, fire lanes, or areas designated for access by the physically impaired. (7) Building orientation. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. (8) Street -level floor. The ground -level (street fronting) floor of non-residential structures shall have a minimum of 6Q 35 percent transparent or window display. If at least 50 percent of the street -level office and retail space has direct access to the street, the total building square footage may be increased with additional floor(s) at a rate of 2 square feet for each one square foot of leasable space directly accessible to the street. On the street level the maximum area of sign may also be doubled if the above requirement is met. (9) Projections (all requirements for a franchise remain in place). a. Objects shall not project from the building facade over the public right of way except for awnings and balconies. b. Awnings shall not project more than 5'-0" from the building facade and have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. c. Balconies over the public right of way shall have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be 4'0". (10) Parking requirements. No off-street parking shall be required. 1) Vz P'F I 1-1 DRAFT a. Parking structures. The ground or street -level of a parking structure shall be constructed (minimum clearance height of 12 feet) tv allow for active use other than parking (such as offices, light retail, personal services and entertainment] for at least 50 percent of the street frontage on the primmy street For structures with only one street frontage the 50 percent requirement is exclusive of entrance driveways, stairways and pedestrian entryways h&oe a+ lea -s+ 59 n riaarr+ Of +ha +ronin+ Iainni Pedestrian w },,,.► ,,, {. asr'+gsagr r a e..eegh{ retail, NEI'F�i��'fiT'l hh r...a+.gra mayf.ara c.+ri rn+ae'i r, ri+h i+i r+ +hon _ e. ars l+i+rrra+ir rra i rr•IIr. a+ long +r aGQ ihp fires Ir. r.l .-.f +1Fe wLr ++Lh:4 r. a menrmi fr'rr hCX;n 'r+ ni If the parking structure includes the alternative uses at the time of initial construction, then the related structure may add one story in height. In addition, the maximum area devoted to signage on the first story may be doubled if the alternative uses are in place at initial construction. b. Parking lots. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting street. Within this district :;dd i^"a' new commercial surface parking lots shall be permitted as a conditional use a +"^ nrrlina.1gGQ If a r.r.mr-r`rarninjsu+^�arra iraf kz rr.rnQ)Aad +1.or. ra RG! deloeted that rag+ Qf th- rla+a Cd.+hie Yarriiraaraee (11) Signs. Off -premise, pole, and monument signs are not allowed; otherwise, permitted signs shall be as in Section 36-553 "Signs permitted in institutional and office zones" of the Zoning Ordinance. (d) Use Regulations (1) Permitted Uses. Uses permitted shall include all those allowed in the Residential Districts, Office Districts and Commercial Districts as `permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that, all uses must be inside or enclosed. Within the front setback where an integral accessory use is provided, the integral accessory use area need not be totally enclosed. (2) Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall include those allowed in the Light Industrial '1-2' District as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that all uses must be inside or enclosed. 6 (e) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or 45 feet, whichever is less. Developments which provide a minimum 20 percent of the gross floor area for residential uses are entitled to a maximum height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Any structure which is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus stop, etc.), is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses are cumulative not to exceed ten (10) stories or 150 feet. In the area bounded by Markham Street on the north, 8th 9t' street on the south, Scott Street on the east, and Broadway Street on the west, building height shall be controlled by the Adams Field Airport Zoning Ordinance (section 7-57, height limitations in the Little Rock Code of Ordinances). (t) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. Five foot build to line. If there is an adjacent structure, which is closer than five feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. (In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way.) A development with an integral accessory use may increase the setback (build -to line) to 20 feet. Along Capitol Avenue, west of Broadway Street and east of Scott Street, the front building line shall be 25 feet. Along Chester Street from 1-630 to La Harpe Boulevard the front building line shall be 10 feet. In no case is the storage or parking of vehicles allowed in the front setback. (2) Rear yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the rear yard shall have a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (3) Side yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the side yards shall have a set back of not less than four (4) feet. DRAFT 6 Sec. . R4 -A Low Density Residential (a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of the R -4A District is to protect existing developed residential neighborhoods. It is intended for single family use with conversions to two family units or the addition of accessory residential units. The R -4A district should be located in developed areas of the city where an environment suitable for moderate -density residential (use) and in an established medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas. Accessory uses, conditional uses and home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics and provided further that they otherwise conform to the provisions of this chapter. The district is intendeq to be an urban low to moderate -density residential area, where an occasional nonresidential use adds to the overall character of the neighborhood. (b) Use Regulations. (1) Permitted uses. Permitted uses are single-family and two-family residences. (2) Other uses. Accessory, home occupation, temporary, special and conditional uses allowed within the R -4A low-density residential district shall be the same as those in the R-1, R-2, R-3 single-family districts. In addition any by -right uses within the C-1 neighborhood commercial district may be allowed as conditional uses in R -4A as specifically approved by the Planning Commission. These uses must follow the development criteria listed under C-1 neighborhood commercial and have a traditional design consistent with the neighborhood. (3) Within the area bounded by Capitol Avenue on the north, 9th street on the south, 1-30 on the east, and Cumberland Street on the west, in addition to the above uses, multi -family use, as defined by R-5 urban residential district, shall be a permitted use. (c) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet. (d) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than =5) fifteen (15) feet. If there is an adjacent structure, which is closer than 2=5 15 feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way. 7 CRAFT (2) Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed five (5) feet. (3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (4) Lot area regulations. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot width of not less than fifty (50) feet and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. (3) Accessory structures and additions. Accessory structures or principal building additions of conventional on-site construction are permitted by right. Vlll) Modify map to change the area, from Cross to 130 and 1630 to River, to Urban Use and R -4A Districts. .90 v F W 0 •H &I W V a C:) z 0 A o0 a1 r � c y r O 0 O N Q ca D, O ca � r• � r� cz CL a c4-1 v i r O 0 Z CL Q) ucz C-- ^ a U Q) r US ca rn In v O el 31 ry cu O G1. 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RCrrvre Arrode M Sections 3fi-401 through 36-416 - Zoning low for Central Little Rode Urban Renc%al Proje+ci 5 Arend Section 36-524 Fxceplionslmodifiatioru (Zoning duffers) - adding: "(15Y QekdcGn,enC,kk7un the Urbars Use{U U) District dlWt ppkde lord use duffers g sur lantty W1tl dLpex r>se IX a-0rirtg Stri et ndrers shea nol Land Use barter- Al sites developed Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use bu"s) a5 ktlow% I. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width d t e W on both sF14 2. Row prop"Tones m *m (4) lwrcent of t% woeacp depth of tie lot 3. the nvi mm lkremism xW ba six (6) kid in at ureuanow, 4. The mai rrun dowhsion regamd shat W foty (40) foet in a itdanoes " 6 Adding"new Tone pstricts to Zoning Ordinance - Urban Use (UU) and Low IN"Residential (R -4A} 1 ZE7ka s arra z, Curd a tardi yman arae f Street t 9cctroad S LiMad.1b10 to the Arkansas �r QrrA?rlard to h35 from Ips Street 1017.ilrwd Styx Lltte Rode wastem Ferry and momnont Street [*1-30 Ah Street* l -(Go, 13th stem W F 6505prvy _fa.^.:.".::, u' SSrttk Prkar as iLrev to 3rd Saoet.lohn to I.X 3rd to arcw. caaege to. I-30, and 6th to 8th S veeas, eyrcl L71-30 as all of days Subdivision, W. B Worthen SradMam, MCyers $'r7 aM Rrr90 Actaa eon, STAo 9.Coms. A&x= Federal QrWt Lktion Pddilim $late Fbuse plata Po sAddt&L Foam Ofripe Replx. and Russdrs AddrGort Ste erdaorn wslorl Blacks t. 3.4. and Norm Tr Block n SleprhmasoRS, .1cApwis A7dtm Brdem 1 and Z ylascric Additram SedmA. 5, 12.13, RadnnnrnPcidrUon Buda 113.b1S, 74.,E WBcdllits BFodks 38. Bkdk 11 Ld 1Laxa r Cr.g�a[CAy BloW51.14, 21.73, Bfack2S Lola 1-6, 9.12, Bkdks 2640, Bkc k 41 Lets 1.3k 10-,2 5100367.131.13&136- IMM42, 1[7.152. 157.165-17z 174-161. 183, 165, IS& IWI98, 225-228.248.233.275• 277- 288237, 351.3MI is rezoned to (UAT) Urban the AWict 22473,6 73 through Z-6735, generally in an area from Cumberland to Ferry from 6th to I-30lran Sone to Cafrrrerce. 1630 to 150 from Ombmiand 10 Bragg. and Sh to 6th Swats Co" to Etpd (*%otbed as 4vv&.<� S Adrippn OgW stocks % 3 and 4 and Hath h of 7ra[rspa Block d SrepaerwrYs :1Wruon's Pedlion amo Blocks 1 and 2, Brasga Add.tion Sock S. Rodomgnn Ad'rlion Glades 754nd 20. Wapdayffe Docks t•2_57.8, Gry firodk 24, 25 U.ols lard 8, Bpdr4f to 4.9, Bfodra42- 49, 5:-61 and $lock 151 Las 5-12) c retuned to(" Loa Density plpdeM[il, ZJSf36 and Z-6737, generally in an area behk6en Carrrherce and McWmmt and 9th 14.08nd}rcm Adiansas AnV la Lrara Rock arm Wullm Rid spur and BmarM4ly 110 I.30 fdedvubed d5 OV ,11 Ory Block 156-1156,145, 182: Pope's Addyon Rock 01yPark Pddhtim 0 DyrW Cry, a parcel or I"sit Glad in tre NE % of Section 3, T -%-N. R• 12•W, C,y of Little Rock PdoSlo CaABy, MwGas, oclu ding a Portion of Sock 3A and 35 OF the Ognal Otyryd Gak Rock hump more carouAady described ad foLe% GXrnYnory at IFe rd/V CArrbd BlCA 35 dlha Ongirot Gry of Lane Rade tkenm Ncr,n 45757eet todie 8W ownerd Bak 1824 the Oi lGryd Lille Rock poo a Mr; on Fre north right -0- IIx d Irl 0.Sssoun Pao lc Rtfnaad ryht-of y and the Pool d rarfxy Ithenc�e F�af f 00 fee; along fie spPh like or sad Block 182 aro dung Salo N>rfth rNAad-way ure d ftM&WM PaaGc RaIFOW to the SE aprcr sad Btpdk 1 and the SW arrer dBloyt f45 cf rhe Dmgnat Ory d Uinta Rock. Vence East etwoadndtely 33 feet "the Soo line d sad Bock 145 in Wwil 25feet NW a ramal are horn the aNTerr'ne or postug 4U ourf padf� Raitroad tack. thence assng a weskedy pr* located 25 fSet ral8erty and paralial to m e -s ng Mssan: Pasfkc Ractad 0-^ said lire hwe is kaovhng Wipm mate 600nc's, a Pro irrka:2 36? ftmN"a cuiw to the right hawk�j a radia d 26294 fes:. a q d T7'2B and a diad tearing SM'25LY. 32 ,321eet WJp'S2Vir. 16p feel- 150 feet along a curve to the left hakirg a radva of A35Z feet Vol a 7 o 21'06' and a chord bowing NLV WW, 15945 feet thence N rg* approwrrare 5 reel to tine North rightdxm lire Of dw iNxanri Pwft 64.0. Tose S37'O6'30'E. 96 feel dorq said Hon rc�ttl my lar, t woo oxeb.M alongsaid Niki1h n$htcr•wsy Muted S66'3rs:•E 533355.73 feet >fr� East fi0 rem io tot Pain: d parcel Bepmng less and mtoept dedcatnd street r(gtd4•%0y iryuded m this A punt 41 bnd situated in the HN! . Semon 2. T -1 •N R -12-W. City Little Rock Pwassoconty, A kwws. i>eifg rndra par»ofarly arca as (WORM: Beginning Rode P�}dslaat County. Arkansas; thence soros. 60 feet Song the Sou�ihafly of Urge oenomofsad Lot tBlock A4)poxesAd6tia,aweO dLilleRodsthen SW'2Lf4p-E along the Nath We of Blocks 2 and 3 k1 Pope's Addhm to ft Ory of 405a Rock and the North nghldway Fire of Knoui Pacific RWrcad agpr 500 See[ m a point d Inlassacip, d sad bre with a lis located 25 feet Hgr@h d =l 1 226 fPN-M so feee I'llortwlaloof nddd paialleiMcml PrCmroad mr2teww'g98ddnPe mWmkma" 520 refs to the beimdne of a arse m said ralmad oBr4517m; Vence mMaarg dung sad the locatad 25leel l lordh d and paraad a Mssuji paciie Ralrsld (plaenYe abrg a orve 1p tlr rlgk duct3fmla a Pont onCaSouthWaedLot 3Back Aof sP to Olyd80lmte Rost m9re Eas*rly" said South lim of I.o13 r=crr sriye's Addton to ftCdytrLdlloPAcR 4S leaf to t*WMIrm of Lot 2 Dock A of P095-2Aabon 0 m Of Lille • tattled south slag said West lire d Lux 2 Bleck A of Ptpds Addibar W the Oily of Lde RD* eOpronnkalety 12 j6K Cerce H63'SVAO W. 98.54 fed: thence Sash IS 00 faef to Ire South jirc of Said Lot 2 Sock A of Popes ArciL*n ova Cry of Little Rock; thence WFst 207,00 feet along shed South Wa of Bock A of Pope's Aditon to tee Cay of Little Rock In. tr PoiMof Beginning AND rnrmng a1 the SW comer dBlace 145 d the Q1�y Cly of Lula Ronk: thence Fast 9 pe Scarth Fine of said Block 1450119nalCrlyd MeRock apprphCmaNty 65letyv to xx7 d irfer'�[sion d sad South lira wkm a ern rorntad m pie Easterly shda and ona 25 dfsm to am --ng a l dad our -9 SgMwiffe y and the Pouf d Hminrm ohaxe g std fine soared m the Earner side and As a 25 fcet dfna and mr fel re an aac, - a are 1prateq on the Northerly stole and on a 25 foot dseI d en neaat.ss thenrp FaseRy along sad Lm lorarod on the Norec y, si* and on 'In foa vt p0raller to an aa,stiry east -Meat mlrQm apyraan�moly 3m feet Ib am k kV4cbr line w 1l, a Wer located on the tNegtOdy side and on a 25 rod dfset and per" 1 mlioad CJV g SoknhcasfBfF1'. thB m Nvam x[061 along sad 6m leafed m p side to a 25 cwt ousel and paradeho Sad ehcsang ra�voad aFprmomakfy 266 rr nlersecipn of said 'MWlh a WIoratep on itr Ealxdy tido On A 25 foot dfsa paralld to a raitroad navahs Sou kest>Xty, Munn Southv gRryy are,n said She the E.s wx side m a Z5 roof d.Iml and oaralld to Said OdStirg raid aawng Soutmwsxdy nowxnaleil 75 feet to the Fo6-4 of 5Mmirq AND Ca cirg at Pie MNmma' of Black 35 of ft CVrW City d Little Rode, thence West 60 feet to the NE weer of Block 34 of IM Chglnat Oty at UIM e4cC thence North 45 75 feel toapod mire North ngMd-way tine of Mssdun Pap6C Rmiiiroad, said point being the Fdrd orBeginn:np thence slug the Nmh ngf;t d•vw.��yy Itned h4ssoun PajhC Railfmd H66'231'S1VJ.]30.T3rem:oereeeontr goYorgsaidNprhrr"htd•kvayI'm NV WWW. 20370lme Vertu oantinung along said Nxtn rght-ofAway kne, South 7,1 neat them eaxxdk ng a dog dad Fane ky4 i•wvy tore slag a ox n m thv rQM. dant 1142.22 f � Cdfappro=j!mleH 25Dfeetlhfpbearigaxda of the 84 2B29tN, [ ft txsapon of the West dgfdb[• way Iva of Main `,dicier to the ordinary hgh water kx on the Vii. baM at the •Nkansa5 Rin, thence Easleriy al said cr nary hqh vmW kne d Che Arkansas Ruer tog pad m tm Nxlledy eAen o dorye West fire of aedr 162ci ftO m" C=at utle Reck 0henceSy a" 5,%d West hereof 6:odic 1S2 apprawmYmy ASS logit Venoe West 60 feel to the RyN d 8e mwv AND &6eg��mug al the SE corner of Lot 1, Block A Poll Addition la the Cty of Urte Pz& PI�aSki OXWY. An"ar"IM. thence AloM ak N Use East. Imre of said Lot 1, Mock ppFps AdcWon mlrsded Nartho* to the wdwary hqh water Ire an the right bank of rte MkarsaG iSker apprrarmsldy26B lent: pvnoe F.a9ledyy along said ordinary"water line on via rght pant[ of an Arran= Mwrrgsehy G red Do the lrkerseWm d the YJaster Nht-of-mylimof ns?a[e Rwta 30 wth the udrury hnuprths viler trtw on R4"bank of the ArkartasfSver, Sarlhdty4Qokg W,M1 M rightt¢•xay ire of In;em!" Hgtr aW Rope 30 appiuorn tely 345 Feet a the lfgwwrbun of the We51 right -of. wsy Fere d st71Monate Rode 30 with tae Easierly mkla d the Nath line of Block 3. Pope's A11dtion to Cr of Lade Rock A onw. Nn ca Vh vmy along he North Irhe o Blocks duct Sof PWS so IheorydLittle Roes Pnkxmx aroarmorrhasety61 SS Feel lo ft NE corner oF Block 1 of Pope's Acwion to the CaryLrme pack Ar,Gty Vence NMI% 60fwtoeeSEconer0Blodt A Pape of U We Rock. Alklinsasand the FcA of deg," and oodmnirg afprpo rq,INy 5.7 acres, more IX less AND A pwoat of W kaatee m Ire framonal RE X. d upon 3. T.". R -12•W, said parcel also lading dated in fie City of LiMle Reck, Pudatsu Coflry. AlkaivA k and WN "m particularly omabad as loilow• Carvrrncing at the SE corm of Block 186 of the Ongual C-ly of Lune Rock P WaW Caxity. Fvka'da'i. Vhf0.r Nath 25626 Met a:prg tke 1A+lSd fgnd•wh7y Urns ad LLQ n(FR Of. Ione pRerdedOf 6prlrg S.trECN yr Paknlersectiort d satedvelytline era the orcsnary fngh s+ralar fCark 11 m- RkAhm 235 i1 fw)y fm ow ror bark d ra the Ansas R*va•, said uuvxG+on bwng p6nt d begm : V*Am back W" said a aToid nV dwk¢y lake South 44 251ed to point on the Nnlh lke mar Kwoun Pacific Pailroad rrkk�,ftol xvy, hence yataorq� said Nuck raifroknV*d ivayGx Cr following SY5'09M 68.71 fee[87p"465M 146 42 FM S?WIZ M 116 67teeL SO 2s 57'E 45.06 feet rC0'3260 1.06 feat S7Y302t'E 2508 feet 5792542'1~ 6.33 feet 9W"133G'E, 33 95 Feet S72'S6'4M.111.0 feet 1m; Llonorxii g dray said NaCl tbpc0d righi-ofAW ±n0. akrq a kr poiraMel to and 23.5 feel to Rho North of fee OWW mntedire of the Nimsouri Pacific Man la* rakmad tracks, sad Na -M AgkHY•wmy line also being along tic d a acne ate NH wdh a radus of 064.32 feat for a &V-Nxe of 24912feel said arctiarrgachordboadi and dafanoadSB5'18'09' 248.26 Tem as OY4 n paral� fq � 55 FBM from sad oerlerlm and=liflU;ng 411" said Noimll� right-of,-ey line NW-rMM 10.00 haK thence t400'123M 74 35 reel Crenae W4724 -E, So1.3a track them NW't23EE. 2300 Feet Cense N45'1ZWE 61.63 feat t nce SW4724'E, 9614 feet term S4447241- 99.39 feet rw. SVIZW W, aaM feel to one Forth ag -d-%ey We d CIB M$Sourf PeiSe Ratraad: Vence dung Cho arc of a curve to the right w(h a raduSd [,155.57 feel duct Said aaC a dlxd bea ingand distant! d SW4932'E 240 ket for 240 feet UWW SMSE. 64.16 feat Vwm 4" the arc of a oxoe to the kR with a ra-*A d 1.618.36 feel said arc having a dnrd b&vM of 381.1713-E 27.58 feet for a distance of 27-58 feet m a par[ said pens Wq Pe mWsoct m d sad parallel fire and Ole West rl}h[d-say lobe warded of Man Street Cherm wrong said WastAway We extended of Mon Street N00'pME let 65 fret foLa ppnl kY1 the rx6racY h91s-aW nw k (elew2cn 235 71 r feel} m ftAgm tank d Che Rixon, Iter" V*file Sag the ydnary ldgh wanr tm m k batik the ngd the ArKmnsas Reef to Poe Akron d nhng and oxtaininv 34 acres, maea km) is remned TO cpcn Spwp (OS) The area d afftEed p'omrty m skbjek;t to decrease, and de proposed new classifications are Skbjed toe MM msWce7 da$6k2tim klmimed panics msy appear and be�heard at said t+feand ds+ce Theapplicaicnandother pertinent data are cpm and available fa alspecom ri Pa Departimil dPtarw and 0w4cpmenL M West Mukhwn U*D Rook Arkarcas h7 At mleremed parues are iemied to review the application in said office and discuss the details with k e Wsiter INW" PLY" Wiana77r. G�IVVEEN UNDER MY FMD THIS 6TH DAY OF AUGUST. 1999 tOap 7r,,ltne-Alan,N Manager DB♦:'anm±M d flvnir.] ?rtl A*.rlaprrhent C1110 Zoning Ordinance changes: ID/?A Apr 1) Amend Section 36-2 Definitions -- adding: Drive Through -- means an establishment which by design of physical facilities or by the type of service offered, the customer conducts business from a motor vehicle. Pedestrian 'urban' oriented -- means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian -- window displays, streetscape amenities. Integral accessory use — means an outdoor or partially enclosed use area, which is an integral part directly servicing in a subordinate role a permitted interior use. Build -to -fine — means the line where the exterior facade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot — means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on a daily, monthly or annual basis. Primary street — means the street with the highest classification in the Master Street Plan. ll) Amend Article Ill, Section 36-156. Height and area exceptions -- Changing R-4 to R -4A in paragraph 2c. as follows: "Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R -4A districts..." 111) Amend Article IV, Section 36-176. Districts established - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district llo Amend Article V, Section 36-337. Districts - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district 1� Remove Article VI Sections 36-401 through 36-418 - Zoning Plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. DRAFT DRAFT VI) Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications (zoning buffers) — adding: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. VII)Adding two new Zone Districts to Article V District Regulations — Urban Use (UU) and Low Density Residential (R - 4A) SECTION _. URBAN USE DISTRICT (a) General Purpose and Intent. The Urban Use district established by this chapter is designed to assure the continuation of development consistent with a traditional urban form. The Urban Use district is designed to help create a compact, dense, distinguishable core area. The district is established in order to provide for an urban form allowing mid -rise and high rise structures. This District is to provide for the office, civic and business core of the City. Structures within the Urban Use district are encouraged to provide multiple uses within the same structure. The ground or street level of structures should include street oriented activity and pedestrian amenities. The resulting area is to be pedestrian `urban' oriented. (b) Application of Regulations. The regulations of this District shall apply to new development, redevelopment, expansion of existing development or exterior modifications. Routine repairs and maintenance shall not require compliance with this section. Except for construction of improvements in the public right of way required by the City, and redevelopment or expansion of existing development, all uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date of this section which do not conform to the standards and guidelines established in this section, shall be treated as nonconforming according to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. DRAFT DRAFT (c) Development Criteria. (1) Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect light away from adjacent residential structures. Fixtures adjacent to roadways shall be of a design that minimizes -glare to the motorin public. No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance, which substantially exceeds that general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the boundary of the site. (2) All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from therip mart' street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-way. Trash receptacles shall be placed adjacent to alleys if alleys are available. (3) No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible rirvh4 mf .. ay or take direct access from the prima!y street. For developments with only one street frontage a conditional use review is required. (4) Building facade materials. vinn a --SQRFY OF glass. Facade materials maybe any standard material except corrugated or ribbed materials. (5) Landscaping a. All vehicular use areas and public right-of-way shall be in compliance with chapter 15, article IV. b. Street trees (tree types as listed in the landscape ordinance) shall be a minimum 3" caliper trees. The trees shall be located a minimum of 2'-0" off back of curb and shall be 30'- 0" on center, no closer than 30' - 0" to a street intersection, with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. c. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. (6) Sidewalks. a. Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum 5 foot concrete walk, excluding the first 2 feet from the curb. Sidewalks shall provide a minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground. �2 CRAFT b. Sidewalk sales and daily display or vending that is stored inside the principal business building during closed business hours, Sha may be allowed. However, these activities shall not obstruct pedestrian movement, fire lanes, or areas designated for access by the physically impaired. (7) Building orientation. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. (8) Street -level floor. The ground -level (street fronting) floor of non-residential structures shall have a minimum of 80 35 percent transparent or window display. If at least 50 percent of the street -level office and retail space has direct access to the street, the total building square footage may be increased with additional floor(s) at a rate of 2 square feet for each one square foot of leasable space directly accessible to the street. On the street level the maximum area of sign may also be doubled if the above requirement is met. (9) Projections (all requirements for a franchise remain in place). a. Objects shall not project from the building facade over the public right of way except for awnings and balconies. b. Awnings shall not project more than 5'-0" from the building facade and have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. c. Balconies over the public right of way shall have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be 4'0". (10) Parking requirements. No off-street parking shall be required. DRAFT 44 a. Parking structures. The ground or street -level of a parking structure shall be constructed (minimum clearance height of 12 feet to allow for active use other than parking (such as offices: light refailpersonal services and enterfainment for at least 50 percent of the street fronts a on the primaly street. For structures with only one street frontage the 50 pqrcent requirement is exclusive of entrance driveways, stairways and pedestrian entryways a r.f an+rnnn�d_r, At' 1PR !'.i!!}'fi'^'rr_+nil rarn ren ni as the suns In.•r F ,.f +Z. re nFr rr4 rr. hne+ n minimi irr. hainh+_cf '1� Ina+ +rn fit =Ad*A If the parking structure includes the alternative uses at the time of initial construction, then the related structure may add one story in height. In addition, the maximum area devoted to signage on the first story may be doubled if the alternative uses are in place at initial construction. b. Parking lots. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting street. Within this district no-additme-Mal new commercial surface parking lots shall be permitted as a conditional use +ho +ntal —r& sx. (11) Signs. Off -premise, pole, and monument signs are not allowed; otherwise, permitted signs shall be as in Section 36-553 "Signs permitted in institutional and office zones" of the Zoning Ordinance. (d) Use Regulations (1) Permitted Uses. Uses permitted shall include all those allowed in the Residential Districts, Office Districts and Commercial Districts as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that, all uses must be inside or enclosed. Within the front setback where an integral accessory use is provided, the integral accessory use area need not be totally enclosed. (2) Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall include those allowed in the Light Industrial '1-2' District as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that all uses must be inside or enclosed. 1)?AFT 6 CRAFT (e) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or 45 feet, whichever is less. Developments which provide a minimum 20 percent of the gross floor area for residential uses are entitled to a maximum height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Any structure which is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus stop, etc.), is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses are cumulative not to exceed ten (10) stories or 150 feet. In the area bounded by Markham Street on the north, 8th 9t' street on the south, Scott Street on the east, and Broadway Street on the west, building height shall be controlled by the Adams Field Airport Zoning Ordinance (section 7-57, height limitations in the Little Rock Code of Ordinances). (t) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. Five foot build to line. If there is an adjacent structure, which is closer than five feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. (In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way.) A development with an integral accessory use may increase the setback (build -to line) to 20 feet. Along Capitol Avenue, west of Broadway Street and east of Scott Street, the front building line shall be 25 feet. Along Chester Street from 1-630 to La Harpe Boulevard the front building line shall be 10 feet. In no case is the storage or parking of vehicles allowed in the front setback. (2) Rear yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the rear yard shall have a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (3) Side yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the side yards shall have a set back of not less than four (4) feet. 6 Sec. . R4 -A Low Density Residential (a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of the R -4A District is to protect existing developed residential neighborhoods. It is intended for single family use with conversions to two family units or the addition of accessory residential units. The R -4A district should be located in developed areas of the city where an environment suitable for moderate -density residential (use) and in an established medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas. Accessory uses, conditional uses and home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics ^dakr ��^^ :celt&d4^ +''a a;ea and provided further that they otherwise conform to the provisions of this chapter. The district is intended_to be an urban low to moderate -density residential area, where an occasional nonresidential use adds to the overall character of the neighborhood. (b) Use Regulations. (1) Permitted uses. Permitted uses are single-family and two-family residences. (2) Other uses. Accessory, home occupation, temporary, special and conditional uses allowed within the R -4A low-density residential district shall be the same as those in the R-1, R-2, R-3 single-family districts. In addition any by -right uses within the C-1 neighborhood commercial district may be allowed as conditional uses in R -4A as specifically approved by the Planning Commission. These uses must follow the development criteria listed under C-1 neighborhood commercial and have a traditional design consistent with the neighborhood. (3) Within the area bounded by Capitol Avenue on the north, 9th street on the south, 1-30 on the east, and Cumberland Street on the west, in addition to the above uses, multi -family use, as defined by R-5 urban residential district, shall be a permitted use. (c) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet. (d) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than twn &(25) fifteen (15) feet. If there is an adjacent structure, which is closer than 2=5 15 feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way. CRAFT 7 DRAFT (2) Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed five (5) feet. (3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (4) Lot area regulations. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot width of not less than fifty (50) feet and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. (3) Accessory structures and additions. Accessory structures or principal building additions of conventional on-site construction are permitted by right. Vlll) Modify map to change the area, from Cross to 130 and 1630 to River, to Urban Use and R -4A Districts. r,��ArS Me DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOX 164485, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72216 PRESIDENT KATHY WELLS, 1998-99 PHONE 501-374,7269, FAx 501-374,6946 FOUNDED 1984 (AREA: ARKANSAS RIVER, KING DR., ROOSEVELT RD., INTERSTATE 30) September 16, 1999 Chairman Hugh Earnest Little Rock Planning Commission 500 W. Markham St. Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Earnest and Members of the Commission, The Downtown Neighborhood Association is pleased at the rezoning on today's agenda to revitalize our Central Business District, and we urge unanimous adoption. t Downtown Little Rock needs residents, and we need an end to I1 and C4 commercial zoning that forbids residential living: We support all the changes intended to promote residential living, and to encourage pedestrian activity rather than continue to give automobiles dominance. Especially important are the provisions to promote street -access retail and service enterprises, and the provisions that would prevent a full block of blank, dead space, whether from a parking deck or an office complex. Our policy points were affirmed just this week by leading experts in revitalization, who spoke at the "Destination Downtown" conference hosted by Main Street Arkansas. James Kunstler, author of Home from Nowhere: the Design and Assembly of Places Worth Living In, was scalding in his criticism of a block of blank wall. David Glasser of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville added a list of cities that require street -access shops in parking decks: Charleston, South Carolina Baltimore, Maryland San J8e, California Annapolis, Maryland a Professor Glasser -co Armed that mixed use structures were essential for revitalizing a central business district, enabling persons to live downtown, above stores and offices. Major civic features, such as a plaza, are essential, he told us. He also asserted that parking lots or decks on Main Street were a major sign of trouble that should be remedied. He also urged greater use of rooftops. Does our policy encourage and allow that usage? Yours Truly, / Kathy Wells, President 324 Midland Avenue Little Rock, AR 72205 September 16, 1999 Mr. Walter Malone Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Mr. Malone: Enclosed is a response from the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County to the proposed zoning ordinance affecting the downtown area of Little Rock. At the request of Ruth Bell, I am submitting it on behalf of the League since I have served on three successive committees concerned with this work. Please feel free to contact me at 682-5303 should you have questions. Sincerely, Barbara Patty LWVPC Representative MacArthur Park Planning Area and Downtown Steering Committee Downtown Little Rock: Framework for the Future Comment on Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes Pulaski County League of Women Voters A representative from the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County has served on three successive downtown planning committees beginning with the MacArthur Park Planning Area. There are principles which have emerged in discussions of the various groups. These principles include enhancement of the urban setting; creation of a sense of wholeness and unity in downtown; pedestrian friendliness; and appropriate settings for parking. The ways in which the proposed zoning ordinance changes for downtown development address such principles are critical. The sections related to facades, setbacks, landscaping, lighting, and related issues allow our urban setting to be enhanced or further destroyed. These elements also serve to create a sense of wholeness and unity or a sense of fragmentation and disharmony. Compromises have been made relative to building materials, transparent surface space, landscaping, projections, and placement of trash receptacles and drive-in facilities. However, these elemerits can still work together to create a cohesive environment if the proposed ordinance is not weakened further. A major employer has recently committed to a downtown development, with generous incentives provided by the Little Rock Board of Directors. It concerns the League that aspects of the property development will not meet the requirements of this ordinance even though the draft document was in place at the time the plan was announced. These same elements work to create a friendly atmosphere for pedestrians or to discourage pedestrian traffic. Drive-in facilities and trash receptacles have the potential to create an unfriendly and inhospitable atmosphere. The Commission should look carefully at the proposed changes to determine their effect on both pedestrians and the cohesiveness of the area. What is the potential -impact of the changes proposed in Urban Use District (c)(2-3)? Another critical element is the amount of space allocated to surface parking. This has been the object of much debate in connection with the space itself as well as the appropriate landscaping treatment. Surface parking lots dominate a portion of our downtown property. They are often poorly maintained and poorly landscaped, if at all. Passing lots of rusting poles and chains, broken asphalt; and weedy cracks detracts from all that is positive about the urban setting in Little Rock. The League does not support additional space devoted to surface parking and urges the Planning Commission to resist any pressures to approve new lots in the future. It further urges the Commission to discuss ways in which incentives may be offered to build parking structures with retail space on the ground level to reduce existing surface parking. Little Rock once had a large number of parking structures rather than the vast space now devoted to surface parking. It is a good idea whose time has come once again. To the extent that surface parking remains a fixture in our downtown area, the Commission should insist on landscaping as an essential element in creating an environment that is friendly to pedestrians and has a sense of wholeness and unity. The Arkansas Democrat -Gazette reported the remarks of James Kunstler only this week, as he addressed a Main Street Arkansas conference. He cited "a terrible, pernicious, cumulative process we're involved in" to create "too many environments in America that are not worth caring about." Little Rock has the opportunity to create a downtown environment that is worth caring about, with the resurrection of East Markham Street pointing the way. This zoning ordinance is a step in that process, but the Pulaski County League of Women Voters urges you not to weaken it further. Compromises have been struck and should be debated; further compromise will negate the principles cited in the first paragraph and perhaps give us yet another environment "not worth caring about." Finally, the League supports precepts which reflect the New Urbanism. These were included in a statement submitted to the Planning Department in March of this year. These precepts point to downtown as a place which... ♦ allows people to communicate ♦ provides a sense of place ♦ offers a sense of community ♦ plans for buildings to be the fabric of the community ♦ identifies public spaces which complement and extend the fabric of buildings and monuments ♦ establishes guidelines through which architects work ♦ recognizes that best projects are not necessarily spectacular. The best projects are those woven into the fabric of a city, sometimes invisible because they blend so well and always contribute to the wholeness and enhancement of a place. These are overarching ideas against which the larger scheme for downtown and the details of that scheme, some contained in this ordinance, may be measured. We should never lose sight of our larger vision. Submitted by Barbara Patty Member, Downtown Planning Committee September 16, 1999 * BARNES MAKE & ANDERSONn7 REALTORS September 7, 1999 Mr. Walter Malone Planning Manager Department of Planning & Development City of Little Rock 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 Dear Walter: Attached is a copy of the draft zoning ordinance proposed for the Little Rock downtown area, which I have marked with my comments and suggested changes. Will you and Jim Lawson please review these suggestions and advise me before the September 16 hearing which, if any, you will incorporate in the proposed ordinance. I plan to be at the hearing and do not want to advocate a change which you have already made. Also, please propose that the effective date of the new ordinance be one year after adoption. Financing, the difficulty of assembling multiple ownerships, and planning complexity result in a longer pre -development period in the downtown area. I am sure that the Vanadis group spent over two years in planning and financing the project now commencing at the southeast corner of Markham and Main Streets. I have been working since 1992 on the State Urban Campus project planned for the Donaghey Foundation at 7th and Main Streets. We don't know what developments are currently in the planning process assuming the existing ordinance. We want to encourage downtown development, and it is only fair to these developers that they be given adequate notice of rule changes which might affect their projects. Sincerely, L. Dickson Flake Attachment cc: Mr. Jim Lawson 400 WEST CAPITOL AVENUE, SUITE 1200 L. DICKSON FLAKE, CRE, CCIM, SIOR LEAH M. SEARS INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS SAMUEL W ANDERSON, CPM KEVIN H. HUCHINGSON, CCIM, SIOR Counselors of Real Estate POSE OFFICE Box 3546 NOLAN L. RUSHING J. FLETCHER HANSON III Commemial•Investment Insritum LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72203 PHYLLIS LASER GLAZE, CPM GAINES BONNER Institute of Real Estate Management PHONE 501-372-6161 • FAX 501-372-0671 DALE L. COOK, CPM JOLENE COOP International Cotmcil of Shopping Cenrem DIANA G. LACY DAVID B. CARPENTER Little Rock Board of Realtors, Inc E-MAIL bgfa@bgfa.com DRU E. ENGLISH, CPM DENISE BOWERS National Association of Realtors City of Little Rock Japartment of anning and DevelopmentPlanning Zoning and 723 West Markham Subdivision Little Flock, Arkansas 72201-1334 (501) 371-4790 August 9, 1999 Dear Property Owner: This letter is to update you on the progress toward new zoning classifications for the Downtown area. As you know, hopefully, the City has reviewed the downtown zoning for about two years. A draft of the new zoning classifications and map indicating locations are enclosed for your convenience. The new district (Urban Use) allows Residential, Office and Commercial use by -right but industrial (I-2).use as a conditional use (C.U.P.). If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The second new district (Low Density Residential) allows for multifamily to single family north of 9th Street and Duplex to Single Family south of 9`h Street with "C-1", (Neighborhood Commercial), use as a conditional use. If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The Planning Commission at their regular meeting will discuss this rezoning item on Thursday, September 2, 1999 in the Board Chambers of City Hall (500 West Markham). The hearing starts at 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: This item will most likely not be heard at the beginning of the meeting.) We request that you have all requests for a C.U.P. into our office (Downtown Zoning, 723 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201) by no later than Friday, August 20, 1999. If you have any questions, please contact Walter Malone at 371-6819. You are invited to attend the public hearing on Thursday, September 2, 1999. Sincerely, r f n Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager WM: as THE HATHAWAY GROUP September 2, 1999 Mr. Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager City of Little Rock 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 501.371.4790! SUBJECT: ' URBAN USE DISTRICT Dear Walter: James E. Hathaway, Jr, CRE Jeffrey R. Hathaway, CCIM, SIOR John C, Kincaid Ellen S. Koenig Stuart S. Mackey John M. Moore, III Robert D. Richardson, GRI William S. Roach, J.D. L. Carter Burwell III As a concerned citizen and active member of the real estate brokerage and development community, and as an owner of a, company which currently and regularly acts as representative and authorized agent for owners of real property in the area to be affected by the above -referenced zoning district, I have reviewed the draft language for the proposed Urban Use District and have a few suggestions or concerns that I would like to see addressed. Since the Commission is scheduled to address this proposed district at today's meeting, and since we have not yet discussed any of these suggestions or concerns in detail with you, I am hopeful that this matter will be deferred until the September 16 meeting of the Planning Commission. As a brief overview, the following items are those that are of concern to me: Section C3 (page 2 of the draft) would prohibit any drive-in or drive-through facilities that would be visible from the public right-of-way or take direct access from the street. In effect, this would basically eliminate fast food restaurants and bank branches from this entire area. Is that what the planning department intends? I understand that drive-through facilities can be creatively (sometimes) situated on a site plan, but I believe it would be nearly impossible to create a functional drive-through facility that is not visible from the public right-of-way. 2. Section C4 (page 2 of the draft) specifies materials for the primary building facade of new buildings. Given the numerous examples of attractive and good quality metal buildings that are being developed these days, both in and out of the area of this proposed zoning district, are you sure that we want a zoning district that eliminates those type buildings? Particularly, with the existing pattern of light industrial use in parts of this area, this would seem to be an overly narrow requirement. RTCN Commercial Industrial and Investment Realtors 100 Morgan Keegan Drive • Suite 120 • Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-2214 • (501)663-5400 • Fax 1501)663-5408 Mr. Walter Malone, AICP September 2, 1999 Page 2 3. Section C8 (page 3 of the draft) requires a minimum of 60% of the ground level floor of non- residential structures fronting the street to be glass. It seems to me that there are a number of quality office buildings being built these days that would not be able to comply with that, and that this would be an overly narrow development restriction that might drive new development to other areas of the city. 4. Section C 10(b) (page 4 of the draft) requires surface parking to be "behind or adjacent" to the building, but never in front of the building. The geographic area included in this proposed zoning district is much broader than just the River Market District or similar type areas where it would make sense to have buildings fronting directly to the street/sidewalk. There are plenty of development opportunities and available development parcels that are large enough to accommodate a building that would be designed in traditional fashion with off-street parking located conveniently to the front door of the building. To prohibit this for the entire district seems unwise. 5. Section C10(b) (page 4 of the draft) also prohibits new commercial surface parking lots unless an existing one has been removed. I consider this a bad idea and one that might restrict or hinder new development in this area. If we want people to build new buildings in this area, we should not exacerbate a general parking shortage in the area, but rather should allow market demand to determine when and if the private sector chooses to add more parking to serve that demand. 6. Section C11 (page 4 of the draft) seems overly restrictive on signage. Not only is this an extreme hardship on banks and restaurants, but there are also other businesses that would be surprised to find that they are not allowed to even erect a monument sign on their property. As I mentioned on the phone, I applaud the idea of a uniform general business district for this geographic area of the city. However, I sincerely believe that the items mentioned above need to be corrected in order to avoid an anti -development environment in this part of our town. Sincerely, AJe . Hathaway, CCIM, SIO resident JRH/slm cc: Jim Lawson Malone, Walter From: Mitchell, Steve R. [SRMP007@ahtd.state. ar.us] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:50 PM To: Walter Malone (E-mail) Subject: New Downtown Zoning Was just looking over the proposed new zones and was struck by how odd it is to propose zoning the most urban downtown neighborhood we have Low Density Residential (or at least call it that). The discussion on page 6 talks about R4A zoning in "...medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas." So we are zoing these medium -density areas which we may want to densify as Low Density Residential? Just doesn't seem logical to me. Maybe the key is to think of it as an URBAN low density area. That makes some sense, because it IS low-density within a national URBAN context. What about inserting urban in the name? Just letting you know that I do pay attention sometimes. 09/14/99 07:56 %25017587863 FCMC NLR MCCAIN Q001/001 LAY COMMEKCiAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC 3901 McCAIN PARK DRIVE NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 77-116 501-771-1468 - fAA 5U1-758 7863 - E-MAIL IlayQmai1_snider.net LYNDEU u►r, uws crutr esecujNc oracer vskz: 9/14199 FROM: Lyadell Lav TO: Halter Maim* ; OF PArr•.S INCLUDINC COVER SxE)ix_ 1 NESSAGC -•'LITTLE ROCK ST() R I C_; �i TS T R T CT APPLICATION FOR A' CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATEi NESS Application Date: 6/11/98 1. Date of Public Hearing: z day of July 1995 as 5:401 P.M. Z. A,ddrms'of!Property: 614 Cumberland and 618 RpcJe Etrceta.._ a. Le al Descri tion of ra a 'ke c� 7 k 4 and ttp aE I.ot 5, Bleck 4 ma U -e arst 1 U t71 3 ity � �+�= Imo. r 71G(t to all of 7i 4 ffcdc 4 ""x tie ax3t 10 f=t a a�cirmd th' r' fib. 1;.. jqb 4-i y a ., r ., 'J77y. �. 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To Y `� To Date 9 -\G\_fA Time .I1 � MESSAGE Of ry Phone�Ext- ( ) Telephoned ( ) Please Phone ( ) Returned your call ( ) Will Phone Again ( ) Come in to see you ( ) Urgent Message: 2.50 P+- Alij Date 0 - 2(0 ` Iq Time g MESSAGE lct.v,j TIKJ�Q� Of Phone �� Ext. /,�Teleph`oned ( 6leose Phone ( ) Returned your call ( ) Will Phone Again ( ) Came in to see you ( ) Urgent Message: — AtJ el�4 7"� aktI+FK- 7P:3 rn y O V O N W N m To )A ` Date T ,.. _ v Cl � L�'r l imeM R MESSAGE i-OK)t;j) x �N mOf n 61 y V 6q414 -4 s Phone Ext. o m N CS ( Telephoned ( Please Phone ( ) Returned your call ( ) Will Phone Again ( ) Come in to see you ( ) Urgent + Message: Q �LbA -- -- 1� $, 120.Starlite Bay Drive Hot Springs, AR 71913 Phone: (501)525-4829 Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager City of Little Rock Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 RE: 822 Cumberland St. Little Rock, AR 72202 Dear . Malone: Please change my mailing address for the above-named property, 822 Cumberlannd, Little Rock, to 120 Starlite Bay Drive, Hot Springs, AR 71913. Sincerely, Dorothy Fa BrI Owner of Little Rock a 723 West Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 .( (501) 371-4790 — Planning Zoning and Subdivision August 9, 1999 l� �` �z G' J ,� �� 2 j�v 4 Dear Property Owner:4Y,_ 'L I This letter is to update you on the progress toward new zoning classifications for the Downtown area. As you know, hopefully, the City has reviewed the downtown zoning for about two years. A draft of the new zoning classifications and map indicating locations are enclosed for your convenience. The new district (Urban Use) allows Residential, Office and Commercial use by -right but industrial (I-2) use as a conditional use (C.U.P.). If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The second new district (Low Density Residential) allows for multifamily to single family north of 91h Street and Duplex to Single Family south of 9th Street with "C-1", (Neighborhood Commercial), use as a conditional use. If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The Planning Commission at their regular meeting will discuss this rezoning item on Thursday, September 2, 1999 in the Board Chambers of City Hall (500 West Markham). The hearing starts at 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: This item will most likely not be heard at the beginning of the meeting.) We request that you have all requests for a C.U.P. into our office (Downtown Zoning, 723 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201) by no later than Friday, August 20, 1999. If you have any questions, please contact Walter Malone at 371-6819. You are invited to attend the public hearing on Thursday, September 2, 1999. Sincerely, Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager COMMUNITY HOUSING OF LITTLE ROCK, INC. P.O. Box 250337 LITTLE Rock, AR 72225 August 26, 1999 Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager City of Little Rock Dept. of Planning & Development 723 W. Markham Little Rook, AR 72201-1334 RE: New Zoning Classifications Dear Mr. Malone: This is to thank you for the update on the new zoning classifications for the Downtown area. I am the Property Manager for 12 apartment units located at 1515 S. Rock St., 3 duplex units located at 1001-1005 E. 8' St. and 3 duplex units located at 1101-1105 E. 8' St. According to the draft and the map, these properties are not affected in any way, however, I am enclosing legal descriptions of our lots for your review, just in case. Please advise if we are affected. .`T.h�ou. Pat Chlarson, Property Manager Kathleen Peek Apartments CHLR Inc., A Nonprofit Corporation PAFMM- - COMMUNITY HOUSING INC. iy*j otfan io purdmts& seatleet b the 4em s Bend amxftomINK forth hwam% i WaGraph 2 d ltz{a could (UM-F�j LECLAL DESCRIPTION AND ADDRESS: #1 East 101 feet of Lot 12 and the South 1 of a strip Of ground between Flocks 9 and 10 Woodruff Addition, which would be McLean Street ' enc ea;#2-Lot-7, Block 10 Wosdniff Addition; #3 -south 40 feet of Lots 5 and 6 Block , l 0 - FTa._cu�r fan; -L t 4 Black - Woodnz tion; an #5-L6 `s 5 and 6 Block 9. 4r�CrCiT�]Li ion, a in the Cit of Little Rack► County, Arkansas PURCHASE PMCIE: ere 6,r, w1aa PW an kam.'k b flee s.asr for die Property s •Purch'sa mal 17 600.00 CASH: t5sh of gcaarrer� in em C1 sax# S� xadnra� d 1 r. 00.00 RNANaHQ A8 FOLLOWS: THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS FOR *LESS SELLEI HOUSSI1LQfTNANCED Rv FTTD—TEE P❑PERTY MUST BE APPROVED BY_HUD _ FOR THIS PURPOSE. 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CflNV EYANCI�: i�r+iasa olhwrrisa rpaciiiad. carrrrrarros esf� tae rr�o !v � � S i+s+'rsrx f �, in iw a;:>�c ota�s�a, Qaoep�t it txaaii bs r.c�act Korded In=tunercla and ewarrw%ti, 0 any, wfikh d0 riot rmirialfy a110d the Ns$as d the Pro arrtr. Wass egve"ty rssrrved herein. SUCH CIDWEYAw }TALL Il'ic`l1.M ALL UM[AL F MMB CWRM BY SMJM. IV Alin. Saw rwrmya and W:Sfcs wgw Lists to ft Prgrty, �"'r'r*+'rel � �� oat kKth bririw ora ragsr.d �. TITLE R>"flU1REMEMI. tlydm othwmlaa eepadaad, Iles Senor ehd hrdwl, at Seiiere =,,s 6khar: M a czxrpfale sbsk ad mmd=jtzb;, t atista.atocyr to Buy% cr EW a xm rmwy; or (E) ti3fs irse mum in fl're wrx+tarit al ft►s Pu=hmmis Prkas, If cbkxbwn sere march to rhea, Sailer dace Kwe a t**so= me to atta L*:s Aim uniesa aflaern 6pxdedjfVm&WIzobUkir Frse cik to putch ass to Property, Buyer shale furnish at ev)ws acs Mrrgageo's ttae Qoi'icy in &m wnctalt of 6W iaui to be eb b&md, id to girad try the k dw. 1. SURVEY: Q A. No wm*y dml be provided. Q B. A em. on twrvey in a term saastactos to Buyer (and Supra Wr xkw. 0 apple abie), cexdSed within days of cioaitw by a Tft*tlr Land surveyor, vein be pxuMed and paid tat b r. © &syer Q Sauer. ❑ c othen. NOT APPLICABLE 10. PERCOLATiONMOILTEST: ` C No percc4abm cc other eros test shall be provided. Ll S. A mrreet peroolatian or ottw sod tact in n bc=ion Lati3factmy to Buyer (and Buyses bedar, if appicabla). cartifred within days of dosin0 - will be p`v0ded and paid fox by: --Ouyar Saner. it. ARORATIONS: Taxes end gmdal asseastrrents due on at before donkq ertsall be paid by "W. Any deposits m rental prop" are to be transiartr 3uyer at ca&ir . Ituateuuee. gonmW tsa;a:, special err— t, rental payrrrantar and intwast en any assumed loam shag be prarsW as of losing, ur, Dzherv.+aa 7xx6 ed harNn. UMM- COMMUNITY HOUSING INC. r 7 otters b P�+R*R � b tha laamr and � .e,t forth i0r+,'� 2 d osis ccrrtrar� (ttte 'F'rvparty7: . or • t f� +ley or cogea hviy, VA *3atlarj ft prop" 6mXrhW ECTAL DESCRIPTION AND ADDRESS: NORTH - 5 0 FEET OF LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 10, AND THE SOUTH 50 FEET OF THE NORTH 100 FEET OF LOTS 5 AND 6 BLOCK.•'il0'r., ALL'i IN WOODRUFF S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS ADDRESS: 01 -SOS BYRD SIRE T 1RCi-IASE PRICE: 3t bled b tha fotiatr irsyt erandisfonr tttr Buyer W" poy on k&'O' b >h. e3at m for tha Property CASH. Cash at � to the Q Wct 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 ��ar RNANaHCI AS FOLLOWS: THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS FOR s 000.00* *LESS SELLER HOUSI PERTY MUST BE APPROVED BY HUD FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF THE PROPERTY IS DISAPPROVED BY HUD, THEN CLOSING COS IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED. ]AN AND CLOSM COSTS: Luisa cam teieaMmwwd, aft &,tora d=To,;'0sim, aeomdm iso, numpom loco lash costs, pmpw W4 loan dsaor xrt poi ft are `:b be paid by buyer- Sense b psy Sojorz dming tam NOT APPLICABLE ?Ft1CAT10N FOR FiHAHCui{t: it „¢„s b rtsaica to rww ken or for km amrq:dm wry from tho aacatastIcn daft CO fiat PW Eabila C arm and 10 rcquem that tha k do cr ew asnsttptiod be agxv"d an exabout Csn eller b Tarn mgAmbm ordwng and pwfirq far arty cxsct� rWX or 8F� That srs nabts+'rsd to nteics ti,a Tarn. lA ardor La eirrrdy seta ttra � rigtxrrd by eft PataToPh 15, SWM esgaaa #o t� larder 1o! Y rigtmind k t]ttlea� vthsrruiss eprri t n aril loan bs not J ar wii b p 13 Jd trf sr tto s W u u Toon msmrds kx%t=j l +e, lrxatar$,g and asrttt rspot4. ertisus (alum to Ckme is Caumd &suer, in which came woh xas rriii has 15y Saner. &rrrrc urxiarcrmrds tl7tst iar�xa h7 act drrr* nraica tato 8PPkabm as do&*d above rW can ft4a a bnm: t ci e a Find E3hae AR NEST MONEY. Sayer mm www timdas a chock ice 2 5 0.0 0 10 bd dap*Sftd by Agont Fkm epos mmptar= as awrmt y steed! appty tld cc ttte yertsear Ptic"s oe dolibtoln eccb, This fieri aWN Cctxv= aitsii oma os a reoe�pt tar aarl Essrtsat Mmwy dspor t& d bit emsnts s:a not [t�l�rd a 8 Buyer is tr�ia !a cbloin &ry&q or vm� ct mmurmkft m mad Ia Pse KWWh 3, 3tra am' rmmy shaA be pmnV&f dad to M". If ULrM twit to hM his vYgvkr a under this emit acx cr after td =m9bus tsars been mat. &qw Setas to does tris tranaomtinn, on "vro a I mZY, at the ads m d a=ttfve opbm of the l4Mor, be rseakwd by ft 844W as firquicla W Ganzo;ea, Atm=gvaty. Soffer any rrem the ouraastand ail legal cr ega?taZ3r rWas whfcb ter e�sd ens a. art aww traartzirp this scssb'sct Boar wssrarsta. rspre*w ti and n*xmWgea t)ft d 'f Cd will to t,orKx tPm PretWO-IL5m to 8vyar'a Conk and ntea 6srtw WW be in drhmA of tttis fUw F_ b Lw e:orgroci if trio dtea-k d not tzorrared [rt a nasty ,a. Buyer and Seller &grog float. Ln flet w ret d tel► dim 0=Kmrirq WAMa r enc b the tsmaet MmAiy. ibtiry Agent Firer may it tarpised t7,r emr w Moray 1 mut of = t"WA Misl:14� seri tPm sQd' Uft'004dmr, bath Lk&Q AWt Fem � ss assail ti AWd Fhs rrtaarr«d tram qty to suydr Orel 84m. g stes AWM Fan Y ter rairrbum@ d eery goon aye €o" car aerate tmm tt a kA epiasd E&,4" FAor vy. 0 HV EYANM* iksi+rs& o&ArAim =rnvrwm *w to rna:�* 'J* Brr'W by tmawy d mi, C-1 sza s:--;"- a tee =zzpz It &t-.,:5 ler wl*ac so dod hSti-m nts mid mean ntx, if any, ,rf+kh dd ne# mabridy ANed the vsiw ci the F'ropwq. tkiara szptsg* tsssrvsd t>' ek% MXH CCWEYAHM LL INCLtS'At ALL f i2WYtAL Ft min CiYrNm 13Y smIER, 1p AKy. Sailerwer,aad reprsaarrs crjy Ll s4naacas sit forth taatotire eve (wired to ;ice k44 tits+ 10 ft Rmsrty. TrLE REGT,IIREMEM8: urdwa otherwise epaci&4 ft Sailor ohod itirtigh, a! SolWs coat, ekhon. (0 s cctr4*90 sbstact regoct�rq rrmwc mrdmb s 09 ,isctocy to Buyer or evyeea adti7erssy, or (dj ttu i mxwlos b the arrtaxd of the puma wr P'rka. If obj=*xm gra rns da to Tb* Saner %W have a tasaarxbio to =v evo d4octbrm Aka uniets o7ser vbw sped 5ed, it tt,a $ir't"yr ta abbivinq $nee, *q to purctzo9e the Prcrpsrty, BUM tthsJ bm-fth at &res cost a m"'s tis policy in flea omo= d em 6=ti to be vbb Lha if raged by the kook r. SURVEY: A. No survey shalt be provided. ❑ B. A wrord VXM in a lam s#actnj to Buyer (and Mjyw5s ler dw, if Awroamble), cwdsad witttfn days of cioainq by a rocust wed land sur,pr. vrriit be p -c viiiod end paid for by: Q Ekrm Q smaw. ❑ a ottw: NOT APPLICABLE PERCOLATIQH/SOIL TEST. r No per+wtem a odher ea feral shaft be pravidcd. �.. S. A curter pareoWScrz or other mod tact in a iOtzban asthfactory to Buyer (and auyses lender. It mpp6cabW), certified within days of ciostnq j Will be prvvkk d erd pa4 fax by buyer Satsu. . PRORAllONS: Tuxes and est arssssmmts dua on ex bofaro cbsifn club! be paa by Boller. Arse dapc3AS ort res W ptop" ars to las trursirrrrd t~ ter of c x N. lnssvance. gorieral taxis. spscist gra, rental paymm is and krWast cn any asssttned kasn nhal tae Qror")led as of ciasilV, Unl9 a rrw+sa ! x- ad hetHn. m COMMUNITY HOUSING INC. ws b p6TOPOW aext}actt b OWMarrs WW a mVAl aro W tart♦1 ta, R 2 d t* CM6V= (On -Pr*W ty"): LW* "awAmm f+sy or aciart,r�ry, tr�a m*' cr , fhs ,L DF.SMPT1ON AND ADDRM&. WEST 64 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE WEST 64 FEET OF THE SOUTH S FEET pF L T 5, BLOCK , OR NAL CITY OF ARKAN 'ilISE PRfCZt: si�+}.ot b wr lsaaatp bra r.. aw F'r9ue') ec+iracr atrr pap Trio io&m a r. as a o&w tar t o �ry 9,250.00 �18H: cam ad do"to thy t] .orrx � i„ r„ d NAHiASFOLLOWS: THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS FOR 9 250.00 � )U,5TNG FIVANCET)r�*LESS SELLER; TY MUST BE APPROVED BY HUD )R THIS PURPOSE. IF THE PROPERTY IS DISAPPROVED BY HUD, THEN CLOSING COS' IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT WILL REFUNDED. AND CLOMN{3 C OST$, tXiws cw,r�w apaasiAwq kaon dkcmxrt fes•rrr b 4, Prk! by Bctyr. "�a1tr b � � lrxildesp bti that. fusty croak, � � '! OF 5900 T❑ rV SELLER WILL PAY A COMMISSION )T APPLICABLE CATION FOR RUAHMM- tt aPFiimws, aLfw asp to rrcaka =ffo ar $a raw town ar fa bin asw�rtptt�t >n� ft emboldon dWa d V* Rant Grt iConro t arta la bu*wm ��r W Mk ttta kart ar tt* asarsspi m t* d ew of t o �' asci by eft patoq&oi a+ $crux �R a �y y °ndt rappriil ar appttiwai4 itlat we rrq�Nrd b giro Ih � in ordar 0 67"4 rs xnad. Bayo &7m W Pry fm tcwn ousts inatw * Pw df tw+dar Vava AM Y �WbM _�_ L t tMis�a said kion is root wl be pW by 84aw. fkrM uxd.mWn:* that ts&xa lo ,� � � � � � � � a Mid 0 docs. =MONEY: Suyx hw wM tw-�ws acia* kar; 2 5 0 .. 0 () xh wmw awy boom ft Pwa-m a Prka or tit to• bYLWM �lt Fkm es m � wa airrrree 'J are not Rir.Cad or r f9 qw is era"a q � easri Ihr fbd E� QxWm a Shod awm er x Tangle;1tx MW pc - a�lcxiay dapo tt as . if Bu)w tab b t� M. d�6gstlorca urtd+r� cr tea! of � as apo od" is Pwa9tdc s, en rrrctat romal ah t bo pc,mji;d 4 =rmad at stir al 4=x ift tyre t�twt at tura iota seb axrluWs of ;tea >SWr, tag ratyryb py tf�a 6�r us �+t+. f3�rra► fain ss rlaM t�ia trrs�.occsti t;at rsrn+.: vw cr eq. tthh ro`•a ►eta r»sy auto; ■s a rstxdt d tf4X`mMd Morsg►*� &ow r youn to oareiaat rrb t* ha vs� Lom pra+ntjc n to Sanwa brnl� orb 1 4 lftis aorrttsa�t Swfrsr vm. wcts, ; and � !aa ft J, - r I K �4 5� + thsL itt ttcs rr�rr<d wq dir)Sset &rrx � be N dafauit d thk flog EsiLW COntsd 91" chwk tit rmt tyanarad in a ttrn*y o! crrr�pcCyrrrx �, srrq t k � v ad omw +tn! b 1tx 1, www, �j �* +tel k*wom ! t o i;wwu uor" n F}rns stall tea rairtrtxsstd �' �,� Rocs yr ama *am � �' FirrR stlti trirassd bard wily a Bv� arab f3airr. LrYAN C Z: UnW. dtw,rtitra afca4 be rriad t to aWfW ww m3tf dtwd• W tag wrPW W=*JWk a wMA ft ahal be xLLV rcia and asstrrwrcv ii n+ririW ai'Jaot t#w vrJcya t+t Cir Rqy, tittisaa rrgxsstty r rye hww% 9�I C7G?IMAMM ad ww Jt pfomsy f lGFft pyttl�fl �� if µy,. y�ratsris rte reproammb a* t lWo sat lary'c i� an ttgwed to ty tirSaa b thr Prcp�srtr. RECltUFlW'[ENTB: urtiaw utvw iaa apr+,l its 8,ow Wm Mrish, at 8aiisra uyt, +ir+m % a ecxr iasa abalricaL t ' tO Bv) w cc BWw't awrrwr, cc (0 IN ka mmot in � a y mrx d ltr. i=radtasr P:33L I f I tU � dm tixtci ft i0W tsr oo be abUkwd� f � by iM �i m Wrdse !Tw f�nprrl�etFsr lurr#frh d ,rtrtnor EY: vo sunray " be PVYW do % axwK sur my in is kxm sWmscry to Barye (&d g jm* Wnciw- if}, c ra«s wkltbrs wr•rm. WA to pro►ki a and paid fort)r; ❑ Buri C3 S i,.,. days a doping by a rOPWwaa tang Xor: APPLICABLE Com' ATl0"Q. . Am gbcn Cr OChW " bW drat be pun** i A octant pre="kn or QVm act haat M a ioca:aioa err qty 8urw (wjd Buyars mar, it vWt be proyid o .Tri pass for trr:.B1^s{ 30+w. +' o*). ❑wtfi.d with n days d ckAkr)g P.ATlCNS: Taxes rend egsasd a2*9MT4nt$ dua Ory or t *S ra ch-'air,q t3lsil tl PWd by SoBsr, " d„paa" on rsntat ons'" a. Q -of .j c uxe+, avat'J a—cmm+,+.nt� r� �r,i+= alis irrtaaeat on �raLt, r�o ra be vux#rr+.