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Home My WebLink AboutBOD Staff Report 112223OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION OCTOBER 17, 2023 AGENDA Subject An Ordinance approving a Planned Zoning Development titled Lyon College — Revised POD (Z-7381-B) located at One World Avenue. Submitted by: Department of Planning and Development SYNOPSIS FISCAL IMPACT RECOMMENDATION BACKGROUND Action Required 4 Ordinance Resolution Approval Information Report Approved By Bruce Moore City Manager The applicant proposes to rezone the 25.7 acre property from "POD" Planned Office District to "Revised POD" to develop a dental and veterinarian college campus. None Approval of the Ordinance. The applicant proposes to update the current POD for additional buildings and uses. The project includes the redevelopment of the existing Heifer International campus into a Dental and Veterinarian College campus. It includes a series of new streets and extensive site development and construction of 5 new buildings: 1) Dental School 2) Veterinarian School 3) East Parking Deck 4) West Parking Deck 5) Student Center (expansion of existing building) and renovation of two (2) floors of the existing Heifer Headquarters Building. The project will include replatting the property with updated lot lines and street rights -of way. BACKGROUND CONTINUED This property is the old Heifer Headquarters Building. The request is in the I-30 Planning District. Surrounding the application area is Mixed Use Urban (MXU) and Park/Open Space (PK/OS). The Future Land Use Plan shows Mixed Use Urban (MXU) for the requested area. The application area is in the Presidential Park DOD. The New West Parking Garage will provide spaces for approximately four hundred (400) cars. The New Ed Building:Dental/Shared facility will be used for instruction of Dental Medicine and have a small treatment center. There will be a simulation labortory, three classrooms and student gathering spalces. The Ed Veternarian building will be used for instruction of the Vetinary Medicine. It will have ten classrooms, an anatomy lab, clinical skills lab and communication skills rooms for training the identification of ailments. There will be kennels for canine and felines as well as stations for surgery preparation and recovery. There will be locker rooms for students and spaces for student gathering and group learning. The New East Parking Garage will provide spaces for approximately five hunderd (500) vehicles and will also include five ground floor retail spaces and a large mechanical room. The retail spaces are speculative and are approximately 2,500-2,900 square feet each with front and rear access. The New Auditorium includes a multi-finctional conference and performance space with stage, prefunction space, warming kitchen and supporting storage spaces. There is a corner speculative retail space of approximately 3,600 square feet. The existing museum and multi -purpose conference center will be repurposed into a student center and caf6. The existing warming kitchen will be replaced with a full -service kitchen with the ability to support conferences and made -to -order food with a limited menu. The existing Heifer building will continue to be used as an office space. The first and second floor will house the faculty offices for Lyon College, while the third and forth floors will house Heifer International. There are no major programmatic, structural or mechanical changes proposed for this building. The Presidential Park Overly District allows a maximum building height of forty-five (45) feet between McLean and John Streets. The existing and proposed building heights are as follows: • Existing Heifer Headquarters Building Height: 80'-3" No. of Stories: 4 stories 0a BACKGROUND CONTINUED • Dental School Building Height: 41'-3" No. of Stories: 2 stories • Veterinarian School Building Height: 51'-6" No. of Stories: 3 stories • East Parking Deck Building Height: 68'-6" No. of Stories: 6 stories • West Parking Deck Building Height: 46'-6" No. of Stories: 6 stories • Student Center Building Height: 30'-0" No. of Stories: 1 story If there are to be dumpsters on this site, they must be screened and comply with Section 36-523 of the City's Zoning Ordinance. Any future new sight lighting must be low-level and directed away from adjacent properties. The applicant submitted a traffic impact study for the proposed project. The traffic impact study has been reviewed and approved by the Engineering Division of the Department of Planning and Development. On September 14, 2023, the Planning Commission voted 9 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent and 2 open positions, as part of the Consent Agenda, to approve the Revised POD rezoning. There were no objectors present. All owners of property located within 300 feet of the site and all neighborhood associations registered with The City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. Please see the attached Planning Commission minute record for the complete staff analysis. 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED ZONING DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED OFFICE DISTRICT TITLED LYON COLLEGE — REVISED POD, LOCATED AT ONE WORLD AVENUE (Z-7381-B), CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That the zoning classification of the following described property be changed from POD, Planned Office District, to Revised POD, Planned Office District: Z-7381-B — DESCRIBED AS A PART OF RUSSELL'S ADDITION, WIGGIN'S & YONLEY ADDITION, LOT 11, POPE'S 1000 ACRE GRANT, AND FLETCHER AND CLARK ADDITION, ALL IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, T-1-N, R-12-W; THENCE S87157'52"E, 62.95 FT. TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF JOHN STREET, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY, S02°02'08"W, 417.63 FT.; TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF E. 4TH STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY, S84°54'44"E, 44.84 FT.; THENCE S01°37'27"W, Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 275.19 FT.; THENCE N46°52'42"W, 74.14 FT.; THENCE N85°56'22"W, 247.74 FT.; THENCE S50147'22"W, 68.17 FT.; THENCE N85°56'26"W, 198.81 FT.; THENCE N86°56'21 "W, 78.06 FT.; THENCE N88047'08"W, 227.81 FT.; THENCE N88048'54"W, 52.56 FT. TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF WORLD AVENUE; THENCE N00146'02"E, 60.00 FT. TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF WORLD AVENUE; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY N89°10'09"W, 345.69 FT.; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A 245.00 FT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N70°51'17"W,154.15 FT; THENCE N00°46'56"E, 2.62 FT.; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A 245.00 FT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N38041'39"W, 117.03 FT; THENCE N58°35'06"E , 308.12 FT.; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A 386.76 FT. RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N13023'33"W, 163.31 FT. TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF E. 3RD STREET.; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY N88°44'22"W, 57.75 FT.; THENCE N37°30'45"E, 75.25 FT TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF E. 3RD STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY S88°39'03"E, 186.94 FT.; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A 57.17 FT. RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N75°55'27"E, 92.46 FT.; THENCE N52001'12"E, 529.98 FT. TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF E. 2ND STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY, S87°54'01"E, 90.24 FT.; THENCE N00°24'20"E, 274.03 FT.; THENCE S88038158"E, 327.72 FT.; THENCE N88"44'21"E, 72.26 FT.; THENCE S89150115"E, 48.87 FT.; THENCE S02021'00"E, 265.84 FT. TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF E. Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2ND STREET; THENCE S10°09'05"E, 47.81 FT. TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF JOHN STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY, S02°02'08"W, 211.50 FT; TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1,121,262 SQUARE FEET OR 25.74 ACRES MORE OR LESS. SECTION 2. That the preliminary site development plan/plat be approved as recommended by the Little Rock Planning Commission. SECTION 3. That the change in zoning classification contemplated for Lyon College — Revised POD, located at One World Avenue (Z-7381-13) is conditioned upon obtaining final plan approval within the time specified by Chapter 36, Article VII, Section 36- 454 (e) of the Code of Ordinances. SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall not take effect and be in full force until the final plan approval. SECTION 5. That the map referred to in Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and designated district map be and is hereby amended to the extent and in the respects necessary to affect and designate the change provided for in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 6. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance. SECTION 7. Repealed. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Page 3 of 4 PASSED: 2 3 ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor 9 10 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 11 12 13 14 City Attorney 15 Page 4 of 4