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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-7938 Staff AnalysisOctober 13, 2005 ITEM NO.: 16 FILE NO.: Z-7938 NAME: Central Arkansas Water Parking Lot — Conditional Use Permit LOCATION: Southeast corner of Capitol and Cumberland OWNER/APPLICANT: Central Arkansas Water/Central Arkansas Engineering PROPOSAL: A conditional use permit is requested to allow an existing parking lot to be used as a commercial parking lot. The property is zoned UU. 1. SITE LOCATION: The property is located at the southeast corner of East Capitol Avenue and Cumberland Street. 2. COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD: The parking lot is existing. Other than for constructing new driveways and rehabilitating the parking lot, no changes are proposed. The C.U.P. is prompted by a replat of these properties which places the parking lot on a separately platted lot. The change will not affect the parking lot'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 Downtown, MacArthur Park and River Market Neighborhood Associations were notified of this request. 3. ON SITE DRIVES AND PARKING: The parking lot will have driveways onto East Capitol Avenue and Cumberland Street. An access easement through the parking lot will provide access to the parking spaces behind the new LRPD substation. The parking lot will have 25 spaces. 4. SCREENING AND BUFFERS: Since the vehicular use area is existing, no landscaping upgrade is required other than the proposed street trees as shown on the plan submitted and as required by the Urban Use District ordinance. October 13, ,2005 f���t►►i�[�I�iC:� 5. PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS: FILE NO.: Z-7938 1. Sidewalks with appropriate handicap ramps are required in accordance with Section 31-175 of the Little Rock Code and the Master Street Plan. 2. With site development, all driveways shall be concrete aprons per City Ordinance. 3. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is damaged in the public right-of-way prior to occupancy. 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) 379-1817 (Derrick Bergfield). 6. UTILITY, FIRE DEPT. AND CATA COMMENTS - Wastewater: Sewer service not required for this project. Entergy: Approved as submitted. CenterPoint Energy: No Comment received. Southwestern Bell: No Comment received. Water: No objection. Fire Department: Approved as submitted. County Planning: No Comments. CATA: The site is located directly across the street from the CATA Travel Center. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (SEPTEMBER 22, 2005) The applicant was present. Staff presented the item and asked the applicant to provide a signage plan, to indicate the "typical" dimension of the parking stalls and to place street trees and planter wells to comply with the UU district standards. In response to a question from the Committee, the applicant stated there would be no fencing on the property. K October 13,, 2005 ITEM NO.: 16 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7938 Public Works, Landscape and Utility Comments were presented. The Committee determined there were no other issues. After advising the applicant to respond to staff issues by September 28, 2005, the Committee forwarded the item to the full Commission. STAFF ANALYSIS: The UU zoned property located at the southeast corner of East Capitol Avenue and Cumberland Street is comprised of three (3) lots. The Paragon Building occupies the eastern 1/3 of the lots. The western 2/3 of the lots is an existing asphalt and gravel parking lot. On September 29, 2005, the Planning Commission approved a replat of the three (3) lots (S-1499). Under the replat Lot 1 R now contains the Paragon Building, Lot 2R contains the bulk of the existing parking lot and Lot 3R will be the site of a proposed new LRPD Substation. Since the parking lot is now a separate surface parking lot, a conditional use permit is required. New driveways will provide access to the parking lot from East Capitol Avenue and Cumberland Street. Landscaping will be increased on the site and street trees will be planted as required in the UU district. Staff believes it is appropriate to require resurfacing of the parking lot to eliminate the gravel. No signage is proposed. On October 6, 2005, the Historic District Commission will review the plans for the police substation. No review is required for the existing parking lot. The Original City of Little Rock bill of assurance does not address use issues. Staff is supportive of the requested C.U.P. To staff's knowledge, there are no outstanding issues. 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 Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the agenda staff report. 2. The area of the existing parking lot is to be resurfaced to eliminated the gravel parking. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 13, 2005) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of approval. The applicant offered no additional comments. M October 13,, 2005 ITEM NO.: 16 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-7938 The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as recommended by staff. The vote was 11 ayes and 0 nays. 4