•x to rx� 5.d rra *m e%1il taatia ry9d lxrs efusi tag Q1 ac XtbcS t+r of cju,,4fa, utii+a S {QM-;.' COMMUNITY HOUSING INC. of wv to mnho . wUt4 ct to vw iarrro and aarrditioro met lioft h emwk span Z d hM combma (20 131r . [ra6widesa[y or mAeartew. ttta Maw% to Pxqm t9 dmrbw ML DESMPT10N AND ADDRESS: THE NORTH 42 FEET OF LOT 5, BLOCK 53, ORIGINAL CITY OF LITTLECOONTY, RCHASE PM=6 S Kt b 8rr [nno r:7 exr,dltlor,r ttts Brryar erlreait pay an fes to' E"m (or dw property 8 250.00 CASH: c ah at domirg N it» 0 cadet Elappaxnuft aster of 8$,250.00 FINANC:HCi AS FOLLOVVS: THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS FOR *LESS SELLER HOUSTNG FINANCED,-,,.TOPERTY MUST BE APPROVED BY HUD FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF THE PROPERTY IS DISAPPROVED BY HUDr THEN CLOSING COS' IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED. AN AND CLJOSM COSTS: unkm tadrermiae spec smd, alt Bu�w_ d=bg =^W 10+, nummlon hw tan coat. Ft> V4 tam damouit Points, an to be pard by Euyw. SaWr to pay Sa w.% do*qamm. SELLER WILL PAY A COMTSSION OF $750 TO ERA COLLINS RF.ALTy NOT APPLICABLE FUCATION FOR F RAN{:tNi3' u *,&" 'roes ft arae boo data d of Rw Esbdo Canulraet ta4 b r*Pym t drat ftta kmn er lfse awn be apprnvad ca cc about cWmdar Up anu itt°� COT00W toss all" seed parley fa � 0-001t IOPM : ex �W that arse aegmmd W raaire *w kwL In ardor to timely o as � req t W by ftds Pw+9r� 6. guw area to p wide W4W Wt Y rp*wsied � Uom elhertirise eprri5od, ii =Q loan ie mt or a sszrnad, B uyu *goer to Pah far is M ants incurred, UrrAmenqend exeed�t t^epert, ur BWas dumas b dross h ntw.d by t'aaaiar, i, rrddt cases :r+ct+ aa wai be paid Lry Ss&w. Breyer vex ersmrrlr q=taiJuts m l9r oly rssa� km sppiedzipes a sa dei3ned a� truer � a breach of Idris FA Estay ANENT MONEY: 13uyw hars,rai rarsdrera a dtedet thy; 250.00 b to csapaaxtad by Lta&n Agsrd isms � wmpwm as r: awrrraert V h sJssli e�se iy Dosd Cie Pta&mv Aid cr dceft c:,7rts. TWO Fled Embfn Coarser W all saner ox a roc oo ft said Earnest Money dept 1=661 t5esa Mertts ere not MM4d or I B.rysr is urmtris to citia frXX*n pr appwd d as apmxSd a Pava go a, ttal earnest some, "be prcn0 sd to sum. " suyw frits b tutu his -t591 4. rad" du cad ct after a$ =ndii5w* td been root Breuer fa U to curs trete trwma bM the earr,"t j rnz7, at Life sde and axbows qX= d to Sei+r, be ralWod by f?te Satter as iegeafdrid damages. Agm%-0y, Soifer enol essay rtes a wrosit &4 of bgbi or emPAWO t4ft vd*b may C" as • nmlA d cuter Ws ct7rrttar#. Buyer wecraerrfs, repra arta and 0Ckwwkdgqt thN the dxck XM wA tin honored UWanta p{ssRn to evff* bark and ural Buyer stsaii tare he#a dA CO Vie Haat � fact if rtes dyed* it nal towed W a tieriaty x. Buyer aM Sam sqw tfstL Ulf* wirer d � Wrprraa a�deq � b 90 Ewromt l on*y, Uw&q Agent Poria rr sy irrbKF+iered ttx Ebur art MW&y court d m, psirrd ?Xftdkfti. mrd UPM macre ir4arOmeder, beat: Usd9 Arrt Fm Z3dS6lkq Fera "be reisaesd trorn Wbaq to Buyer wA thaw. i Agont Farm dwil be ta6� any &*xneys tars cc ooms km ea frrtrgtrr+,d Ei,urrrt tabM, 3NVEYANCE: Ur els cti m =*cL,W. czr-wfw*:� WW bs r w tad metre trnertts and eetorrisrft g a'+rr y, wFfcfr dei riot trsedrr* affect tete vaiw Of tree RoF++dy, tlnisas aoPteert3y rweaeved hsr*irr, 617th! Ct3HYE1lAt tt L il`iCt.17le ALL 9 ropim. FtM7iT3 GYelii� BY it uiY. $ Wr rraYIN and � segad tirja b #tta Propet#y. rsp°f1h &4"IW=mm set hr'3t taeiom ate requarad to TLE AEOUIRMEM: urbsom vtlteyme; opma ed, ft srihr ami Nmi k st salwes uxea, 04m,. 0 A exrrPk to abstl4t rv&Kt,g rrmO=t2bis tide lcun to Bum or Baja" sheerer; or (3) ti5e ir're xm-or in the ay4wtt d to f'sudrser Rbw It his me., tea Tftia, Satter" have it tommm e 10 =v the c orns. Ake urdess ait7errat'sa sped5ed, tf em surety is a t,t*izy fkmxz to pxohass &A plopurr, Bu7rr sw harfth at Sins Cod s :"'a 09 ply in the cretarurrt of the t= by be at;W vv if regda,d by tfra herder. URVEt: R A. No survey staff be provided. ] B. A mm, a.t sunray in s forest we=ary to Pierer (and euy w* L i wKW, d'& ), c erd W w+ttiitt days of dwkn by a tegi"md land survey«. va ba pvAded and pwd for lbr. Q Buyw 0 ssaw. G Otte: NOT APPLICABLE PFRCOLATIOUSCIL TEST: L No pwaotabm or outer sa test sw tme prow ded. L3 S. A eraser parooiav or cthw vW teat in a iorftion sat&Uw=txy to Buyer (sod Buyer's radar. if app:rxbta). certified wiedn days of doL6W wife be Mexied and paid hr tr}r. „.._Buyw Setter. PRORATIONS: iaxas and rpoda1 essaaaments duo ext a amara dosing atm t* p&W by Salter. " dopes" on rentsl propwq ora to be tnrerlarrad ti er at ci x!N. Insursryps. gonersl taxrt, sP*cW tk itntaf pa<yr wrm prod "sM cn any Lesioned Saari alert be ptarawd as of cioskQ, uml* a rmsa ap-Jx" tinct Kwetn. Of 4 Flit S&CSd lamflw PRALTOR' EiioA"VW1-1v FM6; COMMUNITY HOUSING INC. NvWWL,a'y.a0aeoiowy.y7s 1 offers b parctssse, subjectlo-eve-termsand aondWMM set Earth her+:N ft" the txx � Cndrvidudty or co16r;dvs1y, *0 "S0561"j, eW property dsearbsd graph 2 of Oft contract (ft 'PragertY7: .GAL DESCRIPTION AND ADDRESS: LOTS 1 , 2, 3 AND 4, BLOCK 5 3, ORIGINAL CITY r -TITTLE ROCK PULASKI COUNTY, ARYANSAS (PROPERTY ADDRESS 1501, 1 S03, 5,1 and 15 ROCK STREET, LITTLE ROCK). RCHASE PRICE: Subject to to following eortFOUR rta the Buyer sham pay ft k & wA b the sailer for the Property urchase Pr4ce j............ _. ...... _� 14 0 0 0. 0 0 CASH: Cash of dm* q In Una ❑ ehaa-i Q spRoxirr os Brim of _........ '» w ................._..............5 1 4 , 0 0 0 0 0 FINAHCIHQASFOLLOWS: THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS FOR *LESS SELLER: HOUSING FINANCED BY HUD THE PROPERTY MUST BE APPROVED BY HUD CLOSING COS'. FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF THE PROPERTY IS DISAPPROVED BY HUD, THEN IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT ANY EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED. IAN AND CLOSINQ COSTS: Unless mise specified, asf Buyers cbskg awls, 6hetudirg ortgtnaffon fee, assutrPtIon fees, loam costs, prepaid and foss discount points. are to be paid by Buyer_ S61W b pay 5essr t ciowg NOT APPLICABLE )PLICATION FOR FINANCING: 11 appiialk)k. Buyer agrsee to male crxrrni.is appac:tion for new loan o for loan assumption wttNn business from the execution date d this Beal Estate Contract and to request that to loan or to assumptlon be approved on or about calendar days anon anon. Complete loan eipplicatlon includes ordering end paft for any clsrsr! rsport or appraisais Uta) we required to make tloan. en. In ordor to timely ata the apptkadw required by this ParagaPtr 6, Buyer agrees b provide lender vritN all requested Information. Unless ofmwias apeciflod, it said loan is not 1 or assumed, Buyer agrees to pay for loan coats insured, Incudang appmw and credit report unfess failure to diose is caused by Seller, in which case such ses will be paid by SeW. Buyer understands tot failure to tlmeiy mala loan applbation as defined above may constitute a branch of this Real Estate act %RNEST MONEY: Buyer herewith tandets ad fa;_ 1 , 000.00 to be deposited by Lbtlrtq Agent Firm upon acceptance as earnest y wftich shall apply toward the Puret)ase Price or closing cost, Tihb Aeal Esuft Contrail shad serve os a reoeo for said Earnest Money depocited. If title ementa we riot tulfMod or tf Buyer is unable to Obtain fltT 4j)g or approynl at WMATV5W a3 spearied In Paragraoh 3, the earnest rr"wry ahat4 be pronvtly :ed to SUyet. 11 Btrynr fans to luifift NO c61416DM under this aorrtract a sftsr d cxxhditiorhs We been mei, Buyer fails to cis ttft transoadon, ttw earnest y may, at the sole and exctumve cp n of the Sateen, be retalnad by tfte Sellar as liquidated damages. Al'.wm!J,-*, Sailer =y return ttre earnest money and t all legal or equitable right$ which may east 88 a reavlt of Buyer braaohirhg turfs contndcL Buyer warrants, rWesertts and rsckrK*edgea that the check rad xill be howcad t,pon pretantat#an to Buyer's bark. and that Buyer shall to in default Of this Rea! Estate Contract if tree rt G' to not hon ed in a timely cf. Buyer and Setiar ugtee thaL In the event of any dispute corxxming witftioment to )the Earnest Money. Listing Agent Firm may interplead too Ewaea Money court of nompat®nt xfrdlCtlort, " )Pon svcih lntrarpieaarlrx, both Llawg A¢snt Firm a r4SelFsng Agent Firm shall be ru+Wabad from fiebifity to Buyer and Se6et. g Agont Firm sftall be mfr bursad any wWrneys fees or costs from Ura interplead Earnest Momy. ONVEYANCE: Unless otherwise spectfied, conveyance shall be made to Buyer by genwal warranty deed, in fee simple ebwAute. except it shall be suboot to dad InMrumrrsnb snd saw"rits. if any. ykiah du not mst:r}a3ty affect lase wire of the Property. Unlrss e.Ttsssfy reseraed train, SUCH COWFYAHM LL i'}CLt3,A A" MNEHAL FLIGHTS OWNED BY SMJMI, IF ANY. Helier warants and tcpra�aersts 0 t� slgnaturas sit tcrTh taektw ra a required to fen legal tide to the Prciperty. TILE REQUIREMENTS: Unless otherwise spedfiad, ft S*,sr shall furnW% at Sellers cost, ewU - () a txtrrtpleto sbstrad reflecting marczanLubble tide factory to Buyer or Buyers arbrner or (i) title hrmxastoe in tthe annarrrt of the PLntraw Price. II objection are made to Trde, S+t v shall have a reasonable to cure the eb}octi=. Also u6ess ottlarwma apea%d, if the Buyer Is dAmning flnoarrar+g to pwchase the Property. Buyer &gall furnish at Bryan& cost R gagee's title policy in the amount of lire loan to be abtainad, if rag0ed by dv iender. SURVEY: DKA. No survey shall be provided. L3 B. A current survey In a form sa6m,ctany to Buyer (and Buyer's larder, 0 arppi'k�), Certified within days of rkocing by a registered land surveyor. well be provided and paid for by: ❑ Buyer ❑ Sedw. • •r, _f PERCOLATIONISOILTEST: NOT APPLICABLE No percolation or other sal bast shall be provided. La S. A current peroo atlon cr other soil test in a ;=abon satwadoi7 to Buyer (and Buyer's lender, if aK,, e), oertified within days of closlrsq will be proyided and paid for by: 8vyer _–Se6w, . PRORATIONS: Taxes and &pedal assessments due on or before closing "be paid by Seiler. Any deposits on rental property are to be transtened t yen at cio&ing. Insurance. go coral taxes, apeesaf W_0v,esata, rental payments and irrterest on any assumed loan shall be prorated as of dosing, Unice erwise Ns xKified herein. AHG 23 '99 M:51PM BARNES QHTNN FLAKE August 20, 1998 Mr. Walter Malone, AICA Planning Manager City Of Little Rock Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 RE: Request for Conditional Use Permit Dear Mr. Malone: It was a pleasure to discuss with you your letter dated August 9, 1999 regarding new'zoning classifications, Please allow this letter to serve as our request for a conditional use permit (C.U.P.) for the following property: P.2 Property: Quapaw Towers Legal Description: Block 2, Johnson's Addition to the City of Little Rock New District: (Low Density Residential) Conditional Use: First floor commercial lease spaces for conditional use of "C-1", (Neighborhood Commercial). If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at (501) 372-8161. cc: Mr. L. Dickson Flake 400 WBsr CAMM AvKNU& 5uEI81200 Posy OPPu$ Boo: 3546 Umz ROCK, AAXAww 72203 PWN6 $01+372.6161 • MX 501.372-0671 EMAIL 6gf.@bg f".corQ httVjh WWbgfa.com L. 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Box 3546 PAc3ES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: R/URGENT LSA FOR REVIEW 0 PLEASE COMMENT ❑ PLEASE REPLY NOTES/GQMMENTS; wPV� Little Rock, AR 72203 E-mail: Zkm_g q&com http://www.bgfa.00m FAX NUMBER: - 7" 7 1—(p FAX NUMBER_ (501) 372-0671 PHONE NUMBER: PHONE NUMBEii: (501) 372-6161 (Office Hours) S7 (501) 372-6163 (After Hours) RE: DATE: y PAc3ES INCLUDING COVER SHEET: R/URGENT LSA FOR REVIEW 0 PLEASE COMMENT ❑ PLEASE REPLY NOTES/GQMMENTS; wPV� L� City of Little Rock Department of 701 West Markham Public Works Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501)371-4475 Fax(501)371-4843 MEMORANDUM Office of the Director TO: WALTER MALONE, PLANNING MANAGER FROM: CHANDRA L. WALLAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SUBJECT: NEW ZONING & MSP DATE: AUGUST 20,1999 Public Works staff reviewed the new Zoning and MSP Ordinance changes. The following comments are offered: ➢ SECTION URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (2), What if no alley or alley is unsafe? Where do they put waste? last sentence — ...receptacles shall be placed adjacent to alleys... ➢ SECTION _ . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (3) — No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible from the public right-of-way or take direct access from the street. Where are they to take access? How will this impact banks? ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (5), b., second sentence —...trees shall be located a ntinitnum of 2'0"... What type of trees are permitted? Also, tree height and line - of sight problems at intersections and other curb cuts be specified. ➢ SECTION _ _. URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (6), a. — Verbiage to describe sidewalk configuration is most confusing. What is meant by ... minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground? If sidewalk is constructed with a 2' green space (assuming the 2' exclusion is intended for landscaping) between curb and sidewalk and a S' concrete walk, it appears 7' horizontal clearance is satisfied no matter what height from the ground. ➢ SECTION : . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (6), b. — Word shall needs to be changed to may to indicate sidewalk displays may be allowed. Section 30-6 of the Streets and Sidewalks ordinance specifies a `permit from the City Manager" is required for sidewalk displays. Is there any control on type and content of display that will be allowed? To ensure adequate space for pedestrian, fire lanes and access by physically impaired, why not require a minimum 5' walkway be maintained. ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (9), b. and c. — The maximum projection ofAwnings and Balconies be qualified with a minimum "distance to the curb to protect from conflicts with vehicles." ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (10), Lack of Parking is currently a big concern in this area. How can we solve this problem? To not require off-street parking "We're Proud Of Our Work(s)! " appears to exasperate the problem a., second paragraph — ... structure may add one story in he_ -fight. What is the maximum number of stories for parking structures? ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (10), b., first paragraph — ... adjacent to a structure, never in the front yard... Front yard is very ambiguous. Possible should be changed to "never between the building and an abutting street': What happens when property fronts 2 or 3 streets? ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (c), (10), b., second paragraph —A procedure needs to be in place to keep track of changes in commercial surface parking lots ➢ SECTION URBAN USE DISTRICT, (e). — If largest permitted buildhir is 5 stories plus 1 bonus floor for mass transit. What bonus scenario would allow up to 10 stories (150')? ➢ SECTION URBAN USE DISTRICT, (f), (1) — What about adjacent structures having different build to lines? Is an average used? ➢ SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT, (f), (3), last sentence — ...set back of not less than four (4) feet. This seems to conflict with Section V that requires six (6) feet minimum. In addition, radial dedications and corner set backs at intersections need to be considered for such things as ADA requirements and traffic signal poles. ➢ SECTION R4 -A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, (a) —...home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics and are not unduly concentrated... What is unduly? 10%, 20% per block? ➢ SECTION R4 -A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, (b), (3) — Insert comma for clarification. ...in addition to the above uses, multi -family use, as defined by R-5 urban residential district, shall be a ... ➢ SECTION R4 -A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, (d), (2) and (4) — This is confusing, if you cannot have a lot less than 50 feet wide and you must have a side yard of not less than 10% with a maximum of 5 feet, then the fixed side yard is 5' under all conditions. Why not just say it? - OTHER ORDINANCE AAfENDMENTS: MASTER STREET PLAN: - These amendments will be introduced as part of an overall MSP modification. Anticipate completion October 1999. ... radii shall be reduced to that for Collectors (25 feet). If you have questions or require further information, please call. CW/pm "We're Proud Of Our Work(s)!" Zoning Ordinance changes: 1) Amend Section 36-2 Definitions -- adding: Drive Through -- means an establishment which by design of physical facilities or by the type of service offered, the customer conducts business from a motor vehicle. Pedestrian 'urban' oriented -- means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian -- window displays, streetscape amenities. Integral accessory use — means an outdoor or partially enclosed use area, which is an integral part directly servicing in a subordinate role a permitted interior use. Build -to -line — means the line where the exterior fagade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot — means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on a daily, monthly or annual basis. II) Amend Article Ill, Section 36-156. Height and area exceptions -- Changing R-4 to R -4A in paragraph 2c. as follows: "Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R -4A districts..." 111) Amend Article IV, Section 36-176. Districts established - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district llo Amend Article V, Section 36-337. Districts - adding: R -4A low density residential district UU urban use district 19 Remove Article VI Sections 36-401 through 36-418 - Zoning Plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. VI) Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications (zoning buffers) - adding: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. Vll)Adding two new Zone Districts to Article V District Regulations - Urban Use (UQ) and Low Density Residential (R - 4A) SECTION _. URBAN USE DISTRICT (a) General Purpose and Intent. The Urban Use district established by this chapter is designed to assure the continuation of development consistent with a traditional urban form. The Urban Use district is designed to help create a compact, dense, distinguishable core area. The district is established in order to provide for an urban form allowing mid -rise and high rise structures. This District is to provide for the office, civic and business core of the City. Structures within the Urban Use district are encouraged to provide multiple uses within the same structure. The ground or street level of structures should include street oriented activity and pedestrian amenities. The resulting area is to be pedestrian 'urban' oriented. (b) Application of Regulations. The regulations of this District shall apply to new development, redevelopment, expansion of existing development or exterior modifications. Routine repairs and maintenance shall not require compliance with this section. Except for construction of improvements in the public right of way required by the City, and redevelopment or expansion of existing development, all uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date of this section which do not conform to the standards and guidelines established in this section, shall be treated as nonconforming according to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. (c) Development Criteria. (1) Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect light away from adjacent residential structures. Fixtures adjacent to roadways shall be of a design that minimizes glare to the motoring public. No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance, which substantially exceeds that general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the boundary of the site. (2) All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from the street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-way. Trash receptacles shall be placed adjacent to alleys if alleys are available. (3) No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible from the public right-of-way or take direct access from the street. (4) Building materials. Primary building fagade materials shall be wood, Masonry, or glass. (5) --tandscaping a. All vehicular use areas and public right-of-way shall be in compliance with chapter 15, article IV. b. Street trees (tree types as listed in the landscape ordinance) shall be a minimum 3" caliper trees. The trees shall be located a minimum of 2'-0" off back of curb and shall be 30' - 0" on center, no closer than 30' - 0" to a street intersection, with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. c. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. (6) Sidewalks. a. Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum 5 foot concrete walk, excluding the first 2 feet from the curb. Sidewalks shall provide a minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground. b. Sidewalk sales and daily display or vending that is stored inside the principal business building during closed business hours, may be allowed. However, these activities shall not obstruct pedestrian movement, fire lanes, or areas designated for access by the physically impaired. (7) Building orientation. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. (8) Street -level floor. The ground -level (street fronting) floor of non-residential structures shall have a minimum of 60 percent transparent or window display. If at least 50 percent of the street -level office and retail space has direct access to the street, the total building square footage may be increased with additional floor(s) at a rate of 2 square feet for each one square foot of leasable space directly accessible to the street. On the street level the maximum area of sign may also be doubled if the above requirement is met. (9) Projections (all requirements for a franchise remain in place). a. Objects shall not project from the building facade over the public right of way except for awnings and balconies. b. Awnings shall not project more than 5'-0" from the building facade and have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. ;c. Balconies over the public right of way shall have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be 4'0". (10) Parking requirements. No off-street parking shall be required. a. Parking structures. The ground or street -level of a parking structure shall have at least 50 percent of the street -level structure frontage (exclusive of entrance driveways, stairways and pedestrian entryways) for active use other than parking, such as offices, light retail, personal services and entertainment. The structure may be constructed without these alternative uses as long as the first level of the structure has a minimum height of 12 feet to allow for a retrofit adding them in the future. If the parking structure includes the alternative uses at the time of initial construction, then the related structure may add one story in height. In addition, the maximum area devoted to signage on the first story may be doubled if the alternative uses are in place at initial construction. b. Parking lots. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting street. Within this district no additional commercial surface parking lots shall be permitted after the date of this ordinance. If a commercial surface lot is removed then a new commercial surface lot may be added within this district as long as the total area which is devoted to this use does not increase from that as of the date of this ordinance. '(11) Signs. Off -premise, pole, and monument signs are not allowed; otherwise, permitted signs shall be as in Section 36-553 "Signs permitted in institutional and office zones" of the Zoning Ordinance. (d) Use Regulations (1) Permitted Uses. Uses permitted shall include all those allowed in the Residential Districts, Office Districts and Commercial Districts as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that, all uses must be inside or enclosed. Within the front setback where an integral accessory use is provided, the integral accessory use area need not be totally enclosed. (2) Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall include those allowed in the Light Industrial '1-2' District as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that all uses must be inside or enclosed. (e) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed',a height of three (3) stories or 45 feet, whichever is less. Developments which provide a minimum 20 percent of the gross floor area for residential uses are entitled to a maximum height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Any structure which is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus'stop, etc.), is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses are cumulative not to exceed ten (10) stories or 150 feet. In the area bounded by Markham Street on the north, 8th street on the south, Scott Street on the east, and Broadway Street on the west, building height shall be controlled by the Adams Field Airport Zoning Ordinance (section 7-57, height limitations in the Little Rock Code of Ordinances). (t) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. Five foot build to line. If there is an adjacent structure which is closer than five feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. (In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way.) A development with an integral accessory use may increase the setback (build -to line) to 20 feet. Along Capitol Avenue, west of Broadway Street and east of Scott Street, the front building line shall be 25 feet. Along Chester Street from 1-630 to La Harpe Boulevard the front building line shall be 10 feet. In no case is the storage or parking of vehicles allowed in the front setback. (2) Rear yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the rear yard shall have a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (3) Side yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the side yards shall have a set back of not less than four (4) feet. Sec. . R4 -A Low Density Residential (a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of the R -4A District is to protect existing developed residential neighborhoods. It is intended for single family use with conversions to two family units or the addition of accessory residential units. The R -4A district should be located in developed areas of the city where an environment suitable for moderate -density residential (use) and in an established medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas. Accessory uses, conditional uses and home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics and provided further that they otherwise conform to the provisions of this chapter. The district is intended to be an urban low to moderate -density residential area, where an occasional nonresidential use adds to the overall character of the neighborhood. (b) Use Regulations. (1) Permitted uses. Permitted uses are single-family and two-family residences. (2) Other uses. Accessory, home occupation, temporary, special and conditional uses allowed within the R -4A low-density residential district shall be the same as those in the R-1, R-2, R-3 single-family districts. In addition any by -right uses within the C-1 neighborhood commercial district may be allowed as conditional uses in R -4A as specifically approved by the Planning Commission. These uses must follow the development criteria listed under C-1 neighborhood commercial and have a traditional design consistent with the neighborhood. (3) Within the area bounded by Capitol Avenue on the north, 9th street on the south, 1-30 on the east, and Cumberland Street on the west, in addition to the above uses, multi -family use, as defined by R-5 urban residential district, shall be a permitted use. (c) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet. (d) Area regulations. (9) Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. If there is an adjacent structure, which is closer than 25 feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. In no case may a structure be built in the right- of-way. (2) Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed five (5) feet. (3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (4) Lot area regulations. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot width of not Fess than fifty (50) feet and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. (5) Accessory structures and additions. Accessory structures or principal building additions of conventional on-site construction are permitted by right. V111) Modify map to change the area, from Cross to 130 and 1630 to River, to Urban Use and R -4A Districts. MO JA Fq5 PAN 'PA jj vicinity Map Proposed Zoning for Domuto-,Au Case #Z-6730 N Downtown Zoning + CT: 1 TM: TINM2W PD: 5 Want I Item # 10 City of Little Rock Department of Planning and Development 723 West Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 (501)371-4790 FAX (501) 371-6863 MEMORANDUM TO:`Y CARNEY, CITY MANAGER FROM: M LAWSON, DIRECTOR PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT St�E DOWNTOWN ZONING PLAN DATE: AUGUST 9, 1999 Please find attached the following information: a letter, outline of changes and new zoning- -map being mailed to downtown property owners. This is a major step toward the implementation of the downtown Framework for the Future and additional work by a downtown zoning committee. Two new districts, Urban Use (UU) and Low Density Residential (R -4A), are being proposed and this change would make land use a minor or non -issue downtown. In the Urban Use district design is important with pedestrian friendly and more `urban' structural forms required or encouraged. In the front there would be a build -to -line; ground level activity in structures is encouraged (required windows/displays and encouraged direct access); and parking/delivery, etc. is to be behind or on the side of structures. Parking structures are encouraged, but there is no parking required. No net increase in the amount of surface commercial parking lots is allowed and no new drive- through/drive-in facilities may be visible from the street. There are height bonus and some signage bonuses. As was suggested by the Framework for the Future committee the new zoning crosses I- 30 and includes the Presidential Library area. The Urban Use district is proposed for this area. Most of the area to the south of the site has the zone district described above. The MacArthur Park area would generally be zoned `R -4A' a district residential district, which allows some quiet businesses as conditional uses. The two city parks, MacArthur and Riverfront, would be zoning `OS', which is appropriate for parks. This has been presented to the Plans Committee of the Little Rock Planning Commission. On September 2 the full Commission will discuss the proposals and be asked to reclassify the downtown area. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call. 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As you know, hopefully, the City has reviewed the downtown zoning for about two years. A draft of the new zoning classifications and map indicating locations are enclosed for your convenience. The new district (Urban Use) allows Residential, Office and Commercial use by -right but industrial,(I-2) use as a conditional use (C.U.P.). If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The second new district (Low Density Residential) allows for multifamily to single family north of 91h Street and Duplex to Single Family south of 9th Street with "C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial), use as a conditional use. If you have such use and if you will provide us with a legal description and letter requesting the C.U.P. (including the current use), then we will include the C.U.P. change at no cost to you. The Planning Commission at their regular meeting will discuss this rezoning item on Thursday, September 2, 1999 in the Board Chambers of City Hall (500 West Markham). The hearing starts at 4:00 p.m. (NOTE: This item will most likely not be heard at the beginning of the meeting.) We request that you have all requests for a C.U.P. into our office (Downtown Zoning, 723 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201) by no later than Friday, August 20, 1999. If you have any questions, please contact Walter Malone at 371-6819. You are invited to attend the public hearing on Thursday, September 2, 1999. Sincerely, 5 Walter Malone, AICP Planning Manager Zoning Ordinance changes: 1) Definitions -- adding: Drive Through -- means an establishment which by design of physical facilities or by the type of service offered, the customer conducts business from a motor vehicle. Pedestrian `urban' oriented -- means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian -- window displays, streetscape amenities. Integral -accessory use — means an outdoor or partially enclosed use area, which is an integral part directly servicing in a subordinate role a permitted interior use. Build -to -line — means the line where the exterior fagade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot — means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on a daily, monthly or annual basis. ll) Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications (zoning buffers) - adding: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. DRAFT DRAFT Ill) Adding two new Zone Districts to Article V District Regulations - Urban Use (UQ) and Low Density Residential (R - 4A) SECTION—. URBAN USE DISTRICT (a) General Purpose and Intent. The Urban Use district established by this chapter is designed to assure the continuation of development consistent with a traditional urban form. The Urban Use district is designed to help create a compact, dense, distinguishable core area. The district is established in order to provide for an urban form allowing mid -rise and high rise structures. This District is to provide for the office, civic and business core of the City. Structures within the Urban Use district are encouraged to provide multiple uses within the same structure-. The ground or street level of structures should include street oriented activity and pedestrian amenities. The resulting area is to be pedestrian `urban' oriented. (b) Application of Regulations. The regulations of this District shall apply to new development, redevelopment, expansion of existing development or exterior modifications. Routine repairs and maintenance shall not require compliance with this section. Except for construction of improvements in the public right of way required by the City, and redevelopment or expansion of existing development, all uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date of this section which do not conform to the standards and guidelines established in this section, shall be treated as nonconforming according to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. (c) Development Criteria. (1) Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect light away from adjacent residential structures. No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance, which substantially exceeds that general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the boundary of the site. (2) All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from the street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-way. Trash receptacles shall be placed in alleys if alleys are available. (3) No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible from the public right-of-way or take direct access from the street. (4) Building materials. Primary building fagade materials shall be wood, masonry, or glass. DRAFT 2 DRAFT (5) Landscaping a. All vehicular use areas and public right-of-way shall be in compliance with chapter 15, article IV. b. Street trees shall be a minimum 3" caliper trees. The trees shall be located 2'-0" off back of curb and shall be 30' - 0" on center with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. c. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. (6) Sidewalks. a. Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum 5 foot concrete walk, excluding the first 2 feet from the curb. Sidewalks shall provide a minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground. b. Sidewalk sales and daily display or vending that is stored inside the principal business building during closed business hours, shall be allowed. However, these activities shall not obstruct pedestrian movement, fire lanes, or areas designated for access by the physically impaired. (7) Building orientation. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. (8) Street -level floor. The ground -level (street fronting) floor of non-residential structures shall have a minimum of 60 percent transparent or window display. If at least 50 percent of the street -level office and retail space has direct access to the street, the total building square footage may be increased with additional floor(s) at a rate of 2 square feet for each one square foot of leasable space directly accessible to the street. On the street level the maximum area of sign may also be doubled if the above requirement is met. (9) Projections (all requirements for a franchise remain in place). a. Objects shall not project from the building facade over the public right of way except for awnings and balconies. b. Awnings shall not project more than 5'-0" from the building facade and have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. DRAFT 3 DRAFT c. Balconies over the public right of way shall have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be 4'0". (10) Parking requirements. No off-street parking shall be required. a. Parking structures. The ground or street -level of a parking structure shall have at least 50 percent of the street -level structure frontage (exclusive of entrance driveways, stairways and pedestrian entryways) for active use other than parking, such as offices, light retail, personal services and entertainment. The structure may be constructed without these alternative uses as long as the first level of the structure has a minimum height of 12 feet to allow for a retrofit adding them in the future. If the parking structure includes the alternative uses at the time of initial construction, then the related structure may add one story in height. In addition, the maximum area devoted to signage on the first story may be doubled if the alternative uses are in place at initial construction. b. Parking lots. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never in the front yard. Within this district no additional commercial surface parking lots shall be permitted after the date of this ordinance. If a commercial surface lot is removed then a new commercial surface lot may be added within this district as long as the total area which is devoted to this use does not increase from that as of the date of this ordinance. (11) Signs. Off -premise, pole, and monument signs are not allowed; otherwise, permitted signs shall be as in Section 36-553 "Signs permitted in institutional and office zones" of the Zoning Ordinance. (d) Use Regulations (1) Permitted Uses. Uses permitted shall include all those allowed in the Residential Districts, Office Districts and Commercial Districts as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that, all uses must be inside or enclosed. Within the front setback where an integral accessory use is provided, the integral accessory use area need not be totally enclosed. (2) Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall include those allowed in the Light Industrial '1-2' District as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that all uses must be inside or enclosed. DRAFT `i DRAFT (e) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or 45 feet, whichever is less. Developments which provide a minimum 20 percent of the gross floor area for residential uses are entitled to a maximum height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Any structure which is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus stop, etc.), is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses are cumulative not to exceed ten (10) stories or 150 feet. For those structures in the area bounded by Markham Street on the north, 8th street on the south, Scott Street on the east, and Broadway Street on the west, building height shall be controlled by the Airport Building Height Ordinance (Ordinance No. 14613) — Code of Ordinances 7-57. (t) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. Five foot build to line. If there is an adjacent structure which is closer than five feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. (In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way.) A development with an integral accessory use may increase the setback (build -to line) to 20 feet. Along Capitol Avenue, west of Broadway Street and east of Scott Street, the front building line shall be 25 feet. Along Chester Street from 1-630 to La Harpe Boulevard the front building line shall be 10 feet. In no case is the storage or parking of vehicles allowed in the front setback. (2) Rear yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the rear yard shall have a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (3) Side yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the side yards shall have a set back of not less than four (4) feet. 1)"AFT I AF T Sec. . R4 -A Low Density Residential (a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of the R -4A District is to protect existing developed residential neighborhoods. It is intended for single family use with conversions to two family units or the addition of accessory residential units. The R -4A district should be located in developed areas of the city where an environment suitable for moderate -density residential (use) and in an established medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas. Accessory uses, conditional uses and home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics and are not unduly concentrated in the area. These uses must otherwise conform to the provisions of this chapter and be compatible with the character of the neighborhood. The district is intended to be an urban low to moderate -density residential area, where an occasional nonresidential use adds to the overall character of the neighborhood. (b) Use Regulations. (1) Permitted uses. Permitted uses are single-family and two-family residences. (2) Other uses. Accessory, home occupation, temporary, special and conditional uses allowed within the R -4A low-density residential district shall be the same as those in the R-1, R-2, R-3 single-family districts. In addition any by -right uses within the C-1 neighborhood commercial district may be allowed as conditional uses in R -4A as specifically approved by the Planning Commission. These uses must follow the development criteria listed under C-1 neighborhood commercial and have a traditional design consistent with the neighborhood. (3) Within the area bounded by Capitol Avenue on the north, 9th street on the south, 1-30 on the east, and Cumberland Street on the west, in addition to the above uses multi -family use, as defined by R-5 urban residential district shall be a permitted use. (c) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet. CRAFT I (d) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. If there is an adjacent structure which is closer than 25 feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre- existing structure. In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way. (2) Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed five (5) feet. (3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (4) Lot area regulations. