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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7868 Staff AnalysisJuly 21, 2005 ITEM NO.: 12 FILE NO.: Z-7868 NAME: Givens Beauty Salon — Conditional Use Permit LOCATION: 8501 Geyer Springs Road OWNER/APPLICANT: Marna Givens PROPOSAL: A conditional use permit is requested to allow a beauty salon in the existing building on this 0-3 zoned lot. SITE LOCATION: The site is located at the southeast corner of Geyer Springs Road and Carlyle Drive. 2. COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD: The property is located on a section of Geyer Springs Road which is characterized by a variety of nonresidential zoning and uses. Various office uses are located to the north and south. A commercial strip center and restaurant are located across Geyer Springs, to the west. Single- family residences are located adjacent to the east. The applicant proposes no changes to the exterior of the site. A six-foot tall, wood, privacy fence is located on the east perimeter of this site, where adjacent to the residential property. Allowing this proposed use change should not affect the site's compatibility with the neighborhood. All owners of property located within 200 feet of the site, all residents within 300 feet who could be identified and the SWLR United for Progress, Windamere and Cloverdale Neighborhood Associations were notified of this request. 3. ON SITE DRIVES AND PARKING.- The ARKING: The structure contains 1,682 square feet. An insurance office will continue to occupy 262 square feet and the proposed beauty salon is to occupy the remaining 1,420 square feet. The two uses combined require 8 on-site parking spaces. This site is paved virtually from property line to property line. There appears to be room on the site to accommodate 10-12 vehicles. The site has one driveway onto Geyer Springs and two driveways onto Carlyle. The applicant proposes no changes to the driveway or parking. July 21, 2005 ITEM NO.: 12 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7868 4. SCREENING AND BUFFERS: No comments. 5. PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS: 1. No comment regarding change of use of existing structure. 6. UTILITY. FIRE DEPT. AND CATA COMMENTS: Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected. Entergy: No Comments received. CenterPoint Energy: No Comments received. Southwestern Bell: Approved as submitted. Water: Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZA) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water (CAW) 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 CAW. The test results must be sent to CAW's Cross Connection Section within ten days of installation and annually thereafter. Contact Carroll Keatts at 377-1226 if you would like to discuss backflow prevention requirements for this project. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. County Planning: No Comments. CATA: The site is located on a CATA Bus Route. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (JUNE 30, 2005) Marna Givens and John Raines were present, representing the application. Staff described the proposed conditional use permit, noting that some additional information needed to be provided to staff. Staff noted that information relating to 2 July 21, 2005 ITEM NO.: 12 (Co FILE NO.: Z-7868 building area, signage, employees and hours needed to be provided. Staff also noted that existing/proposed parking, drives, fencing and dumpster area needed to be shown on the site plan. Staff made the applicant aware of the Central Arkansas Water requirement for backflow prevention. Ms. Givens indicated that the requested information would be provided to staff. There being no further issues for discussion, the Committee forwarded the application to the full Commission for final action. STAFF ANALYSIS: The 0-3 zoned property located at 8501 Geyer Springs Road is occupied by a 1,682 square foot structure and a paved parking lot. The structure was built as a residence but was converted to an office use prior to the area's annexation into the City. The parking area was also developed prior to annexation. The applicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow a beauty salon to occupy 1,420 square feet of the structure. An insurance office will continue to occupy the remaining 226 square feet. The beauty salon is to have 4 employees and is to operate Tuesday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. There are two existing ground -mounted signs on the property; each is 6 feet in height and approximately 24 square feet in area. The insurance company uses one and the second will be used by the beauty salon. Wall signage is permitted on the north and west facades. The trash cans are proposed to be located directly behind and adjacent to the building. No dumpster is proposed. Fencing consists of a chain-link fence on the south perimeter and a 6 -foot tall, wood, privacy fence on the east perimeter. All driveways and parking areas are existing and no changes are proposed. The applicant submitted responses to issues raised at Subdivision Committee and reflected in the analysis above. The 1965 Bill of Assurance for Windamere Subdivision appears to still be in effect and includes this statement: "No lot shall be used except for residential purposes." Limiting the number of employees to 4 will address potential concerns about parking. The likely busiest day for the beauty salon will be Saturday when the insurance office will not be open; freeing up all of the parking on the site. To staff's knowledge, there are no other issues. Staff is supportive of the proposal to use a portion of this existing building for a beauty salon. 3 July 21, 2005 ITEM NO.: 12(Cont,)FILE NO.: Z-7868 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the requested C.U.P. subject to compliance with the following conditions: 1. Compliance with the Staff Comments and Conditions outlined in Section 6 of the agenda staff report. 2. All parking must take place on the site; there is to be no parking on Carlyle Street or any other street in the residential neighborhood. 3. The wood privacy fence on the east perimeter is to be maintained in good condition. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 21, 2005) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval, subject to compliance with the conditions outlined in the "staff recommendation" above. There was no additional discussion. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as recommended by staff. The vote was 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent. 4