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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
NOVEMBER 21, 2023 AGENDA
Subject
An Ordinance approving
a Planned Zoning
Development titled Jo
Investments STR-2 — PD-C
(Z-9830) located at
1323 Cumberland Street.
Submitted by:
Department of Planning and
Development
SYNOPSIS
FISCAL IMPACT
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND
Action Required
4 Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Emily Cox
Interim City Manager
The applicant proposes to rezone the 0.16 acre
property from "R-4-A" Low Density Residential District to
"PD-C" to allow use of the property as Short -Term Rental
(STR-2).
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Approval of the Ordinance.
The applicant proposes to rezone 0.16-acre property
located at 1323 Cumberland Street from R-4 -A to PD-C to
allow use of the property as Short -Term Rental with a
maximum stay of twenty-nine (29) days. The owner will
not reside in the residence. The structure will be rented as
one (1) unit.
The property contains an existing wood structure. Parking
will be along Cumberland Street. The property is primarily
surrounded by R-4-A zoning. The Future Land Use Map
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
shows a large area of Residential Medium Density (RM)
and Mixed Use (MX) zoning. This property is within the
MacArthur Historic District.
The property has an unresolved compliance issue with the
Historic District Commission. Fencing was installed by a
previous owner across the south elevation side porch
without a Certificate of Appropriateness. A remedy was
agreed upon between staff and the most recent previous
owner to remove the fencing along the side porch and
replace it with lattice work compatible to the opening
between the porch columns and below the decorative
spandrels and brackets. The previous owner sold the
property without remedying the compliance issue. As a
condition of Staff s recommendation for approval of the
Planned Development, the compliance issue is required to
be remedied. The remediation work will require a
Certificate of Compliance issued from Historic District
Commission staff.
On June 20, 2023 the City Board of Directors passed an
ordinance regulating short-term rentals within the City of
Little Rock. The new ordinance establishes "development
standards" for short-term rentals. If approved, the
applicant must comply with the newly established
development standards, in addition to all other
requirements of the new ordinance.
On October 12, 2023, the Planning Commission voted
7 ayes, 0 noes, 2 absent and 2 open positions, as part of the
Consent Agenda, to approve the PD-C 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.
Currently the City of Little Rock Department of Planning
and Development has 30 short-term rentals (STR-1 and
STR-2) listed within the database for approved short-term
rentals in the City of Little Rock. The City's new short-
term rental ordinance allows a maximum of 500 short-term
rentals within the corporate boundary of the City of Little
Rock.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED ZONING
DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED DISTRICT
— COMMERCIAL TITLED JO INVESTMENTS STR-2 — PD-C,
LOCATED AT 1323 CUMBERLAND STREET (Z-9830), 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 R-4A, Low Density Residential District, to PD-C, Planned District —
Commercial:
Z-9830 — Described as part of Lot 6, Block 48, ORIGINAL CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, Pulaski County, Arkansas, described as follows:
Beginning at the SW corner of said Lot 6; thence run North along the
West line of said Lot 6 a distance of 39.5 feet; thence Easterly a distance
of 96.1 feet; thence South 38.8 feet to a point on the South line of said Lot
6; thence Westerly along said South line of Lot 6 a distance of 97.4 feet to
the point of beginning.
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 Jo
Investments STR-2 — PD-C, located at 1323 Cumberland Street (Z-9830) is conditioned upon
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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.
PASSED:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor
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