HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6760 Staff AnalysisNovember 11, 1999
ITEM NO.: 17.1
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FILE NO.: Z-6760
Arkansas Children's Hospital
McClelland Consulting Engineers
1621 West 8t' Street
Rezone from 0-3 to 0-2
(associated with ACH zoning
site plan review (Z -6760-A))
Include within larger area to
be developed as hospital
parking lot
.22± acres
Residence, to be removed
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - I-630 right-of-way
South - Hospital parking lot and office buildings;
zoned O-2
East - Hospital office buildings; zoned 0-2
West - Hospital parking lot; zoned 0-2
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
WITH DEVELOPMENT
1. Property frontage needs to have the sidewalks and ramps
brought up to the current ADA standards.
2. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is
damaged in the public right-of-way prior to occupancy.
3. Provide design of street conforming to "MSP" (Master
Street plan). Construct one-half street improvements to
these streets including 5 -foot sidewalks with planned
development.
4. Plans of all work in right-of-way shall be submitted for
approval prior to start of work.
5.Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
CATA bus routes are located on Battery Street, two blocks
to the west and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., one block
to the east.
November 11, 1999
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 17.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6760
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site,
all residents within 300 feet of the site and the Central
High, Capitol Hill and Downtown Neighborhood Associations
were notified of the rezoning request.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located in the Central City Planning District.
The adopted Land Use Plan recommends Mixed Office
Commercial for the site. The 0-2 zoning request conforms
to the adopted Plan. At some point, it will be appropriate
to amend the Plan, expanding the Public Institutional
Designation which encompasses the majority of the hospital
campus to include this area east of Marshall Street. No
neighborhood action plan has been formally adopted in this
area.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this .22
acre tract from 0-3 General Office to 0-2 Office and
Institutional. The property currently contains a vacant,
boarded residential structure. Once the property is
rezoned, it will be incorporated within a proposed parking
lot for Arkansas Children's Hospital. 0-2 is the
appropriate zoning for hospitals and their ancillary uses.
The property is located within the Children's Hospital
campus and is surrounded by hospital office buildings and
parking lots. The I-630 right-of-way is directly north of
the site. The main hospital building is located in the
next block west of this site. All adjacent properties are
now zoned 0-2. The 0-2 zoning request is compatible with
uses and zoning in the area.
The Central City District Land Use Plan recommends Mixed
Office Commercial for the site. The 0-2 zoning request
conforms to the Plan. Since the hospital campus has now
expanded to include this larger area east of the main
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November 11, 1999
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 17.1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6760
building, it will be appropriate at some point to expand
the Public -Institutional designation on the Plan to the
east.
The zoning site plan review for the hospital parking lot
which includes this property is file no. Z -6760-A, item no.
17 on this agenda.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the 0-2 rezoning request.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (NOVEMBER 11, 1999)
The applicant was not present. There were no objectors
present. One objector had been present earlier but left
prior to this item being discussed. A letter of opposition
from the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Association had been
presented to the commissioners. Staff presented the item
and a recommendation of approval.
There was a brief discussion of the purpose of the proposed
parking lot.
A motion was made to approve the requested rezoning. The
motion was approved by a vote of 9 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent
and 1 open position.
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