HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7079-C Staff AnalysisSeptember 30, 2002
ITEM NO.: 6
File No.:
Owner:
Address:
Description:
Zoned:
Variance Requested:
Justification:
Present Use of Property:
Proposed Use of Property:
STAFF REPORT
A. Public Works Issues:
Z -7079-C
Crackerbox, LLC
8921 Fourche Dam Pike
Part of Tract C, Area 203, Little Rock Port
Authority
C-3 and 1-2
A variance is requested from the paving
requirements of Section 36-508 to allow
overflow gravel truck parking.
The applicant's justification is presented in
an attached letter.
Commercial
Commercial
No direct access to Lindsey Road from the gravel parking area will be
allowed. All access must be through the convenience store development.
B. landscape and Buffer Issues:
The front twenty-one (21) feet along Lindsey Road must be reserved for
the street buffer landscaping area. This area will be required to be
irrigated.
C. Staff Analysis:
The C-3 zoned property at 8921 Fourche Dam Pike is occupied by a
convenience store with gas pumps which is currently under construction.
The Board of Adjustment recently granted a sign variance for the
development. The property owner recently acquired a 100 foot wide strip
of undeveloped 1-2 zoned property immediately east of the convenience
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store development. The owner requests that this additional area be used
for overflow, gravel, truck parking.
Section 36-508 of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires that every parcel
of land which is devoted to a parking area be paved where subject to
wheeled traffic. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance from this
ordinance requirement for the proposed gravel parking area.
Staff is supportive of the variance request. Given the surrounding zoning
and uses which exist, staff feels that the proposed gravel parking area will
have no adverse impact on the general area. However, staff feels that if
the gravel parking area becomes a problem (dust, maintenance, etc.), the
issue should come back before the Board for further consideration, and
possible paving requirement. As noted in paragraph A. of this report,
Public Works states that the gravel parking area is to have no direct
access to Lindsey Road. All'access is to be through the paved
convenience store site. In addition, the Little Rock Port Authority has no
objection to the proposed gravel parking area (see attached letter dated
July 22, 2002 from Paul Latture, Executive Director of the Little Rock Port
Authority).
D. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested variance to allow an overflow
gravel truck parking area, subject to the following conditions:
1. Compliance with the requirements as noted in paragraphs A and B of
this report.
2. If, in staff's opinion, the overflow gravel truck parking area becomes a
problem (dust, maintenance, etc.) the issue will be brought back to the
Board of Adjustment for further consideration, and possible paving
requirement.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (SEPTEMBER 30, 2002)
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 as recommended by
staff by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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