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Home My WebLink AboutZ-7723-C Staff AnalysisITEM NO.: 14. Z -7723-C NAME: Ford Properties Homes LLC Short -form PCD LOCATION: located at 1115 Jefferson Street Planning Staff Comments: 1. Provide notification of property owners located within 200 -feet of the site including the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. The notice must be mailed no later than August 28, 2012. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than September 7, 2012. 2. Provide details of the proposed improvements to the exterior of the building and to the site. 3. Provide details of any proposed signage including ground and building signage. Provide the location of the proposed ground signage and include the total height and total sign area. Provide the fagade proposed for building signage and provide the total height and total sign area of the site. 4. Will there be any fencing proposed with the redevelopment of the site. If so provide the location of the proposed fencing, the construction material and the total height. 5. Provide the days and hours of operation for the development. 6. Will the company have an office at this location? You indicated there would be lease space for office users. What type office users are proposed and what is the total square footage proposed for office users. 7. Will there be any outdoor storage of materials on the site? What type of building materials are proposed for storage within the building? How will access to the material/storage area be obtained? 8. All site lighting is to be low level and directional, directed downward and into the site. 9. Provide the days and hours of operation/access to the site. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. Driveway locations and widths do not meet the traffic access and circulation requirements of Sections 30-43 and 31-210. Show the proposed new driveway location. The width of driveway must not exceed 36 -feet. 2. Due to the proposed use of the property, the Master Street Plan specifies that Jefferson Street for the frontage of this property must meet commercial street standards. Dedicate right-of-way to 30 feet from centerline. 3. On site striping and signage plans should be forwarded to Public Works, Traffic Engineering for approval with the site development package. 4. Plans of all work in right-of-way shall be submitted for approval prior to start of work. Obtain barricade permit prior to doing any work in the right-of-way from Traffic Engineering at (501) 379-1805 (Travis Herbner). 5. With site development, provide design of street conforming to the Master Street Plan. Construct one-half street improvement to Jefferson Street including 5 -foot Item # 14. sidewalks with the planned development. The new back of curb should be 18 -feet from the centerline. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available to this project. Entergy: No comment received. Center -Point Energy: No comment received. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of the water meter. A Capital Investment Charge based on the size of meter connections(s) will apply to this project in addition to normal charges. This fee will apply to all connections including metered connections off the private fire system. If there are facilities that need to be adjusted and/or relocated contact Central Arkansas Water. That work would be done at the expense of the developer. Contact Central Arkansas Water if additional fire protection or metered water service is required. The Little Rock Fire Department needs to evaluate this site to determine whether additional public and/or private fire hydrant(s) are required. If additional fire hydrant(s) are required, they will be installed at the Developer's expense. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZ) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water requires that upon installation of the RPZA, successful tests of the assembly must be completed by a Certified Assembly Tester licensed by the State of Arkansas and approved by Central Arkansas Water. The test results must be sent to Central Arkansas Water's Cross Connection Section within 10 days of installation and annually thereafter. Contact the Cross Connection Section at 377-1226 if you would like to discuss backflow prevention requirements for this project. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Maintain a minimum access of at least 20 -feet. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is located near CATA Bus Route #3 — the Baptist Medical Center Route. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. Planning -Division: This request is located in the 1-630 Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Mixed Use (MX) for this property. This category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three. The applicant has applied for a rezoning for an expired PCD (Planned Commercial District) Item # 14. to PCD (Planned Commercial District) to allow the change of use for the structure from a church to office with warehouse uses. Master Street Plan: Jefferson Street is a Local Street on the Master Street Plan. The primary function of a Local Street is to provide access to adjacent properties. Local Streets that are abutted by non-residential zoning/use or more intensive zoning than duplexes are considered as "Commercial Streets". A Collector design standard is used for Commercial Streets. This street may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements for entrances and exits to the site. Bicvcle Plan: There are no bike routes shown in the immediate vicinity of the application. Landscape: 1. Previous comments apply. 2. It appears a cross access and parking easement is needed to allow the parking and backup area as shown. 3. The property along the east is zoned residential; therefore, a nine foot wide (9') land use buffer is required. If ample vegetation and screening is not there currently, additional landscaping will be required. 4. A six (6) foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall, or dense evergreen plantings, is required along the eastern perimeter of the site. Credit towards fulfilling this requirement can be given for existing trees and undergrowth that satisfies this year -around requirement. Revised pkat/plan: Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plat/plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Item # 14. December 13, 2012 ITEM NC.: D NAME: Ford Properties Homes, LLC Short -form PCD LOCATION: Located at 1115 Jefferson Street DEVELOPER: Chris Ford Ford Properties Homes, LLC P.O. Box 1142 Benton, AR 72205 FNGINFFR: Blaylock-Threet Engineers, Inc. 1501 Market Street Little Rock, AR 72211 AREA: 0.32 acres CURRENT ZONING: ALLOWED USES: PROPOSED ZONING: NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 PCD Church and C-3 uses PCD FILE NO.: Z -7723-C FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF PROPOSED USE: Office/warehouse and general and professional office VARIANCESNVAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. The applicant failed to respond to comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Staff recommends deferral of this item to the October 25, 2012, public hearing. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (SEPTEMBER 13, 2012) The applicant was not present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item stating the applicant had failed to respond to comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Staff presented a recommendation of deferral of the item to the October 25, 2012, public hearing. December 13, 2012 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: D (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -7723-C There was no further discussion of the item. The Chair entertained a motion for approval of the item on the Consent Agenda as presented by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 10 ayes, 0 noes and 1 absent. STAFF UPDATE: The applicant has indicated they are continuing to work on comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Staff recommends deferral of this item to the December 13, 2012, public hearing. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 25, 2012) The applicant was not present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item stating the applicant had indicated they were continuing to work on comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Staff presented a recommendation of deferral of this item to the December 13, 2012, public hearing. There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 noes and 4 absent. STAFF UPDATE: The applicant has not responded to comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Since the item has been deferred a number of times previously staff recommends the item be withdrawn, without prejudice, to allow the applicant time to resolve outstanding issues and refile once these issues have been resolved. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (DECEMBER 13, 2012) The applicant was not present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item stating the applicant had not responded to comments raised at the August 22, 2012, Subdivision Committee meeting. Staff stated since the item had been deferred a number of times previously staff presented a recommendation the item be withdrawn, without prejudice, to allow the applicant time to resolve outstanding issues and refile once the issues had been resolved. 2 December 13, 2012 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: D (Cont. NO.: Z -7723-C There was no further discussion of the item. The Chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff on the Consent Agenda. The motion carried by a vote of 8 ayes, 0 noes and 3 absent. 3