HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOA Staff Report 011024OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
NOVEMBER 21, 2023 AGENDA
Subject
An Ordinance approving
a Planned Zoning
Development titled Allen
Mixed Use — PCD (Z-9839)
located at 2219 Wilson
Road.
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 0.32 acre
property from "R-2" Single Family District to "PCD" to
allow use of the property as a pottery studio, music studio
and urban garden site for disadvantaged youth.
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The Planning Commission recommends approval of the
Ordinance. Staff recommends denial.
The applicant proposes to rezone 0.32-acre property located
at 2219 Wilson Road from R-2 to PCD. The applicant
proposes to use the property as follows:
"My family and I own the building on
2219 Wilson Road, which will be the pottery
studio, music studio and urban garden site.
There are no new buildings or building
additions. Our operating hours will be from
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through
Saturday. The on -site dumpster will be
screened and comply with Section 36-26 of the
BACKGROUND
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City's Zoning ordinance. I have committed
myself to teaching the students free of charge
and have received the commitment of five
instructors to volunteer to teach and run the
program. I studied pottery at the Arkansas Art
Center through their work-study program for
fifteen years. As an SSDI recipient, I could not
have afforded the tuition, unlike those with
gainful employment. We will thus offer an
equal chance to an adult who needs financial
support to pay it forward. A lack of arts and
nature -based instruction is prevalent in
poverty-stricken communities. Therefore, we
will offer private lessons to school -aged
children to qualify for the free or reduced
lunches. Also, we will market our services on
social media, school district listservs, email
blasts and flyers. We will likewise visit
underserved Communities of Color to find
family to serve. Once the building is
renovated, we will accommodate a maximum
number of 10 students/clients at any given
time. Also, students will display their work in
our on -site gallery and sell it in our gift shop."
Parking will be at the front of the building and around both
sides on the concrete surfaces. The garden area will be on
the north side of the building near the rear of the property.
The property is located in an R-2 zoning. The request is in
the I-430 Planning District. Surrounding the application
area in all directions is Residential Low Density (RL). The
Future Land Use Plan shows Residential Low Density (RL)
for the requested area.
On October 12, 2023, the Planning Commission voted
7 ayes, 0 noes, 2 absent and 2 open positions to approve the
PCD rezoning. There was one (1) objector 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.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED ZONING
DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TITLED ALLEN MIXED USE — PCD,
LOCATED AT 2219 WILSON ROAD (Z-9839), 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-2, Single Family Residential District, to PCD, Planned Commercial District:
Z-9839 — Described as Lots 6 and 7, Block 3, Hicks Interurban Addition,
to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
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 Allen
Mixed Use — PCD, located at 2219 Wilson Road (Z-9839) is conditioned upon 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.
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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 AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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APPROVED:
Mayor
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