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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6957 Staff AnalysisDecember 21, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3 Owner: Applicant: Location: Request: Purpose: Size: Existing Use: FILE NO.: Z-6957 Leonard Boen Patrick McGetrick SE corner of Colonel Glenn Road and I-430 Rezone from R-2 to 0-3 and C-3 Future development 59.46± acres Vacant, wooded SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING North - Vacant; zoned C-3 and Clear Channel Radio and Television Studio Complex; zoned C-2 South - Sparsely developed single family; zoned R-2 East - Sparsely developed single family and undeveloped; zoned R-2 West - Wooded, undeveloped; zoned POD PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS 1. Colonel Glenn Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial, dedication of right-of-way to 55 feet from centerline is required. 2. Talley Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a commercial street. Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet from centerline. 3. A 20 feet radial dedication of right-of-way is required at the corner of Colonel Glenn Road and Talley Road. WITH BUILDING PERMIT 4. Driveways shall conform to Sec. 31-210 or Ordinance 18,031. 5_ Provide design of street conforming to "MSP" (Master Street Plan). Construct one-half street improvement to these streets including 5 -foot sidewalks with planned development. 6. Plans of all work in right-of-way shall be submitted for approval prior to start of work. 7. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property. 8. Easements for proposed stormwater detention facilities December 21, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6957 are required. 9. Obtain permits for improvements within State Highway right-of-way from AHTD, District VI. 10. Prepare a'letter of pending development addressing streetlights as required by Section 31-403 of the Little Rock Code. All requests should be forwarded to Traffic Engineering. 11. Grading permit will be required on this development, if it disturbs more than acre. 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 the John Barrow and SWLR UP Neighborhood Associations were notified of the rezoning request. LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT The site is located in the 65th Street West Planning District. The adopted Plan currently recommends MX, Mixed Use, and SO, Suburban Office, for the site. Prior to December 1998, the entirety of the site was shown as Suburban Office. The MX designation was added in conjunction with a Planned Development that never came to fruition. The applicant has filed a plan amendment, asking that the Plan be changed to C, Commercial, and O, Office. Staff is supporting the plan change, see item no. 3.1 on this agenda; LU00-12-01. The rezoning request will conform to the amended Plan. The property lies at the western edge of the area covered by the Pecan Lake-Westwood-Stagecoach/Dodd Neighborhood Action Plan that was adopted on April 4, 2000. Those neighborhoods involved in developing the plan are located well east of this site, along the Asher Avenue/Stagecoach Road corridor. The zoning and land use section of the Stagecoach/Dodd element of the Action Plan does recommend that nonresidential 2 December 21, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6957 developments be "congregated in the area bounded by I-430, Shackleford, Colonel Glenn and David O'Dodd Roads. This rezoning request conforms to that goal. STAFF ANALYSIS The request before the Commission is to rezone this undeveloped 59.46± acre tract from "R-2" Single Family to "C-3" General Commercial and "0-3" General Office. The northern 35.8 acres adjacent to Colonel Glenn Road are proposed for C-3 zoning. The remaining southern 23.66 acres are proposed for 0-3 zoning. The site is heavily wooded. No specific development has been proposed. The property is located at the southeast corner of Colonel Glenn Road and I-430. The undeveloped property adjacent to the site, between this site and the Interstate, was recently rezoned POD for a multi -building office development. The R-2 property to the south is sparsely developed with 4 single family homes and large areas of pasture. The R-2 zoned property across Talley Road to the east contains 4 single family homes and larger areas of undeveloped, wooded property. The I-1 zoned property southeast of this site contains Little Rock Municipal Water Works and Little Rock Wastewater Utility facilities. Clear Channel, a multiple television and radio station complex, occupies the former "Sam's Club" building on the C-2 zoned property across Colonel Glenn, to the north. Other uses in the immediate vicinity include an undeveloped, C-3 zoned tract across Colonel Glenn and an I-1 zoned office/warehouse complex to the northeast. Farther west, beyond I-430, are large areas of C-2, C-3 and C-4 zoned properties. A car dealership is currently under construction on a portion of the C-4 zoned property at the southwest corner of I-430 and Colonel Glenn Road. Staff believes the rezoning request is compatible with uses and zoning in the area. The commercial zoning will be oriented to the north, at the Colonel Glenn/I-430 interchange. The office zoning will be to the south, where the land use plan recommends Suburban office across Tally Road. The Land Use Plan currently recommends MX, Mixed Use, and SO, Suburban Office, for the site. A land use plan amendment has been filed asking that the site be changed to; commercial and office, corresponding with this rezoning 3 December 21, 2000 ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6957 request. Staff is supportive of the proposed change. The Plan recommends LI, Light Industrial for the properties to the east and SO, Suburban Office, to the south. The applicant's proposal seems to be reasonable in light of the surrounding land use designations. This rezoning request also meets the intent of the adopted neighborhood action plan. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the requested C-3 and 0-3 zoning. 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. In response to a concern raised by a neighboring property owner. The applicant amended the application to include a 35 -foot wide OS zoned buffer strip along the south perimeter of the site. The OS strip is to be measured from the new property line, once required right-of-way is dedicated. Staff recommended approval of the amended application. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved, as amended. The vote was 8 ayes, 0 noes and 3 absent. 4