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot width of not less than fifty (50) feet and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. (5) Accessory structures and additions. Accessory structures or principal building additions of conventional on-site construction are permitted by right. 110 Remove Article Vl Sections 36-401 through 36-418 — Zoning Plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. 10 Modify map to change the area, from Cross to 130 and 1630 to River, to Urban Use and R -4A Districts. 7 D211 R AF T Other Ordinance Amendments: Master Street Plan: Intersection radii — on Broadway, Chester, Scott, Louisiana, 3rd and 2nd Streets the radii shall be reduced to that for Collectors. Land Use Plan: 1) Add new Land Use Definition: Mixed Use -- Urban: This category provides for a mix of residential, office and commercial uses not only in the same block but within the same structure. This category is intended for older'urban' areas to allow dissimilar uses to exist which support each other to create a vital area. Development should reinforce the urban fabric creating a 24-hour activity area. Using the Planed Zoning District or the Urban Use District, high and moderate density developments that result in a vital (dense) pedestrian oriented area are appropriate. 2) Change Land Use Plan Map to new category and LDR (east of Cross) 3) Replace the Land Use Plan Text for Planning District 5 Replace Text under `Development Principals' with: Downtown should become a place where people want to live and visit and should have a lasting and recognizable image, distinguishable from all other nearby environments. Because it is the State capital and proud symbol of a metropolitan area, Downtown Little Rock has many opportunities. Downtown should be the financial, office and governmental center of the region and as such should be planned as a place where people live, visit and work in a safe, vibrant, pedestrian -friendly environment. The built environment should encourage a sense of community and safety among residents and visitors. Downtown should be planned to become a place of 24-hour activity. These general planning goals should be reinforced by such urban design and planning interventions as the following: Specify land uses for entertainment and residential use ■ Preserve and reuse existing buildings • Capitalize on the Presidential Library as an economic development tool Provide an effective transportation plan with a variety of modes ■ Provide landscaping throughout the area ■ Utilize the Presidential Library as a regional educational resource center I Develop streetscaping plans designed for specific needs in designated areas Develop a means to encourage property owners to reinvest in Downtown Work with Federal, State and County governments to ensure the success of the vision Specify land uses that will encourage the development of a niche for retail activities Encourage a built form of quality architectural styles that evoke character Preserve civic and historic heritage • Recognize the riverfront as a key urban activity generator Objective: The Downtown urban form should be protected by, requiring structures be built to the street with street level activity and visual connection between the street and interior. Action Statement: Modify the development standards to encourage higher density development and zero lot line construction. Modify parking regulations (number -'of spaces, screening, etc.) Special design studies should be undertaken and regulations implemented for streets and corridors of community -wide importance. Objective: To support an urban land use form, a fixed transit system is needed. An investment must be made in a fixed transit system for Downtown that effectively connects the different parts of Downtown and moves people within that area. Action Statement: Build a transit infrastructure — fixed routes to serve the Downtown and immediate vicinity. Objective: Residential use is essential for a n active and successful Downtown. Because the Downtown residential area has lost most of its residential units, the City of Little Rock must invest in downtown housing to assist in reviving the area thereby creating housing opportunities for high as well as moderate -income levels. Action Statement: Create development and use incentives for owner occupied, market rate rental, and affordable rental residential developments in Downtown. Objective: Downtown must be actively marketed. In most cities a quasi -public agency does this work. The City must establish 9with Downtown property owners) an agency to advance the economic development of Downtown. Action Statement: Develop a quasi -public downtown development agency to market and assist with the implementation of projects. Objective: In order to achieve an active Downtown, developments should be mixed use and linked. DRAFT IL Action Statement: Using the Framework for the Future document as a reference, establish consensus among quasi -public, City, County, and State entities regarding the vision of Downtown. Implement strategies conducive to the objectives of the established vision. Assist only developments that conform to the Framework guidelines. Replace Text under `Land Use' with: Residential: The blocks, north and west of MacArthur Park, in the southeast corner of the District are designated as Low Density Residential (LDR). Within this area, north of Ninth Street is predominately Multifamily with some Single Family; while south of Ninth Street is predominately Single Family with some Multifamily. Mixed Use: The majority of the district is designated for Mixed Use Urban. The uses range from high-rise office buildings to single family homes. The intent is to create a vital diverse area, which is pedestrian -friendly. Parks and Open Space: Riverfront Park runs along the Arkansas River along the northeast portion of the district boundary. MacArthur Park, the City's first municipal park established in 1892 is in the southeast corner of the district. Public/Institutional: The State Capitol and related buildings are designated as Public Use, in the western end of the district. Last printed 07/28/99 3:10 PM Jo s,�'��F3 FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION SEE Z-6730 FILES Publish one (1) time in the Daily Record on Friday, August 13, 1999. Send two (2) proofs of publication and one (1) invoice to the Department of Planning and Development, 723 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On September 2, 1999, at 4:00 in the Chamber of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Second Floor, City Hall, at 500 West Markham St., pursuant to the Provisions of Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances, the Little Rock Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on proposals to amend the Little Rock Code of Ordinances so as to change the zone classifications on the following properties and other matters. Amend Section 36-2 Definitions — adding definitions for: Drive Through, Pedestrian "urban" oriented, Integral accessory use, Build -to -line, Commercial surface parking lot. 2. Amend Section 36-156. Height and area exceptions — Changing R-4 to R -4A in paragraph 2c. as follows: "Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R -4A districts..." 3. Amend Section 36-337. Districts — adding: "R -4A low density residential district", "UU urban use district" 4. Remove Article VI Sections 36-401 through 36-418 — Zoning Plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project. 5. Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications(zoning buffers — addin : "(11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances." 6. Adder two new Zone Districts to Zoning Ordinance — Urban Use (UU) and Low Density Residential (R -4A) 7. Z-6730 through Z-6733, generally in an area from Cross Street to Cumberland, I-630 to the Arkansas River; Cumberland to I-30 from 7h Street to Railroad Spur Little Rock Western; Ferry and McAlmont Street to I-30 7`i' Street to 1-630; 13'' Street to I-630 Spring to Cumberland Street; Arkansas River to 3`d Street John to I-30; P to 6`" Streets, College to I-30; and 6`" to 8t' Streets, Byrd to I-30 (described as all of Clay's Subdivision, W. B. Worthen Subdivision, Meyers 2nd and Ringo Addition, Signature Subdivision, Arkansas Federal Credit Union Addition, State House Plaza, Pope's Addition, Post Office Replat, and Russell's Addition; Stevensons Addition Blocks 1, 3, 4, and North ''/z Trapnall Block in Stephenson's; Johnson's Addition Blocks 1 and 2; Masonic Addition Blocks 4, 5, 12, 13; Rectortown Addition Blocks 1-3, 6-11, 14-18; Woodruffs Blocks 3-6, Block 11 Lot 1-6 and Original City Blocks 1-14, 21-23, Block 25 Lots 1-6, 9-12, Blocks 26-40, Block 41 Lots 1-3, 10-12; Blocks 67-131, 133-136, 139-142, 147-152, 157, 168-172, 174-181, 183, 185, 188, 194-198, 225-228, 248-263, 275-277, 280-297, 351-356) is rezoned to (UU) Urban Use District. Z-6734 through Z-6735, generally in an arca from Cumberland to Ferry from 6th to 9th; 9d' to I-630 from Scott to Commerce; I-630 to 15"' from Cumberland to Bragg; and 6th to 8th Streets College to Byrd (described as Stevenson's Addition except Blocks 1, 3 and 4 and North 1/2 of Trapnall Block of Stephenson's ; Johnson's Addition except Blocks 1 and 2; Bragg's Addition Block 6; Rectortown Addition Blocks 19 and 20; Woodruffs Blocks 1-2, 7-8; Original City Block 24, 25 Lots 7 and 8, Block 41 Lot 4-9, Blocks 42-49, 54-61 and Block 151 Lots 5-12) is rezoned to (R -4A) Low Density Residential. Z-6736 and Z-6737, generally in an area between Commerce and McAlmont and 9th Street to I-630 and from Arkansas River to Little Rock and Western Rail Spur and Broadway to I-30 (described as Original City Block 153-156, 145, 182; Pope's Addition Block A City Park Addition of Original City; a parcel of land situated in the NE 1/4 of Section 3, T -1-N, R -12-W, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, including a portion of Block 34 and 35 of the Original City of Little Rock, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the NW corner of Block 35 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence North 45.75 feet to the SW corner of Block 182 of the Original City of Little Rock and a point on the north right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way and the Point of Beginning; thence East 100 feet along the south line of said Block 182 and along said North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad to the SE corner of said Block 182 and the SW corner of Block 145 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence East approximately 23 feet along the South line of said Block 145 to a point 25 feet NW on a radial line from the centerline of an existing Missouri Pacific Railroad track; thence along a westerly line located 25 feet Northerly and parallel to an existing Missouri Pacific Railroad track, said line have the following approximate bounds; approximately 387 feet along a curve to the right having a radius of 262.94 feet, a n of 7726' and a chord bearing S70°25'W, 328.92 feet; W70°52'W, 160 feet; 160 feet along a curve to the left having a radius of 435.28 feet and a n of 21°06' and a chord bearing N80°58'W, 159.45 feet thence Northerly approximate 5 feet to the North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence S87°08'30"E, 95 feet along said North right-of-way line; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line S86°31'54"E, 330.73 feet; thence East 60 feet to the Point of Beginning less and except dedicated street right-of-way included in this parcel. A parcel of land situated in the NW t/4, Section 2, T -1-N, R -12-W, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 1 Block A in Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence South, 60 feet along the Southerly extension of said Lot 1 Block A in Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; then S86°20'40"E along the North line of Blocks 2 and 3 in Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock and the North right-of- way line of Missouri Pacific Railroad approximately 500 feet to a point of intersection of said line with a line located 25 feet North of and parallel to the centerline of Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence Westerly along said line located 25 feet North of and parallel to Missouri Pacific Railroad centerline approximately 520 feet to the beginning of a curve on said railroad centerline; thence containing along said line located 25 feet North of and parallel to Missouri Pacific Railroad centerline along a curve to the right and Northerly approximately 380 feet to a point on the South line of Lot 3 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence Easterly along said South line of Lot 3 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock approximately 49 feet to the West line of Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence South along said West line of Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock approximately 12 feet; thence N83'5 1'46"W, 93.54 feet; thence South 18.00 feet to the South line of said Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence West 207.00 feet along said South line of Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock to the Point of Beginning. AND Commencing at the SW corner of Block 145 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence East along the South line of said Block 145 Original City of Little Rock approximately 85 feet to the point of intersection of said South line with a line located on the Easterly side and on a 25 foot offset to an existing railroad curving Southwesterly and the Point of Beginning; thence along said line located on the Easterly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing railroad on a curve Southwesterly approximately 145 feet to the intersection of said line with a line located on the Northerly side and on a 25 foot offset of an existing east -west railroad; thence Easterly along said line located on the Northerly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing east -west railroad approximately 308 feet to the intersection of said line with a line located on the Westerly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing railroad curving Southeasterly; thence Northwesterly along said line located on the Westerly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to said existing railroad approximately 268 feet of the intersection of said line with a line located on the Easterly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to a railroad curving Southwesterly; thence Southwesterly along said line located on the Easterly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to said existing railroad curving Southwesterly approximately 75 feet to the Point of Beginning. Commencing at the NW corner of Block 35 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence West 60 feet to the NE corner of Block 34 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence North 45.75 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of Missouri Pacific Railroad, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence along the North right-of-way line of Missouri Pacific Railroad N86023 1'54"W, 330.73 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line, N87008'30"W, 283.70 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line, South 7.1 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line along a curve to the right, said curve having a delta angle of 05°20'03" and a chord bearing and distance of 84°28'28"W, 142.22 feet; thence North approximately 250 feet along the extension of the West right-of- way line of Main Street to the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Easterly along said ordinary high water line of the Arkansas River to a point on the Northerly extension of the West line of Block 182 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence Southerly along said West line of Block 182 approximately 265 feet; thence West 60 feet to the Point of Beginning. AND Beginning at the SE corner ofLot 1, Block A, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence North along the East line of said Lot 1, Block A, Pope's Addition extended Northerly to the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River approximately 268 feet; thence Easterly along said ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River approximately 720 feet to the intersection of the Westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Route 30 with the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Southerly along the West right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Route 30 approximately 345 feet to the intersection of the West right-of- way line of said Interstate Route 30 with the Easterly extension of the North line of Block 3, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence Westerly along the North line of Blocks 2 -and 3 of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas approximately 61.55 feet to the NE corner of Block 1 of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence North approximately 60 feet to the SE corner of Block A, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas and the Point of Beginning and containing approximately 5.7 acres, more or less. M A parcel of land located in the fractional NE'/a of Section 3, T -1-N, R -12-W, said parcel also being located in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the SE corner of Block 186 of the Original City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence North 256.26 feet along the West right-of-way line all West right- of-way line extended of Spring Street to the intersection of said West line and the ordinary high water mark (approximately elevation 235.71 feet) on the right bank of the Arkansas River, said intersection being the point of beginning; thence back along said extended right- of-way line South 44.25 feet to a point on the North line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way; thence along said North railroad right-of-way line the following: S75°09'50"E, 66.71 feet; S70°45'52"E, 148.42 feet; S70°12'20"E, 118.87 feet; S69027'57"E, 45.08 feet; N20°32'03"E, 1.08 feet; S71°30'21"E, 25.08 feet; S79°25'42"E, 6.33 feet; S69'1 9'30"E, 33.95 feet; S12°56'43"W, 11.0 feet; thence continuing along said North railroad right-of-way line, along a line parallel to and 23.5 feet to the North of the original centerline of the Missouri Pacific Main line railroad tracks, said North right-of-way line also being along arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 865.32 feet, for a distance of 249.12 feet, said arc having a chord bearing and distance of S85'1 8'09"E, 248.26 feet to a point; thence continuing parallel to and 23.5 feet from said centerline and continuing along said North right-of-way line the following: N86027'00"E, 10.00 feet; thence N00°12'36"E, 74.35 feet; thence S89°47'24"E, 101.38 feet; thence N00012'36"E, 23.00 feet; thence N45°12'36"E, 61.63 feet; thence S89047'24"E, 96.14 feet; thence S44°47'24"E, 99.39 feet; thence S00°12'36"W, 80.00 feet to the North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence along the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1,156.57 feet, and said arc having a chord bearing and distance of S80049'32"E, 2.40 feet for 2.40 feet; thence S80°46'E, 64.16 feet; thence along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 1,518.36 feet, said arc having a chord bearing of S81 ° 17' 13"E, 27.58 feet for a distance of 27.58 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of said parallel line and the West right-of-way line extended of Main Street; thence along said West right-of-way line extended of Main Street N00°06'20"E, 181.85 feet to a point on the ordinary high water mark (elevation 235.71± feet) on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Westerly along the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River to the Point of Beginning and containing 3.4 acres, more or less.) is rezoned to Open Space (OS). The area of affected property is subject to decrease, and the proposed new classifications are subject to a more restricted classification. All interested parties may appear and be heard at said time and place. The application and other pertinent data are open and available for inspection in the Department of Planning and Development, 723 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas. All interested parties are invited to review the application in said office and discuss the details with the Walter Malone, Planning Manager. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 6TH DAY OF. AUGUST, 1999. Walter Malone, Planning Manager Department of Planning and Development � 1,2,3,40,14,12 c�.�its�Nr/Lc� % Q 1 12 -3 23'7-A I LD - 5 c�7.n.�, a �Mc Q�,�.