HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7018 Staff AnalysisMay 3, 2001
ITEM NO.: 9 FILE NO.: Z-7018
Owner: Baptist Health
Applicant: Frank Riggins, The Mehlburger Firm
Location: North and west of the intersection
of Kanis Road and Medical Center
Drive
Request: Rezone from 0-2 to 0-3
Purpose: Future development of a medical
clinic
Size: 7.14± acres
Existing Use: Undeveloped
SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING
North - Medical offices; zoned 0-3
South - Medical offices; zoned 0-3 and
Single Family; zoned R-2
East - Hospital and Hotel; zoned 0-2
West - Wooded, undeveloped; zoned 0-3
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS
1. Kanis Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a
minor arterial. A dedication of right-of-way 45 feet
from centerline will be required.
With Building Permit:
2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property.
3.NPDES and grading permits are required prior to
construction, sit grading, and drainage plan will need to
be submitted and approved.
4. Driveways shall conform to Sec. 31-210 or Ordinance
18,031.
5. Property frontage needs to have the sidewalks and ramps
brought up to the current ADA standards.
6. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is
damaged in the public right-of-way prior to occupancy.
May 3, 2001
ITEM NO.: 9 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7018
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
The site is 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, Twin Lakes, Twin Lakes "B" and Sewer
District No. 147 Neighborhood Associations were notified of
the rezoning request.
LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT
The site is located in the I-430 Planning District. The
adopted plan recommends Office for the site. The requested
0-3, General Office rezoning conforms to the adopted plan.
The site does not lie within an area currently covered by a
neighborhood action plan. The previously approved John
Barrow Neighborhoods Action Plan did not extend north of
Kanis Road. As a component of the Plan Update, it is
expected that the boundary will be expanded north of Kanis
Road, to I-630. It is further anticipated that the Land Use
Plan will continue to show Office for this area. Progress
on the Plan update has been suspended until completion of
Vision Little Rock because so many of the steering committee
members are involved in the Vision Little Rock process.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The request before the Commission is to rezone this
undeveloped, 7.14± acre tract from "0-2" Office and
Institutional to 110-3" General Office. No specific
development has been proposed at this time. However, it is
anticipated that the site will be developed for medical
offices.
Staff is supportive of the rezoning request. Office zoning
is appropriate for the site. The requested 0-3 zoning is
compatible with zoning and uses in the area. The main
building of the Baptist Medical Center hospital is located
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May 3, 2001
ITEM NO.: 9 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: Z-7018
on the 0-2 zoned property to the east. The medical center's
hotel is located on the 0-2 zoned property directly on the
northwest corner of Medical Center Drive and Kanis Road. A
medical clinic is located on the 0-3 zoned property to the
north. The 0-3 zoned property to the west is undeveloped.
A new medical office park is being developed on the 0-3
zoned properties across Kanis Road to the south.
The I-430 District Land Use Plan recommends Office for the
site. The 0-3 General Office rezoning request conforms to
the adopted Plan.
In an unrelated matter, there is one issue that should be
addressed by the applicant at some point in the near future.
A portion of the hospital parking lot, located northeast of
the subject property, is still zoned R-4 Residential. At
the time the main hospital campus, the subject property and
the hotel site were rezoned from R-4 to 0-2 in 1983, Lot 1
was left as R-4. That property should be rezoned to 0-2.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the requested 0-3 zoning.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(MAY 3, 2001)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval.
The applicant offered no additional comments.
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved by a
vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent.
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