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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7468 Staff AnalysisFILE NO.: Z-7468 NAME: Hunter Short -form PD -C LOCATION: 6124 Buz Lane DEVELOPER: Carl Hunter 6124 Buz Lane Little Rock, AR 72223 ENGINEER: White-Daters and Associates #24 Rahling Circle Little Rock, AR 72223 AREA: 0.54 Acres CURRENT ZONING: ALLOWED USES PROPOSED ZONING NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 R-2, Single-family Single Family Residential PD -C FT. NEW STREET: 0 PROPOSED USE: Contractors Storage Yard VARIAN C ESNVAIVE RS REQUESTED: None requested. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant proposes to rezone a single lot to PD -C to allow the applicant to continue to utilize the site as a contractor's storage yard. The applicant currently owns a commercial business (lay -out, digging and pouring of footings and foundations for commercial and residential buildings) and utilizes the site to park FILE NO.: Z-7458 Cont. his commercial equipment, such as dump trucks, backhoes and trailers. The applicant will continue to utilize this site as his primary residence and the office for his business. The employees of the company also report to the site to begin the workday and park their personal vehicles on the site during the work day. The parking areas are graveled and there is a gravel drive leading to a 24 foot by 30 foot metal storage building in which some of the equipment is stored. Buz Lane is a very narrow asphalt drive and is not a publicly dedicated street. The driveway is served by a 12 -foot ingress -egress easement. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site is located in an unincorporated island and the city limits abuts the site to the west. The site contains an existing single story single-family home with two areas graveled for employee and equipment parking. There are single-family homes located south of the site (two) and a liquor store adjacent to Cantrell Road. This area is zoned PCD. The area to the east of the site contains a automotive repair center housed in a metal building and the automotive repair business is also using the rear of the liquor store for repair also. Property west of the site along Cantrell Road is zoned R-2, Single-family and contains a single-family home and there is a PCD west of this area functioning as an auto repair shop. The area north of the site is vacant land currently zoned 0-3, General Office District and there are single- family homes located on large tracts northeast of the site accessed from Ridge Road. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has not received any comment from area residents. The Maywood Manor Neighborhood Association and the Aberdeen Court Property Owners Association along with all owners of property located within 200 feet of the site and all residents who could be identified located within 300 feet of the site were notified of the Public Hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. Buz Lane is not a publicly dedicated, maintained street. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Outside the service area. If annexed to the City, sewer would be available and not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment received. 2 FILE NO.: Z-7468 Cont. F. G H Center -Point Ener : No comment received. SBC: Approved as submitted. Central Arkansas Water: This property does not have frontage and cannot have additional or increased water service without a water main extension. It does not have adequate fire protection. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. County Planning: No comment received. CATA: No comment received. iSSUES/TECHNICALIDESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the Pinnacle Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Business Node for this property. The applicant has applied for a Planned Development -Commercial for a contractor's storage yard and residential uses. The request is consistent with the Planned Zoning District requirement of an area shown as an Existing Business Node. City Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. Landscape: No comment. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (August 14, 2003) The applicant was not present. Staff stated the applicant currently lived in the single-family home and was utilizing the yard area as a contractor's storage yard. Staff stated the site had been used in this manner for a number of years. Staff stated there were no major issues associated with the proposed site plan. Staff stated they would follow-up with the applicant to resolve any issues prior to the public hearing. There being no further items for discussion, the Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. ANALYSIS: The applicant submitted to staff the requested information on August 18, 2003. The applicant has indicated there are two full time employees and seven 3 FILE NO.: Z-746$(Cont.) subcontractors of the company. The applicant has also indicated the fencing located on the site is chain link fencing four feet in height. There are two parking areas on site, both of which are graveled. The parking areas are being used by the employees and for the storage of heavy equipment overnight. Typically the zoning ordinance would require these areas to be constructed of a hard surface material. Staff would recommend these areas remain gravel to maintain the residential character of the site. Should the applicant move his storage yard, the gravel areas could be removed and the structure could easily convert to a single-family home. The driveway to the site is very narrow and serves the automobile repair shop and the two single-family homes; the home located just south of the applicant's property and the applicant's property. Public Works staff does not feel the roadway should be dedicated or that the roadway should be widened. This driveway has functioned in this manner for a number of years and appears to be sufficient. Also it is very unlikely that properties located to the north of this site will develop utilizing this roadway. The applicant has indicated there is not a Bill of Assurance in effect for the property. To Staff's knowledge there are no outstanding issues associated with the proposed request. Staff is supportive of the request to rezone the site PD -C to allow the existing contractors storage yard on the site to become a conforming use. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request as filed subject to compliance with the conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of this report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 4, 2003) The applicant was present representing the request. There were no objectors present. Staff stated they had received one letter of support from an adjoining property owner. Staff presented a recommendation of approval of the request as filed subject to compliance with the conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the above report. There was no further discussion of the item. The chair placed the item for inclusion on the consent agenda for approval. A motion was made to approve the item as presented. The motion carried by a vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent. 4 September 4, 2003 ITEM NO.: 2 FILE NO.: 7-7468 NAME: Hunter Short -form PD -C LOCATION: 6124 Buz Lane DEVELOPER: Carl Hunter 6124 Buz Lane Little Rock, AR 72223 ENGINEER: White-Daters and Associates #24 Rahling Circle Little Rock, AR 72223 AREA: 0.54 Acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEVA STREET: 0 CURRENT ZONING: R-2, Single-family ALLOWED USES: Single Family Residential PROPOSED ZONING: PD -C PROPOSED USE: Contractors Storage Yard VARIANCES/WAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant proposes to rezone a single lot to PD -C to allow the applicant to continue to utilize the site as a contractor's storage yard. The applicant currently owns a commercial business (lay -out, digging and pouring of footings and foundations for commercial and residential buildings) and utilizes the site to park his commercial equipment, such as dump trucks, backhoes and trailers. The September 4, 2003 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 2 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7468 applicant will continue to utilize this site as his primary residence and the office for his business. The employees of the company also report to the site to begin the workday and park their personal vehicles on the site during the work day. The parking areas are graveled and there is a gravel drive leading to a 24 foot by 30 foot metal storage building in which some of the equipment is stored. Buz Lane is a very narrow asphalt drive and is not a publicly dedicated street. The driveway is served by a 12 -foot ingress -egress easement. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site is located in an unincorporated island and the city limits abuts the site to the west. The site contains an existing single story single-family home with two areas graveled for employee and equipment parking. There are single-family homes located south of the site (two) and a liquor store adjacent to Cantrell Road. This area is zoned PCD. The area to the east of the site contains a automotive repair center housed in a metal building and the automotive repair business is also using the rear of the liquor store for repair also. Property west of the site along Cantrell Road is zoned R-2, Single-family and contains a single-family home and there is a PCD west of this area functioning as an auto repair shop. The area north of the site is vacant land currently zoned 0-3, General Office District and there are single- family homes located on large tracts northeast of the site accessed from Ridge Road. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has not received any comment from area residents. The Maywood Manor Neighborhood Association and the Aberdeen Court Property Owners Association along with all owners of property located within 200 feet of the site and all residents who could be identified located within 300 feet of the site were notified of the Public Hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: Buz Lane is not a publicly dedicated, maintained street. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Outside the service area. If annexed to the City, sewer would be available and not adversely affected. OA September 4, 2003 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 2 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7468 Enter : No comment received. Center -Point _E .er : No comment received. SBC: Approved as submitted. Central Arkansas Water: This property does not have frontage and cannot have additional or increased water service without a water main extension. It does not have adequate fire protection. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. County Planning: No comment received. CATA: No comment received. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAL/DESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the Pinnacle Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Business Node for this property. The applicant has applied for a Planned Development -Commercial for a contractor's storage yard and residential uses. The request is consistent with the Planned Zoning District requirement of an area shown as an Existing Business Node. Ci Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. Landscape: No comment. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (August 14, 2003) The applicant was not present. Staff stated the applicant currently lived in the single-family home and was utilizing the yard area as a contractor's storage yard. Staff stated the site had been used in this manner for a number of years. Staff stated there were no major issues associated with the proposed site plan. Staff stated they would follow-up with the applicant to resolve any issues prior to the public hearing. There being no further items for discussion, the Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. 3 September 4, 2003 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 2 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7468 H. ANALYSIS: The applicant submitted to staff the requested information on August 18, 2003. The applicant has indicated there are two full time employees and seven subcontractors of the company. The applicant has also indicated the fencing located on the site is chain link fencing four feet in height. There are two parking areas on site, both of which are graveled. The parking areas are being used by the employees and for the storage of heavy equipment overnight. Typically the zoning ordinance would require these areas to be constructed of a hard surface material. Staff would recommend these areas remain gravel to maintain the residential character of the site. Should the applicant move his storage yard, the gravel areas could be removed and the structure could easily convert to a single-family home. The driveway to the site is very narrow and serves the automobile repair shop and the two single-family homes; the home located just south of the applicant's property and the applicant's property. Public Works staff does not feel the roadway should be dedicated or that the roadway should be widened. This driveway has functioned in this manner for a number of years and appears to be sufficient. Also it is very unlikely that properties located to the north of this site will develop utilizing this roadway. The applicant has indicated there is not a Bill of Assurance in effect for the property. To Staff's knowledge there are no outstanding issues associated with the proposed request. Staff is supportive of the request to rezone the site PD -C to allow the existing contractors storage yard on the site to become a conforming use. I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request as filed subject to compliance with the conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of this report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 4, 2003) The applicant was present representing the request. There were no objectors present. Staff stated they had received one letter of support from an adjoining property owner. Staff presented a recommendation of approval of the request as filed subject to compliance with the conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the above report. 4 September 4, 2003 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 2 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7468 There was no further discussion of the item. The chair placed the item for inclusion on the consent agenda for approval. A motion was made to approve the item as presented. The motion carried by a vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent. 5 Subdivision Committee Comments August 14, 2003 ITEM NO.: 2 NAME: Hunter Short -form PD -C LOCATION: 6124 Buz Lane Plannina Staff Comments: FILE NO.: Z-7468 1. Provide notification of property owners located within 200 -feet of the site complete with the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. 2. Staff recommends the applicant not pave the parking areas. Staff feels the structure should maintain a residential character should the applicant ever decide to move the contractors storage yard. 3. Provide the number of employees. 4. Provide any fencing located on the site and the fencing construction material and details (height). Variance/Waivers: 1. None requested. Public Works: 1. Buz Lane is not a publicly dedicated, maintained street. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Enter Center -Point Energy: SBC: Approved as submitted. Central Arkansas Water: This property does not have frontage and cannot have additional or increased water service without a water main extension. It does not have adequate fire protection. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. County Planning: No comment received CATA: No comment received. Planning Division: This request is located in the Pinnacle Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Business Node for this property. The applicant has applied for a Planned Development -Commercial for a contractor's storage yard and residential uses. The request is consistent with the Planned Zoning District requirement of an area shown as an Existing Business Node. City Recognized Nei hborhood Action Plan_ The property under review is not located in an area covered by a City of Little Rock recognized neighborhood action plan. Landscape: No comment. Revised plat/plan: Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.