�- � ��. c-�► � rain . 4-3 `P r,- o 12 M 4, a �. 4 rxp 7 7a O J4' -7,8, S'(z R PQL N uJ Z -q` 5b,A-PD c, - Q�''_' � z t,2 /v, r1,/z L4 -.j lc P , -7 q (C`jt�• ' c r ;.;YO .9 I, z, 3 w /o0 e/, r/2 � rr 1J S d C fa / L �-�I S 7 �� W ORDINANCE NO. 18,228 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 12,700, C.L.R. URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, AND RECLASSIFYING VARIOUS PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, a citizen committee and. special committee have reviewed the area and recommend that "Downtown" have a new zone classifications; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission after review at a public hearing recommends the modifications and new classifications. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That Ordinance 12,700 establishing Article VI Sections 36-401 through 36-418, zoning plan for Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project is repealed and deleted in its entirety from the Code of Ordinances. SECTION 2. That Section 36-2 Definitions in the Code of Ordinances be amended to add the following definitions: Drive Through - means an establishment which by design of physical facilities or by the type of service offered, the customer conducts business from a motor vehicle. Pedestrian `urban' oriented - means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian - window displays, streetscape amenities. Build -to -line - means the line where the exterior fagade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot - means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on an hourly, daily, monthly or annual basis. Primary Streets - means Capitol Avenue, Broadway, Byrd, Center, Chester, Commerce, Cross, Cumberland, Louisiana, Main, Markham, 9ei, Scott, 7e' (west of Center) , Spring, and State Streets. SECTION 3. That Article III Section 36-156. Height and Area Exceptions be amended changing "R-4" to "R -4A" in paragraph 2C. So that said paragraph would read: "Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R -4A districts..." - SECTION 4. That Article IV Section 36-176. Districts established of the Zone Ordinance be amended to add two new entries - "R -4A low density residential district" and "UU Urban Use District" SECTION 5. That Article V, Section 36-337. Districts of the Zone Ordinance be amended to add two new entries - 11R -4A" Low Density Residential district and "UU" Urban Use district. SECTION 6. That Article V, Division 6 Special Districts is amended to add the following sections and the serial renumbering of said division: SECTION . URBAN USE DISTRICT (a) General Purpose and Intent. The Urban Use district established by this chapter is designed to assure the continuation of development consistent with a traditional urban form. The Urban Use district is designed to help create a compact, dense, distinguishable core area. The district is established in order to provide for an urban form allowing mid -rise and high rise structures. This District is to provide for the office, civic and business core of the City. Structures within the Urban Use district are encouraged to provide multiple uses within the same structure. The ground or street level of structures should include street oriented activity and pedestrian amenities. The resulting area is to be pedestrian `urban' oriented. (b) Application of Regulations. The regulations of this District shall apply to new development, redevelopment, expansion of existing development or exterior modifications. Routine repairs and K maintenance shall not require compliance with this section. Except for construction of improvements in the public right-of-way required by the City, and redevelopment or expansion of existing development, all uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date of this section which do not conform to the standards and guidelines in this section, shall be treated as nonconforming according to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. (c) Development Criteria. (1) Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect away from adjacent residential structures. Fixtures adjacent to roadways shall be of a design that minimizes glare to the motoring public. No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance, which substantially exceeds that general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparisons shall be made at the boundary of the site. (2) All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from a primary street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-way. Trash receptacles shall be placed adjacent to alleys if alleys are available. (3) No new drive-in or drive-through facilities may be visible or take directed access from a primary street. (4) Building materials. Fagade materials may be any standard material, except corrugated or ribbed materials. (5 ) Landscaping a. All vehicular use areas shall be in compliance with chapter 15, article IV. 3 b_ Street trees a minimum of 3" (inch) caliper shall be required (type of trees as listed in landscape ordinance) The trees shall be located a m-inimum of 21- 01, off ]pack of curb and shall be 30'_0" on center and no closer than 30'-d" to street intersection with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. C. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. (6) Sidewalks. a_ Sidewalks shall consist of a minimum 5 foot concrete walk, excluding the first 2 feet from the curb. Sidewalks shall provide a minimum 7 foot horizontal clearance at a height of 4 feet from the ground. b. Sidewalk sales and daily display or vending that is stored inside the principal business building during closed business hours, may be allowed. However, these activities shall not obstruct pedestrian movement, fire lanes, or areas designated for access by the physically impaired. (7) Building orientation. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. (8) Street -level floor. The ground -level (street fronting) floor of non-residential structures shall have a minimum surface area of 60 percent transparent or window display. 4 If at least 50 percent of the street -level office and retail space has direct access to the street, the total building square footage may be increased with additional floor(s) at a rate of 2 square feet for each one square foot of leasable space directly accessible to the street. On the street level the maximum area of sign may also be doubled if the above requirement is met. (9) Projections (all requirements for a franchise remain in place) . a. Objects shall not project from the building fagade over the public right- of-way except for awnings and balconies. b. Awnings shall not project more than 5'- 0" from the building fagade and have a minimum clearance of 8'-0" above the sidewalk. C. Balconies over the public right-of-way shall have a minimum clearance of 9'-0" above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be 4'-01f. (10) Parking requirements. No off-street parking shall be required. a. Parking structures. Any parking structure with frontage along Capitol Avenue, Broadway, Chester, Main, Markham and 9t' Streets shall be required to have active uses other than parking (such as office, light retail, personal services and entertainment) or building fagade constructed to meet the standards of this section along the first floor of said frontage. b_ Parking lots. Surface parking is to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting street. Within this district commercial surface parking lots added after adoption of 5 this ordinance shall require a conditional use review. (11) Signs. Off -premise, pole, and monument signs are not allowed; otherwise, permitted signs shall be as in Section 36-553 "Signs permitted in institutional and office zones" of the Zoning Ordinance. (d) Use Regulations (1) pexm.tted Uses. Uses permitted shall include all those allowed in the Residential Districts, Office Districts and Commercial Districts as 'permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that, all rises must be inside or enclosed. (2) Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall include those allowed in the Light Industrial `I-2' District as `permitted uses', in Chapter 36. Except that all uses must be inside or enclosed. Other Conditional Uses - Commercial Surface Parking Lot ' (e) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of five (5) stories or 75 feet, whichever is less. Developments which provide a minimum 20 percent of the gross floor area for residential uses are entitled to add two stories to the structure. Any structure which is certified by CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority) as providing a portion of the structure for mass transit (such as a bus stop, etc.), is entitled to one bonus floor. All building height bonuses in this section are cumulative not to exceed fifteen (15) stories or 225 feet. For those structures within the area described as, 2nd Street south to 9th Street and Scott Street west to Broadway, the structural height shall not exceed that specified by the "Adams Field Airport Zoning Ordinance" (Little Rock Code of Ordinances 7-57) . 6 (f) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. No setback, zero (0) foot build - to -line (In no case may a structure be built in the right-of-way.) Along Capitol Avenue, west of Broadway Street and east of Scott Street, the front building line shall be 25 feet. Along Chester Street from I-630 to La Harpe Boulevard the front building line shall be 10 feet. In no case is the storage or parking of vehicles allowed in the front setback. (2) Rear yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the rear yard shall have a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (3) Side yard. No setback required except where adjacent to lots containing single family detached structures. In this case the side yards shall have a set back of not less than four (4) feet. SECTION R -4A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of the R -4A District is to protect existing developed residential neighborhoods. It is intended for single family use with conversions to two family units or the addition of accessory residential units. The R -4A district should be located in developed areas of the city with an environment suitable for moderate -density residential (use) and in established medium -density residential areas where densification may facilitate their continuation as desirable residential areas. Accessory uses, conditional uses and home occupations are permitted as long as they do not have objectionable characteristics, provided further that they otherwise conform to the provisions of this chapter. The district is intended to be an urban low to moderate -density residential area, where an occasional 7 (b) nonresidential use adds to the overall character of the neighborhood. Use Regulations. (1) Permitted uses. Permitted uses are single- family and two-family residences. (2) Other uses. Accessory, home occupation, temporary, special and conditional uses allowed within the R -4A low-density residential district shall be the same as those in the R-1, R-2, R-3 single-family districts. In addition any by -right uses within the C-1 neighborhood commercial district may be allowed as conditional uses in R -4A as specifically approved by the Planning Commission. These uses must follow the development criteria listed under C-1 neighborhood commercial and have a traditional design consistent with the neighborhood. (3) Within the area bounded by Capitol Avenue on the north, 9th Street on the south, I-30 on the east, and Cumberland Street on the west, in addition to the above uses, multi- family use, as defined by R-5 Urban residential district, shall. be a permitted use. (c) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet. (d) Area regulations. (1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet. If there is an adjacent structure which is closer than 15 feet, then the new structure may be built using the line of the pre-existing structure. In no case may a structure be built in the right- of-way. ight- of-way. 8 (2) side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, not to exceed five (5) feet. (3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. (4) Lot area regulations. There shall be a lot area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot of width of not less than fifty (50) feet and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. (5) Accessory structures and additions. Accessory structures or principal building additions of conventional on-site construction are permitted by right. SECTION 7. That Section 36-524 Exceptions/Modifications of the zoning ordinance is amended to add: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed, modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s) as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2_ Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3_ The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. SECTION 8. That the zone classification of the following properties be and are hereby changed, to Urban Use District, as indicated: Z-6730 - Described as Arkansas Federal Credit Union Addition; Clay's Subdivision; Worthen Subdivision; Signature 141 subdivision; state House Plaza Addition; and Original City Blocks 6-10, 69-109, 112-131 (except lots 6; 8, 5 ''� of 9 Block 116), 133-136, 139-142, 174 (except lots 1, 2, 10-12 block 174), 175-183, 188, 225-228, 248-263, 275-277, 289- 297, and 351--356 from 11I-3" Heavy industrial, 11I-2" Light Display Commercial, "C-3" General Industrial "C-4" Open y P "R-5" Commercial, "O-3" General Office, "O-�1•' Quiet Office, Urban Residence, "M" Metrocenter, "GB General Business "NC" Neighborhood Commercial, and "PI" Public and Institutional to "UU" Urban Use District. ' Z--6731 - Described as Original City Blocks 13, 22, 67 (except lots 5, 6, 11, 12, East 50 feet of Lot 1 and 2, North 45 feet if East 50 feet Lot 3) , 169, 195-196 (except lots 3-6 and East 65 feet lots 1 and 2 Block 195) from "GB" General Business and "HR" High -Density Residential to "UU" Urban Use District. Z-6732 - Described as Pope's Addition, Post Office Replat, Russell's Additions, Stevenson's Block 1, 3, 4 North 1-i� Trapnall Block in StevensonIsAddition; Johnson's Addition Blocks 1 and 2; Rectortown Addition Blocks 2, 3, 6-11, 14- 18; Masonic Addition Block 4 (except Lots 16-18); Woodxuffs Addition Blocks 3-6, Block 11 Lots 1-6; and Original City Blocks 1-5, Block 25 (except Lots 7-8), Block 26-40 (except Lots 1-3, 10-12, West 125 feet of Lot 4 and West 125 feet of North %tt of Lot 5 Block 27) , Block 41 Lots 1-4, 9-12, North 1-i� Lot 5 and North 1-� Lot 8, Block 151 Lots 1 and 2 from "M" Metrocenter, "GB" General Business, "NC" Neighborhood Commercial, "HR" High -Density Residential and "PI" Public Institutional to "UU" Urban Use District. Z-6733 - Described as Mason Addition Block 5, 12-13 from "HDR" High Density Residential and "PI" Public and Institutional to "UU" Urban Use District. SECTION 9. That the zone classification of the following properties be and are hereby changed, to Low Density Residential (R -4A) as indicated: Z-6734 - Described as Stephenson's Addition (Block 2; South I -,t Trapnall block in Stephensons, and Fowler Block in Stephenson' s) , Johnson's Addition (except Blocks 1 and 2) , Original City Blocks 41 Lots 5-8, South '-t., Lot 5 South '� Lot 8, Lots 6-7, Blocks 42-44, 59-61, Block 25 Lots 7-8, Block 150 Lots 7-9, and Block 151 Lots 5-12 and Rectortown Addition Blocks 19 and 20; Woodruffs Addition Blocks 1, 2, Block 7 Lots 1-6, Block 8 Lots 1-4 from "GB" General 10 Business, "HR" High -Density Residential and "I-2" Light Industrial to "R -4A" Low Density Residential. Z-6735 - Described as Original City Blocks 24, 45-49, 54-58 (except pt Lots 7-8, South '-� Lot 9 Block 58), 61 from "HR" High -Density Residential and "MR" Medium -Density Residential to "R -4A" Low -Density Residential. SECTION 10. That the zone classification of the following properties be and are hereby changed, to Open Space (OS), as indicated. Z-6736 - Described as Original City Blocks 153-156 and City Park Addition of City of Little Rock (MacArthur Park) and located between 9t' Street and I-630 McAlmont and Commerce Streets from "PI" Public and Institutional to "OS" Open Space. Z-6737 - Described as Original City Block 182, 145, Pope's Addition Block A and a parcel of land situated in the NE k of Section 3, T -1-N, R -12-W, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, including a portion of Block 34 and 35 of the Original City of Little Rock, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the NW corner of Block 35 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence North 45.75 feet to the SW corner of Block 182 of the Original City of Little Rock and a point on the north right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way and the Point of Beginning; thence East 100 feet along the south line of said Block 182 and along said North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad to the SE corner of said Block 182 and the SW corner of Block 145 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence East approximately 23 feet along the South line of said Block 145 to a point 25 feet NW on a radial line from the centerline of an existing Missouri Pacific Railroad track; thence along a westerly line located 25 feet Northerly and parallel to an existing Missouri Pacific Railroad track, said line have the following approximate bounds; approximately 387 feet along a curve to the right having a radius of 262.94 feet, a ZS of 77°26' and a chord bearing S70025'W, 328.92 feet; W700521W, 160 feet; 160 feet along a curve to the left having a radius of 435.28 feet and a ZS of 21°06' and a chord bearing N800581W, 159.45 feet thence Northerly approximate 5 feet to the North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence S87°0813011E, 95 feet along said North right-of-way line; thence continuing along said North right- of-way line S8603115411E, 330.73 feet; thence East 60 feet to 11 the Point of Beginning less and except dedicated street right-of-way included in this parcel. A parcel of land situated in the NW k, Section 2, T -1-N, R -12-W, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 1 Block A in Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence South, 60 feet along the Southerly extension of said Lot 1 Block A in Pope' s Addition to the City of Little Rock; then S86°2014011E along the North line of Blocks 2 and 3 in Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock and the North right--of-way line of Missouri. Pacific Railroad approximately 500 feet to a point of intersection of said line with a line located 25 feet North of and parallel to the centerline of Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence Westerly along said line located 25 feet North of and parallel to Missouri Pacific Railroad centerline approximately 520 feet to the beginning of a curve on said railroad centerline; thence containing along said line located 25 feet North of and parallel to Missouri Pacific Railroad centerline along a curve to the right and Northerly approximately 380 feet to a point on the South line of Lot 3 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence Easterly along said South line of Lot 3 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock approximately 49 feet to the West line of Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence South along said West line of Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock approximately 12 feet; thence N8395114611W, 93.54 feet; thence South 18.00 feet to the South line of said Lot 2 Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock; thence West 207.00 feet along said South line of Block A of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock to the Point of Beginning. Commencing at the SW corner of Block 145 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence East along the South line of said Block 145 Original City of Little Rock approximately 85 feet to the point of intersection of said South line with a line located on the Easterly side and on a 25 foot offset to an existing railroad curving Southwesterly and the Point of Beginning; thence along said line located on the Easterly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing railroad on a curve Southwesterly approximately 145 feet to the intersection of said line with a line located on the 12 Northerly side and on a 25 foot offset of an existing east - west railroad; thence Easterly along said line located on the Northerly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing east -west railroad approximately 308 feet to the intersection of said line with a line located on the Westerly side and on a 25 foot offset and parallel to an existing railroad curving Southeasterly; thence Northwesterly along said line located on the Westerly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to said existing railroad approximately 268 feet of the intersection of said line with a line located on the Easterly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to a railroad curving Southwesterly; thence Southwesterly along said line located on the Easterly side on a 25 foot offset and parallel to said existing railroad curving Southwesterly approximately 75 feet to the Point of Beginning. Commencing at the NW corner of Block 35 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence West 60 feet to the NE corner of Block 34 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence North 45.75 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of Missouri Pacific Railroad, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence along the North right-of-way line of Missouri Pacific Railroad N86°231'54"W, 330.73 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line, N87°08130"W, 283.70 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line, South 7.1 feet; thence continuing along said North right-of-way line along a curve to the right, said curve having a delta angle of 05020103" and a chord bearing and distance of 84028128"W, 142.22 feet; thence North approximately 250 feet along the extension of the West right-of-way line of Main Street to the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Easterly along said ordinary high water line of the Arkansas River to a point on the Northerly extension of the West line of Block 182 of the Original City of Little Rock; thence Southerly along said West line of Block 182 approximately 265 feet; thence West 60 feet to the Point of Beginning. Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 1, Block A, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence North along the East line of said Lot 1, Block A, Pope's Addition extended Northerly to the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River approximately 268 feet; thence Easterly along said ordinary 13 high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River approximately 720 feet to the intersection of the Westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Route 30 with the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Southerly along the West right-of-way line of Interstate Highway Route 30 approximately 345 feet to the intersection of the West right-of-way line of said Interstate Route 30 with the Easterly extension of the North line of Block 3, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence Westerly along the North line of Blocks 2 and 3 of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas approximately 61.55 feet to the NE corner of Block 1 of Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; thence North approximately 60 feet to the SE corner of Block A, Pope's Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas and the Point of Beginning and containing approximately 5.7 acres, more or less. FWD] A parcel of land located in the fractional NE 14 of Section 3, T -1-N, R -12-W, said parcel also being located in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the SE corner of Block 186 of the Original City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; thence North 256.26 feet along the West right-of-way line all West right- of-way line extended of Spring Street to the intersection of said West line and the ordinary high water mark (approximately elevation 235.71 feet) on the right bank of the Arkansas River, said intersection being the point of beginning; thence back along said extended right-of-way line South 44.25 feet to a point on the North line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way; thence along said North railroad right-of-way line the following: S7500915011E, 66.71 feet; S7004515211E, 148.42 feet; S70012120"E, 118.87 feet; S6902715711E, 45.08 feet; N20032103"E, 1.08 feet; S7103012111E, 25.08 feet; S79025142"E, 6.33 feet; S69019130"E, 33.95 feet; S12056143"W, 11.0 feet; thence continuing along said North railroad right-of-way line, along a line parallel to and 23.5 feet to the North of the original centerline of the Missouri Pacific Main line railroad tracks, said North right-of-way line also being along arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 865.32 feet, for a distance of 249.12 feet, said arc having a chord bearing and distance of S85018109"E, 248.26 feet to a point; thence continuing 14 parallel to and 23.5 feet from said centerline and continuing along said North right-of-way line the following: N8602710011E, 10.00 feet; thence N0001213611E, 74.35 feet; thence S89°47124"E, 101.38 feet; thence N0001213611E, 23.00 feet; thence N45°12136"E, 61.63 feet; thence S89047'24"E, 96.14 feet: thence S44047124"E, 99.39 feet; thence S00°12'36"W, 80.00 feet to the North right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence along the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1,156.57 feet, and said arc having a chord bearing and distance of S80049'32"E, 2.40 feet for 2.40 feet; thence S800461E, 64.16 feet; thence along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 1,518.36 feet, said arc having a chord bearing of S81°17'13"E, 27.58 feet for a distance of 27.58 feet to a point, said point being the intersection of said parallel line and the West right-of-way line extended of Main Street; thence along said West right-of-way line extended of Main Street N00006'20"E, 181.85 feet to a point on the ordinary high water mark (elevation 235.71± feet) on the right bank of the Arkansas River; thence Westerly along the ordinary high water line on the right bank of the Arkansas River to the Point of Beginning and containing 3.4 acres, more or less.) is rezoned from "PI" Public Institutional to "OS" Open Space. SECTION 11. That the items listed above shall take effect six months for the date of adoption. PAS SED : March 7 , 2000 ATTEST: CIT CLE NAN,'Y WOOD APPROVED: MAYt J11M DA= 15 3 /5120DO A-KjC �Emo-C�� SLR adopts :new rules - ..-. Qn zormg = Downtown area goes frdm 5 to 3 categories. ' p•,_; BY JENNIFER LIBERTO . =` ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE f -Little Rock's Board of Directors iuianimous)y approved an ordi- riance Tuesday establishing uni- f .form zoning regulations for the downtown area. :The ordinance rezones the. area south of the Arkansas River bounded by:;S7oss, College and 15th streets from a nux of industrial, commercial, r office, residential and park zones to tli ik categories: urban use, low -len sibtresidential and open space. - -Representatives from the com- munity, city staff, Planning Com.- ipission and the Downtown Part iideship have spent nearly two years on the comprehensive rules, which range from mandating that . tftiflidings extend to the street to 0h#ing buildings outside'the sky- eraper zone to five floors. JThe skyscraper zone is bounded y Broadway, Second, Ninth and Cott streets. This is by no means perfect," ., �s:- : �akd Bob East in his last few hours 4as president of the Downtown Part eI hi p, . which had submitted endments to the ordinance to e�lanning Commission last week 1`-Rre think this ordinance needs to. `$i-e_refined as it goes along." A "'The only board discussion about Ah6ordinance came from Director Nhnnie Pugh who said she felt she vas not involved enough in the , 5Ia.nning of the zoning ordinance, ,which affects her district. . other changes the Planning pbommission approved for the ur- ban -use zone include the addition ;of Ninth, Cumberland, Cross and . yrd streets as "primary' streets in addition to streets already so desig mated: Capitol Avenue, Broadway, end Center,- Chester, Commerce, -pain, Markham, Scott, Spring, State jnd Seventh streets. The board passed all three read. 4_ngs of the ordinance Tuesday night The ordinance will not take affect :fpr six months to allow developers Pwie to make necessary adjustments. -. 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The commissioners' vote is a recommendation to the city board, which will likely the matter yPlANNIN See G, Page 50 Planning 0 Continued from Page 1 B next month. As the plan stands, the rules wouldn't take effect until six months after approval by the city board to allow time for developers to make the necessary adjustments. The area affected stretches from the Arkansas River on the north to In- terstate 630 on the south and from Cross Street on the west to a few blocks past Interstate 30 on the east. The comprehensive new rules. in the works for years, range from mandat- ing that all buildings start 5 feet from the street to requiring that one-third of the ground -floor wall space on com- mercial buildings be made of glass. "It creates a district especially designed for downtown," Lawson said, "and we never had that." The commissioners voted 10-0, with commissioner Rohn Muse ab- sent, to approve the new zoning rules and also voted 10-0 to approve a new land -use plan encompassing downtown west to the state Capitol. A land -use plan is a vision for how an area should look, while zoning rules are the laws that mandate how and where buildings can be built. The Planning Commission does not have the authority to zone from Cross Street past the state Capitol because that area is the purview of the Capitol District Zoning Commis- sion, the state agency that controls development around the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion. The new zoning rules aim to ex- tend some of the charming charac- teristics of the River Market District • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, le Copyngnt 0 :999, Arkansas Democrat -Gazette, throughout dmvnto%vn, and city offi- cials want the new rules in place to facilitate a range of efforts focused on bringing morning -to -night activi- ties and residential living downtown. On Tuesday, the city board will vote on a resolution of support for a package of four initiatives: Downtown Little Rock -Framework for the Fu - hire; the Downtown Corridors Plan; the Six Bridges Framework Plan; and the Capitol Zoning Districts Capitol Area Framework Master Plan. Despite their different focuses, the plans all support pedestrian -friendly, mixed-use environments where the different pursuits of work, play and home can co -exist in harmony. Provisions of the proposed "ur- ban use" zone, a classification not found elsewhere in the city, include: ® Mandating that buildings face the street and have their entrances at street level on the sidewalk Buildings would also be required to be built five feet from the street. Current regulations vary. In the in- dustrial zone west of Broadway, buildings must be set back at least 35 feet from the street. East of Broadway buildings can be built right on the street. ■ Requiring that 35 percent of the street -facing, ground -level walls of commercial structures be glass, ei- ther windows or display cases. ■ Placing stiffer restrictions on where drive-in and drive-through facilities can be built. 0 New parking rules. Under the proposed rules, off-street parking would not be required. Businesses west of Broadway are currently re- quired to have some parking. Under the proposed rules, business- es would not be allowed to have parking lots in front. The lots would need to be on the side or in back ■ Mandating that new buildings have trees outside. e Ct .� t3. -•F A Q ^" G u�7 p OQ u pM. �.p+ ui�R p cu P 0 Moe to cd � � r a� 3 .� nr�s w .� an. � „� •� � O s 1v . J G y '1 s >vd "dCl ear 7�. pC W � Er � G� oliq ca WJ �aV 5 ,_05, cd �< 0,R t ,P.a)4')&E== cn ro cu �- V:) W �� 0 -6� cz 0 cn p u7 q O r5 'n �rJ Q7 Arkansas Democrat ,!c CSazette Zoning • Continued from Pagel A town. But under the new rules, de- velopers could build taller build- ings outside the skyscraper area if they give something in exchange: 13 Developers who pledge to de- vote 20 percent of their building's floor area to residential use would get two extra stories. ® Developers who provide part of their building for a mass -transit use, such as a bus stop, would get one extra story. ® Developers who devote 50 per- cent of their ground -floor space to retail or office space directly ac- cessible from the street would get to add 2 square feet of floor space to their building for every square foot of space used for retail or street -accessible office space. 12 Developers of a building with a parking deck would get to ddd an extra story to their building if the parking deck is built with office or retail space on the ground level. "For Little Hock. this is the first attempt to try to use incentives in- stead of usin; the traditional method of saying. 'You've got to do it; " said Planning Manager Walter Malone. Incentives have been sue- cessfuI in other cities, he said.. The regulations would take ef- fect ffect six months after approval by the cit- board and would not apply to existing or already approved structures. They would go hand in hand with the package of four down- town-rision plans the city board discussed Tuesday night: Down- town Little Rock -Framework for the Future; the Downtown Corri- dors Plan: the Six Bridges Frame- work PIan: and the Capitol Area Framework Master. Plan. The four plans -focus on different areas of downtown with the goal of creat- ing pedestrian -friendly develop- ment. The area affected by the new zoning stretches from the Arkan- sas River on the north to Inter- state 630 on the south and from Cross Street on the west to a few blocks past Interstate 30 on the east. The skyscraper area is a rec- tangle from Second Street on the north to Ninth Street on the south and from Broadway on the west to Scott Street on the east, with an extension west to Gaines Street between Fourth and Sixth streets. Besides the height incentives, the "urban use" classification in- cludes a host of new regulations. They include a mandate that all buildings start five feet from the right of way and a requirement that one-third of the ground -floor wall- space on commercial build- ings be made of glass. Even if the rules are approved by the city board, developers could get around them by applying for a variance from the Board of Adjustment, which annually grants some 100 exceptions to city zoning regulations, including the one based on the FAA require- ment. Many existing downtown build- ings were built with variances, in- cluding the 90 -story TCBY tower and the 30 -story Regions Bank building across the street. The de- velopers of the Acxiom building planned for Third and Sherman streets got a variance from exist- ing zoning rules to build up to 17 stories and would not be affected by the new rules, since the plans are already approved. By Imposing a height limit of 45 feet throughout most of the down- town area, with buildings allowed to be three times that tall if incen- tives are taken, city planners say they are offering developers more flexibility in some parts of down- town than current zoning regula- tions do. Some areas east of Interstate 30 are now zoned industrial, a classi- fication which allows heights up to 60 feet. But because of the limited uses allowed in industrial zones, those 60 feet would mostly be used by smokestacks, and, moreover, • ■ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 0-91 most of downtown's industrial area is now reserved for the Clin- ton presidential library. In most other parts of down- town, buildings are not now al- lowed to be over 45 feet tall. The area of downtown west of Broadway is zoned mostly light in- dustrial and commercial. The height limit in light industrial is 45 feet and the limit in commercial is 35 feet. Most buildings in what would become the skyscraper district are allowed a "floor area ratio" of 15, meaning developers are al- lowed 15 square feet of floor space in their building for every 1 square foot of land their building sits on. That means that if a developer owned 5 square feet of land and wanted to cover all of it with a building, the building could be 15 stories tall, with each story having 5 square feet of floor space. If a developer owned 5 square feet of land and wanted to build on only 1 square foot of it, his building could be 75 stories high, with each story having 1 square foot of floor space. Part of the area just west of In- terstate 30 is zoned high-density residential, and a "floor area ra- tio" of 2.3 is allowed. Other parts are zoned general business, with a "floor area ratio" of 5. Just east of Interstate 30 is an area of two-fam- ily zoning, where buildings are al- lowed to be 35 feet tall. The new zoning regulations would preserve the residential area around MacArthur Park by creating another new zoning clas- sification for it, "low-density resi- dential." "Low-density residential" is dif- ferent from residential zoning classifications in other parts of the city because it allows small com- mercial and multifamily develop- ments as conditional uses. That means developers wanting to es- tablish a small commercial enter- prise or a multifamily develop- ment could get a conditional -use permit from the Planning Commis- sion rather than having to go. be- fore the city board to get the prop- erty rezoned. Under the new rules, MacArthur Park and Riverfront Park would be classified "open space," as opposed to "public in- dustrial," the classification now in place. The "open space" classifi- cation is more restrictive to en- sure that the areas are preserved as parks. 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The proposed ru4es would cre- ate a new zoning 'classification, "urban use," for the Area from the :Arkansas River on the north to In- terstate 630 on the south and from -Cross Street on the west to a few blocks past Interstate 30 on the east. Buildings in the "urban use" zone would be limited to 45 feet tall, or three stories, except for in a central skyscraper district, where buildings could rise to about 200 feet, or 15 stories. Developers could build taller buildings outside the skyscraper zone by taking advantage of incen- tives, a new approach by the Plan- ning Department to encourage res- idential and retail space by allow- ing developers who make room for such uses to have extra stories on their buildings. Besides the proposed height rules, the "urban use" classifica- tion includes a host of new regula- tions, including a mandate that all buildings start 5 feet from the right of way and a requirement that one-third of the ground -floor wall space on commercial buildings be made of glass. The proposed skyscraper dis- trict would be a rectangle from Second Street on the north to Ninth Street on the south and from Broadway on the west to Scott Street on the east, with an extension west to Gaines Street between Fourth and Sixth streets. Now, the area where skyscrap- ers can be built stretches to River - front Park, rather than stopping at Second Street. The area between Eighth -Street, the southern border of the current skyscraper district, and In- terstate 630 is now zoned "general business." So is the northern part of the area between Scott Street, the current skyscraper district's eastern border, and Interstate 30. Buildings in those areas can now go up to five stories, but un- der the proposed plan they'd be limited to three. So under the pro- posed plan the skyscraper area would shrink somewhat, and height restrictions in two border- ing areas would be more limiting. "We're generally not in favor of height restrictions in that area, or not in favor of that restrictive of a height requirement, , said Bob East of East -Harding Inc. construc- tion, speaking as president of Downtown Partnership, a business development group. "Our problem is we have not reviewed it in depth and we need to." The proposed zoning plans are an outgrowth of Downtown Little Rock -Framework for the Future, a process conducted because of a recommendation during Future - Little Rock, the city's early '90s goals -setting project. The Framework for the Future plan will also be on the board's agenda Oct. 19, and the board will be asked to support it in a package of three other pians that envision a lively, pedestrian -friendly down- town area where people work, play and sleep. Framework for the Future is a set of goals, not rules or ordinances. A Downtown Zoning Committee met between August 1998 and De- cember 1998 to develop the recom- mendations of the Framework for the Future steering committee into zoning regulations. Drafts of the regulations were sent out to more than 900 property owners for comment in May. Sitting on the Downtown Zoning Committee were: then -Planning Commission Chairman Larry Lichty, now a city director; Plan- ning Commissioner Mizan Rah- man; Planning Commissioner Craig Berry; Downtown Neighbor- hood Association President Kathy Wells; Mark Zoeller of the MacArthur Park Property Owners' Association; Barbara Patty of the Pulaski County League of Women Voters; Henry Lee, owner of SCD ABB".I _-�CD ya01a��? CDC-, � CD - (D y (D < o O'(D och 14: ry Is D,7 (D er A7 iL -� •� W Z CrQ C4 PV CD (D `Y�:.Z" o :� ( (D TI 51 .. (D n L, en o Q4 �Y I Cn y�x (v°,o a,m(D'Q�.c�� �yo6ID > p; (DID ,=�: (D 'Y aq 0 -• n M vol n' (D (D O 0 (D.. 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Pedestrian `urban' oriented -- means a development pattern designed at a human (pedestrian) scale and orientation. This includes provision of visual items of interest for the pedestrian -- window displays, streetscape amenities. Integral accessory use — means an outdoor or partially enclosed use area, which is an integral part directly servicing in a subordinate role a permitted interior use. Build -to -line — means the line where the exterior fagade of a building is to be located excluding any projections. Commercial surface parking lot — means a surface parking lot, which has spaces for lease or sale on a daily, monthly or annual basis. ll) Amend Section 36-524. Exceptions/modifications (zoning buffers) - adding: (11) Developments within the Urban Use (UU) District shall provide land use buffers only where abutting single-family and duplex use or zoning. Street buffers shall not be required. Land Use buffer. All sites developed. Modified or enlarged shall provide a land use buffer(s)-as follows: 1. Side property lines at five (5) percent of the average width of the lot on both sides; 2. Rear property lines at five (5) percent of the average depth of the lot; 3. The minimum dimension shall be six (6) feet in all instances; 4. The maximum dimension required shall be forty (40) feet in all instances. DRAFT