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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7813 Staff AnalysisFILE NO.: Z-7813 NAME: Faithland Properties Short -form POD LOCATION: Located at 1720 North Grant Street DEVELOPER: Faithland Properties 5100 West 12th Street Little Rock, AR 72204 FNC;INFFR• McGetrick and McGetrick Engineers 10 Otter Creek Court — Suite A Little Rock, AR 72210 AREA: 0.15 acres CURRENT ZONING: ALLOWED USES PROPOSED ZONING: NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 R-2, Single-family Single-family residential -W FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF PROPOSED USE: Quiet Office VARIAN CESMAIVERS REQUESTED: A waiver of the required right-of-way dedication to Cantrell Road. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant is requesting a rezoning of the site located at 1720 North Grant from R-2, Single-family to POD to allow the conversion of an existing single- family structure into a quiet office use. The applicant has indicated parking will be accessed from an existing alley extending from Cantrell Road. The site plan includes the placement of four parking spaces in the rear of the structure. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains a small single-family structure with a covered front porch area, which is very characteristic of the neighborhood. The site is located one block 19I4:8 il,[61WAIF&IICNIROW east of the Cantrell Road and University Avenue intersection. There is a parking pad located south of Cantrell Road accessed from the alleyway providing parking for the structure. To the west of the site is an office use approved as a PD -O for a real estate office. To the south of Cantrell Road the uses are residential and predominately single-family. To the north of Cantrell Road the uses on the east side of University Avenue are commercial, office and public institutional uses and west of University Avenue the uses are single-family. Grant Street is a typical residential street with curbing in place. Cantrell Road is a four lane roadway with a center turn lane located at University Avenue. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has received several informational phone calls from area residents. The Heights Neighborhood Association, the Forest Park Neighborhood Association, the Normandy -Shannon Property Owners Association, all property owners 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: 1. Cantrell Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Dedication of right-of-way to 55 -feet from centerline will be required, however, the existing home is only 35 -feet from the centerline. A Board of Directors waiver would be required. 2. All commercial access should be through the alley and not through the old residential apron. 3. Any future site construction and/or redevelopment of the property would be subject to the Master Street Plan requirement. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment received. Center -Point Energy: Approved as submitted. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. K NO.: Z-7813 (Cont. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is located near CATA Bus Route #21, the University Avenue Bus Route. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAL/DESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the Heights Hillcrest Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Low Density Residential for this property. The applicant has applied for a POD for an office use in an existing residential structure. No plan amendment was filed. Master Street Plan: Cantrell Road is shown as a Principal Arterial and Grant Street is shown as a Local Street on the Master Street Plan. The primary function of a Principal Arterial is to serve through traffic and to connect major traffic generators or activity centers within urbanized areas. The primary function of a Local Street is to provide access to adjacent properties. These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements. Bicycle Pian: Existing or proposed Class I, II, or Ill Bikeways are not in the immediate vicinity of the development. Cily Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the Heights Neighborhood Action Plan. The Zoning goal encourages maintenance of the existing zoning pattern, unless it conflicts with the future land use plan. Several objectives state that the neighborhood would like to see non residential developments be developed through a PZD, not support any zoning changes that are in conflict with the Future Land Use Plan, and change must be consistent with the character of the neighborhood. The Zoning goal is to "Maintain existing zoning in the heights area, except in instances where it conflicts with Future Land Use Plan." Objectives state: "Require all non-residential development to submit a PZD for zoning changes," and not to support any zoning changes inconsistent with the Future Land Use Plan. This development would need to positively relate to adjacent properties in the area. Currently, the proposed use does conflict with the land use plan, as does an existing POD immediately west of the property. In order to be a quality development for the neighborhood the residential character of the property should be retained. Landscape: Any expansion of the parking area will require landscaping in compliance with ordinance requirement. This would include perimeter on-site landscaping buffers of at least six feet nine inches in width along Cantrell Road and the southern perimeter. This takes into account the reduction allowed within the designated mature area of the City. 3 FILE NO.: Z-7813(Cont.) A six foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall or dense evergreen plantings is required along the southern perimeter of the site. