Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7407-B Staff AnalysisAPRIL 26, 2010 ITEM NO.: 2 File No.: Z -7407-B Owner: Kil Joone Kim Applicant: Andrew Hicks Address: 9211 Chicot Road Description: Northeast Corner of Chicot Road and Preston Drive (recently changed to Vernon Estates Drive) Zoned: C-3 Variance Requested: Variances are requested from the area provisions of Section 36- 301 to allow construction of a new building with reduced side and rear setbacks. Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter. Present Use of Property: Undeveloped Proposed Use of Property: Neighborhood Grocery/Takeout Restaurant STAFF REPORT A. Public Works Issues: No Comments. B. Landscape and Buffer Issues: The proposed site plan must comply with the City's Landscape and Buffer Ordinances. C. Staff Analysis: The C-3 zoned property at 9211 Chicot Road is currently undeveloped. The property is located at the northeast corner of Chicot Road and Preston Drive. Existing driveways from Chicot Road and Preston Drive serve the property. Portions of the property are paved, with the remainder being grass -covered. There is a 40 foot platted building line along both street frontages. The applicant proposes to construct a 4,620 square foot (one-story) commercial building near the northeast corner of the property, as noted on the attached site plan. Driveways will be located at the northwest (from Chicot Road) and southeast (from Preston Drive) corners of the site. A total of 20 paved parking spaces will be APRIL 26, 2010 ITEM NO.: 2 (Can't_ located on the south and west sides of the proposed building. The building will be located ten (10) feet back from the east side and rear (north) property lines, with a setback of 60 feet from the front (south) property line and 68 feet from the west street side property line. The applicant notes that 3,318 square feet of the proposed structure will be used for a grocery, with 1,302 square feet being a takeout restaurant. Wood screening fences will be located along the east side and rear (north) property lines. Section 36-301(e)(2) of the City's Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum side setback of 15 feet along the east side property line. Section 36-301(e)(3)also requires a 15 foot minimum setback along the north (rear) property line. Therefore, the applicant is requesting variances from these ordinance standards to allow the new commercial building with an east side setback of 10 feet and a rear (north) setback of 10 feet. Staff is supportive of the requested setback variances. On July 31, 2006, the Board of Adjustment approved similar 10 foot side and rear setbacks for a proposed convenience store with gas pumps, as well as front and street side building line variances. The convenience store development never materialized. Staff feels the request is reasonable, and the proposed commercial building will represent a quality in -fill development within this area of Southwest Little Rock. With respect to the reduced side and rear setbacks for the commercial building, the property abuts commercial developments to the north and east which are still zoned R-2. If the adjacent property were zoned commercial to recognize the existing use, no side setback would be required. Therefore, staff views these requested variances as very minor issues. Staff believes the proposed commercial building with reduced side and rear setbacks will have no adverse impact on the adjacent properties or the general area. D. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested setback variances, subject to no portion of the new building be utilized as a full service restaurant. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (APRIL 26, 2010) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval as noted in the "staff recommendation" above. There was no further discussion. The item was placed on the consent agenda and approved as recommended by staff. The vote was 5 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent.