HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6956 Staff AnalysisDecember 21, 2000
ITEM NO.: 2
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FILE NO.:`Z-6956
Jeff M. Brown and Aliza Brown
Jeb Burnett
12,900 I-30
Rezone from R-2 to C-4
Retail sales with some outside
display
1.5± acres
Vacant, wooded
SURROUNDING -LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Undeveloped, floodway; zoned R-2
South - I-30 right-of-way
East - Undeveloped, wooded; zoned R-2
West - Expo Center and parking lots, zoned C-4
PUBLIC WORKS COMHENTS
1.Dedicate regulatory floodway easement to the City of
Little Rock. Contact Melvin Hall for details.
WITH BUILDING PERMIT
2.A grading permit and development permit for special flood
hazard area is required prior to construction.
3.A sketch grading and drainage plan, a special flood
hazard permit, and a special grading permit for flood
hazard areas are required. ADEQ and NPDES permit is also
required.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is not located on a CATA Bus Route.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site,
all residents within 300 feet who could be identified and
December 21, 2000
ITEM NO.: 2 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6956
the SWLR UP and Otter Creek Neighborhood Associations were
notified of the rezoning request.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located within the Otter Creek Planning
District. The adopted Plan recommends MCI, Mixed Commercial
Industrial for the site. This C-4 request conforms to the
plan and is appropriate for this site. The site is located
at the southern perimeter of the area covered by the Otter
Creek/Crystal Valley Neighborhood Action Plan that was
adopted on April 4, 2000. That plan focused more
specifically on the "heart" of the planning area; Stagecoach
Road between Baseline Road and Otter Creek Road. This area
along I-30 was recognized as being intensely commercial in
nature and no changes were proposed to the Land Use Plan
along the I-30 boundary of the plan area. This C-4 request
conforms to the neighborhood action plan.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this
undeveloped, 1.5± acre tract from "R-2" Single Family to
"C-4" Open Display Commercial. The applicant has indicated
the proposed use of the site to be "retail sales with some
outside display."
The property is located on the north side of I-30, east of
and adjacent to the Expo Center development. The Expo
Center and its parking lots are zoned C-4. A large area of
undevelopable floodway is located to the north of the site.
An undeveloped, R-2 zoned tract and an R-2 zoned,
nonconforming motel are located to the east. The interstate
right-of-way is south of the site. Beyond the interstate
are large tracts of C-4 and I-2 zoned property. A small
portion of the western perimeter of the site abuts a
recently expanded, R-7 zoned mobile home park. The C-4
rezoning request is compatible with uses and zoning in the
area. Any portion of this site which lies within the
regulatory floodway should be zoned OS, Open Space, and
protected by a drainage easement.
The Otter Creek District Land Use Plan and the Otter
Creek/Crystal Valley Neighborhood Action Plan recommend
F,
December 21, 2000
ITEM NO.: 2 (Cont.
FILE NO.: Z-6956
Mixed Commercial Industrial for this site and the properties
extending to the east. This commercial rezoning request is
the less intensive of the categories permitted under MCI.
The C-4 request conforms to the Plans and is appropriately
located on the Interstate Frontage.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the C-4 rezoning request with
any portion of the site that lies within the regulatory
floodway to be zoned OS.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(DECEMBER 21, 2000)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
A letter of support had been received from Janet Berry,
President of SWLR United for Progress. Staff presented the
item and recommended approval of the C-4 zoning with any
portion of the site that lies within the regulatory floodway
to be zoned OS.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as
recommended by staff. The vote was 8 ayes, 0 noes and
3 absent.
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