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (March 24, 2005) Mr. Pat McGetrick was present representing the request. Staff stated the proposed request was to convert an existing single-family structure into an office use. Staff questioned if the request for quiet office was general and professional office uses or if the applicant was requesting 0-1, Quiet Office uses. Public Works comments were addressed. Staff stated Cantrell Road was classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Staff stated a dedication of right-of-way to 55 -feet from centerline would be required. Staff stated the existing home was located only 35 -feet from the centerline and a Board of Directors waiver would be required for the required right-of-way. Staff stated all commercial access should be through the alley and not through the old residential apron and requested the applicant remove the apron access. Landscaping comments were addressed. Staff stated any expansion of the parking area would require landscaping in compliance with ordinance requirements. Staff stated this would include perimeter on-site landscaping buffers of at least six feet nine inches in width along Cantrell Road and the southern perimeter. Staff noted this did take into account the reduction allowed within the designated mature area of the City. Staff stated screening would be required along the southern perimeter of the site. Staff stated a six foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall or dense evergreen plantings would be required. Staff noted comments from the various other reporting departments and agencies indicating the applicant should contact them individually for further clarification. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant submitted a revised plan to staff addressing most of the issues raised at the March 24, 2005, Subdivision Committee meeting. The applicant has indicated the site will be utilized by general and professional office uses. The applicant has also indicated a waiver request of the required right-of-way dedication for Cantrell Road. The applicant has removed the existing driveway apron located along Cantrell Road and indicated parking will be accessed from an existing alleyway. The site plan includes the placement of four parking spaces to serve the total building area of 1,100 square feet. The ordinance would typically require two parking spaces based on an office use and the total building square footage. M FILE NO.: Z-7813 (Cont. The site plan includes the hours of operation from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The site plan also indicates there will not be a dumpster located on the site. The applicant has indicated a six foot landscape strip between the proposed driveway and the northern property line. The ordinance typically requires a landscape strip of not less than six feet nine inches. The applicant has indicated landscaping will be added in this area to provide screening of the proposed parking lot. The applicant has also indicated an existing six foot wooden fence will be extended along the southern property line to the 25 -foot front yard setback to provide screening to the adjoining property. The site plan has not indicated any proposed signage. Staff would recommend if approved, signage would be limited to signage allowed in residential zones or a ground sign with a maximum of one square foot of sign area and not to exceed six feet in height and a single wall sign to be placed on the north fagade only. Staff is not supportive of the applicant's request. The site is indicated on the City's Future Land Use Plan as Low Density Residential with the predominate use in the area being residential. Although an office use exists on the corner of University Avenue and Cantrell Road, just west of this site, staff does not feel the adjacent non-residential use warrants a change for this site. Staff feels with the redevelopment of this site as a non-residential use, this will erode the residential fabric of the neighborhood along Cantrell Road. The area to the north of Cantrell Road has redeveloped with non-residential uses while maintaining the residential uses to the south of Cantrell Road. Staff feels this is an appropriate development pattern for the area. With the exception of the property located to the west and a non -conforming public institutional use located to the east, this area has maintained residential uses as the primary use. Staff feels the request for an office use is not appropriate for the site and staff feels the site should maintain its residential use and integrity. I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the request. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 14, 2005) Mr. Pat McGetrick was present representing the request. There were registered objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of denial of the proposed request. Mr. McGetrick addressed the Commission on the merits of the proposed request. He stated the owner was willing to restrict the use of the site to her real estate management firm office use. She stated the business had three employees and the applicant was not proposing to change the appearance of the structure and the structure would remain residential in character. He stated there would not be any customer traffic to the site. He stated the site was not intended as a place for persons to come and pay rents. He 5 FILE NO.: Z-7813 (Cont. stated the use would not generate any traffic numbers any greater than a single-family residence. Mr. Jonathan Opitz addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated his home was located just south of the proposed rezoning request. He stated he moved to the area because it was a neighborhood and to rezone the site to a business was counter intuitive to the neighborhood. He stated there were other site located in the area that were zoned appropriately for a business and the indicated use. He stated if the site were rezoned it would only encourage other homes in the area to request a rezoning and further decline the residential homes in the area. He stated the neighborhood did not want a business as the gateway to the neighborhood. He stated the area wanted the home had not been properly maintained and now the owner was saying it was not cost effective to renovate the home as a residential use. He stated many of the homes in the area had been in disrepair when the owners purchased them and they had put a lot of time and money into renovations. He stated the indicated site could too be renovated as a residence, if someone took the time and money to do so. Ms. Elaine Zediker addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated she had lived at 1623 N. Grant Street since 1998. She stated it was important to maintain the residential integrity of the neighborhood. She stated Grant Street had a significant amount of traffic with persons cutting through to the office buildings located to the south. She stated with the addition of an office use on the site this would only increase traffic. She stated the alley was not designed appropriately for a commercial business. She stated the alley currently served the homes in the area and one commercial business. She stated with a rezoning of the site this would encourage other homes located along Cantrell Road to also request a rezoning. She requested the Commission maintain the residential integrity of the neighborhood. Mr. Andrew James addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated his home was across the street from the proposed office use. He stated he and his wife purchased the home and put a lot of work into their home and he felt with the approval of an office use on the site this would decrease his property value. She stated the area was a good location convenient to downtown and West Little Rock. He stated he felt with the approval of the rezoning this would negatively impact area residents. Ms. Turdy Cromwell was not present. Staff stated Ms. Cromwell had indicated the proposed use was not consistent with the Neighborhood Action Plan and was out of character with the existing neighborhood. Ms. Ruth Bell addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated the residential neighborhood was virtually intact in the area. She stated the south side of Cantrell Road had maintained residential uses while the north side of Cantrell Road had become a commercial center for the neighborhood. She stated she felt an approval would trigger a domino effect resulting in the loss of additional housing stock in the area. Ms. Bell requested the Commission deny the request and continue the site as a residential use. 0 FILE NO.: Z-7813 (Cont. Mr. Thomas Rinehart addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated he lived east of the property being considered for rezoning. He stated he agreed with the previous comments of his neighbors. Mr. Rinehart requested the Commission deny the request. Ms. LaJauna Herrin addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated she too agreed with the previous comments. Ms. Lauren White addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated her home was at 1704 North Grant Street, just south of the proposed rezoning request. She stated her home backed up to the alley being proposed as access to the site. She stated there were a number of cars traveling the alleyway, which did not live in the neighborhood. She stated at first she felt an office use might not be a bad idea. She stated she had since reconsidered. She stated the area was a residential neighborhood and did not need a business use at the entrance to the neighborhood. Mr. McGetrick stated the property owner was trying to bring the property up to some standard. He stated there would not be any more traffic than a single-family residence with the limited number of employees. He stated a sign was not important since there would not be customer traffic to the site. He stated the owner's desire was to maintain the residential integrity of the site. A motion was made to approve the request 8 noes and 2 absent. rl The motion failed by a vote of 1 aye, April 14, 2005 ITEM NO.: 11 FILE NO.: Z-7813 NAME: Faithland Properties Short -form POD LOCATION: Located at 1720 North Grant Street DEVELOPER: Faithland Properties 5100 West 12tf' Street Little Rock, AR 72204 ENGINEER: McGetrick and McGetrick Engineers 10 Otter Creek Court — Suite A Little Rock, AR 72210 AREA: 0.15 acres CURRENT ZONING: ALLOWED USES PROPOSED ZONING: PROPOSED USE: NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 R-2, Single-family Single-family residential INC Quiet Office FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF VARIANCESMAIVERS REQUESTED: A waiver of the required right-of-way dedication to Cantrell Road. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST: The applicant is requesting a rezoning of the site located at 1720 North Grant from R-2, Single-family to POD to allow the conversion of an existing single- family structure into a quiet office use. The applicant has indicated parking will be accessed from an existing alley extending from Cantrell Road. The site plan includes the placement of four parking spaces in the rear of the structure. April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7813 B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains a small single-family structure with a covered front porch area, which is very characteristic of the neighborhood. The site is located one block east of the Cantrell Road and University Avenue intersection. There is a parking pad located south of Cantrell Road accessed from the alleyway providing parking for the structure. To the west of the site is an office use approved as a PD -0 for a real estate office. To the south of Cantrell Road the uses are residential and predominately single-family. To the north of Cantrell Road the uses on the east side of University Avenue are commercial, office and public institutional uses and west of University Avenue the uses are single-family. Grant Street is a typical residential street with curbing in place. Cantrell Road is a four lane roadway with a center turn lane located at University Avenue. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has received several informational phone calls from area residents. The Heights Neighborhood Association, the Forest Park Neighborhood Association, the Normandy -Shannon Property Owners Association, all property owners 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: 1. Cantrell Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Dedication of right-of-way to 55 -feet from centerline will be required, however, the existing home is only 35 -feet from the centerline. A Board of Directors waiver would be required. 2. All commercial access should be through the alley and not through the old residential apron. 3. Any future site construction and/or redevelopment of the property would be subject to the Master Street Plan requirement. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment received. 2 April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7813 Center -Point Energy: Approved as submitted. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is located near CATA Bus Route #21, the University Avenue Bus Route. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAL/DESIGN: Planning Division: This request is located in the Heights Hillcrest Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows Low Density Residential for this property. The applicant has applied for a POD for an office use in an existing residential structure. No plan amendment was filed. Master Street Plan: Cantrell Road is shown as a Principal Arterial and Grant Street is shown as a Local Street on the Master Street Plan. The primary function of a Principal Arterial is to serve through traffic and to connect major traffic generators or activity centers within urbanized areas. The primary function of a Local Street is to provide access to adjacent properties. These streets may require dedication of right-of-way and may require street improvements. Bicycle Plan: Existing or proposed Class I, II, or III Bikeways are not in the immediate vicinity of the development. Cily Recognized Neighborhood Action Plan: The applicant's property lies in the area covered by the Heights Neighborhood Action Plan. The Zoning goal encourages maintenance of the existing zoning pattern, unless it conflicts with the future land use plan. Several objectives state that the neighborhood would like to see non residential developments be developed through a PZD, not support any zoning changes that are in conflict with the Future Land Use Plan, and change must be consistent with the character of the neighborhood. The Zoning goal is to "Maintain existing zoning in the heights area, except in instances where it conflicts with Future Land Use Plan." Objectives state: "Require all non-residential development to submit a PZD for zoning changes," and not to support any zoning changes inconsistent with the Future Land Use Plan. This development would need to positively relate to adjacent properties in the area. Currently, the proposed use does conflict with the land use plan, as 3 April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7813 does an existing POD immediately west of the property. In order to be a quality development for the neighborhood the residential character of the property should be retained. Landscape: Any expansion of the parking area will require landscaping in compliance with ordinance requirement. This would include perimeter on-site landscaping buffers of at least six feet nine inches in width along Cantrell Road and the southern perimeter. This takes into account the reduction allowed within the designated mature area of the City. A six foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall or dense evergreen plantings is required along the southern perimeter of the site. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (March 24, 2005) Mr. Pat McGetrick was present representing the request. Staff stated the proposed request was to convert an existing single-family structure into an office use. Staff questioned if the request for quiet office was general and professional office uses or if the applicant was requesting 0-1, Quiet Office uses. Public Works comments were addressed. Staff stated Cantrell Road was classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Staff stated a dedication of right-of-way to 55 -feet from centerline would be required. Staff stated the existing home was located only 35 -feet from the centerline and a Board of Directors waiver would be required for the required right-of-way. Staff stated all commercial access should be through the alley and not through the old residential apron and requested the applicant remove the apron access. Landscaping comments were addressed. Staff stated any expansion of the parking area would require landscaping in compliance with ordinance requirements. Staff stated this would include perimeter on-site landscaping buffers of at least six feet nine inches in width along Cantrell Road and the southern perimeter. Staff noted this did take into account the reduction allowed within the designated mature area of the City. Staff stated screening would be required along the southern perimeter of the site. Staff stated a six foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall or dense evergreen plantings would be required. Staff noted comments from the various other reporting departments and agencies indicating the applicant should contact them individually for further clarification. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. 4 April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7813 H. ANALYSIS: The applicant submitted a revised plan to staff addressing most of the issues raised at the March 24, 2005, Subdivision Committee meeting. The applicant has indicated the site will be utilized by general and professional office uses. The applicant has also indicated a waiver request of the required right-of-way dedication for Cantrell Road. The applicant has removed the existing driveway apron located along Cantrell Road and indicated parking will be accessed from an existing alleyway. The site plan includes the placement of four parking spaces to serve the total building area of 1,100 square feet. The ordinance would typically require two parking spaces based on an office use and the total building square footage. The site plan includes the hours of operation from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The site plan also indicates there will not be a dumpster located on the site. The applicant has indicated a six foot landscape strip between the proposed driveway and the northern property line. The ordinance typically requires a landscape strip of not less than six feet nine inches. The applicant has indicated landscaping will be added in this area to provide screening of the proposed parking lot. The applicant has also indicated an existing six foot wooden fence will be extended along the southern property line to the 25 -foot front yard setback to provide screening to the adjoining property. The site plan has not indicated any proposed signage. Staff would recommend if approved, signage would be limited to signage allowed in residential zones or a ground sign with a maximum of one square foot of sign area and not to exceed six feet in height and a single wall sign to be placed on the north fagade only. Staff is not supportive of the applicant's request. The site is indicated on the City's Future Land Use Plan as Low Density Residential with the predominate use in the area being residential. Although an office use exists on the corner of University Avenue and Cantrell Road, just west of this site, staff does not feel the adjacent non-residential use warrants a change for this site. Staff feels with the redevelopment of this site as a non-residential use, this will erode the residential fabric of the neighborhood along Cantrell Road. The area to the north of Cantrell Road has redeveloped with non-residential uses while maintaining the residential uses to the south of Cantrell Road. Staff feels this is an appropriate development pattern for the area. With the exception of the property located to the west and a non -conforming public institutional use located to the east, this area has maintained residential uses as the primary use. Staff feels the request for an office use is not appropriate for the site and staff feels the site should maintain its residential use and integrity. 5 April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 (Cont. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the request. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 14, 2005) NO.: Z-7813 Mr. Pat McGetrick was present representing the request. There were registered objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of denial of the proposed request. Mr. McGetrick addressed the Commission on the merits of the proposed request. He stated the owner was willing to restrict the use of the site to her real estate management firm office use. She stated the business had three employees and the applicant was not proposing to change the appearance of the structure and the structure would remain residential in character. He stated there would not be any customer traffic to the site. He stated the site was not intended as a place for persons to come and pay rents. He stated the use would not generate any traffic numbers any greater than a single-family residence. Mr. Jonathan Opitz addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated his home was located just south of the proposed rezoning request. He stated he moved to the area because it was a neighborhood and to rezone the site to a business was counter intuitive to the neighborhood. He stated there were other site located in the area that were zoned appropriately for a business and the indicated use. He stated if the site were rezoned it would only encourage other homes in the area to request a rezoning and further decline the residential homes in the area. He stated the neighborhood did not want a business as the gateway to the neighborhood. He stated the area wanted the home had not been properly maintained and now the owner was saying it was not cost effective to renovate the home as a residential use. He stated many of the homes in the area had been in disrepair when the owners purchased them and they had put a lot of time and money into renovations. He stated the indicated site could too be renovated as a residence, if someone took the time and money to do so. Ms. Elaine Zediker addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated she had lived at 1623 N. Grant Street since 1998. She stated it was important to maintain the residential integrity of the neighborhood. She stated Grant Street had a significant amount of traffic with persons cutting through to the office buildings located to the south. She stated with the addition of an office use on the site this would only increase traffic. She stated the alley was not designed appropriately for a commercial business. She stated the alley currently served the homes in the area and one commercial business. She stated with a rezoning of the site this would encourage other homes located along Cantrell Road to also request a rezoning. She requested the Commission maintain the residential integrity of the neighborhood. L April 14, 2005 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 11 (Cont. FILE NO.: Z-7813 Mr. Andrew James addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated his home was across the street from the proposed office use. He stated he and his wife purchased the home and put a lot of work into their home and he felt with the approval of an office use on the site this would decrease his property value. She stated the area was a good location convenient to downtown and West Little Rock. He stated he felt with the approval of the rezoning this would negatively impact area residents. Ms. Turdy Cromwell was not present. Staff stated Ms. Cromwell had indicated the proposed use was not consistent with the Neighborhood Action Plan and was out of character with the existing neighborhood. Ms. Ruth Bell addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated the residential neighborhood was virtually intact in the area. She stated the south side of Cantrell Road had maintained residential uses while the north side of Cantrell Road had become a commercial center for the neighborhood. She stated she felt an approval would trigger a domino effect resulting in the loss of additional housing stock in the area. Ms. Bell requested the Commission deny the request and continue the site as a residential use. Mr. Thomas Rinehart addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. He stated he lived east of the property being considered for rezoning. He stated he agreed with the previous comments of his neighbors. Mr. Rinehart requested the Commission deny the request. Ms. LaJauna Herrin addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated she too agreed with the previous comments. Ms. Lauren White addressed the Commission in opposition of the proposed request. She stated her home was at 1704 North Grant Street, just south of the proposed rezoning request. She stated her home backed up to the alley being proposed as access to the site. She stated there were a number of cars traveling the alleyway, which did not live in the neighborhood. She stated at first she felt an office use might not be a bad idea. She stated she had since reconsidered. She stated the area was a residential neighborhood and did not need a business use at the entrance to the neighborhood. Mr. McGetrick stated the property owner was trying to bring the property up to some standard. He stated there would not be any more traffic than a single-family residence with the limited number of employees. He stated a sign was not important since there would not be customer traffic to the site. He stated the owner's desire was to maintain the residential integrity of the site. A motion was made to approve the request. The motion failed by a vote of 1 aye, 8 noes and 2 absent. 7 ITEM NO.: 11 NAME: Faithland Properties Short -form POD LOCATION: located at 1720 North Grant Street Planning Staff Comments: FILE NO.: Z-7813 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. Provide details on ingress and egress to the site. Also provide details of the proposed parking. 3. Is there any ground mounted signage being proposed as a part of the development? If so indicate the location along with the height and area of the indicated signage. 4. The cover letter indicates quiet office uses. Is the request for general and professional office uses or 0-1, Quiet Office uses. 5. Will there be a dumpster located on the site. If so indicated the location along with the required screening. 6. Provide the days and hours of operation of the proposed development in the general notes section of the site plan. 7. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. Cantrell Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Dedication of right-of-way to 55 -feet from centerline will be required, however, the existing home is only 35 -feet from the centerline. A Board of Directors waiver would be required. 2. All commercial access should be through the alley and not through the old residential apron. 3. Any future site construction and/or redevelopment of the property would be subject to the Master Street Plan requirement. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No comment received. Center -Point Energy: No comment received. SBC: No comment. Central Arkansas Water: No objection. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department at 918-3700 for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: The site is located near CATA bus route #21, the University Avenue Bus Route. Plannina Division: Landscape: Any expansion of the parking area will require landscaping in compliance with ordinance requirement. This would include perimeter on-site landscaping buffers of at least six feet nine inches in width along Cantrell Road and the southern perimeter. This takes into account the reduction allowed within the designated mature area of the City. A six foot high opaque screen, either a wooden fence with its face side directed outward, a wall or dense evergreen plantings is required along the southern perimeter of the site. Revised plat/plan: Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, March 30, 2005.