HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes for S-867-I (10) 020824February 8, 2024
ITEM NO.: 13 FILE NO.: S-867-I (10)
NAME: Lots 8A-8H, Tract 1, Chenal Valley – Preliminary Plat
LOCATION: North of the northeast corner of Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road
DEVELOPER:
LBDG Holdings, LLC
1 Remington Drive, Suite 100
Little Rock, AR 72204
OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT:
Deltic Real Estate, LLC – Owner
Joe White and Associates – Agent
SURVEYOR/ENGINEER:
Joe White and Associates, Inc.
25 Rahling Circle, Suite A-2
Little Rock, AR 72223
AREA: 10.80 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 8 FT. NEW STREET: 260 LF
WARD: 5 PLANNING DISTRICT: 19 CENSUS TRACT: 42.12
CURRENT ZONING: C-3
VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested.
A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT:
The applicant proposes to subdivide 10.80 acres of C-3 zoned property into eight
(8) lots, for future commercial development. The lots will be final platted
individually as they are developed/sold.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
The property is undeveloped and mostly wooded. The overalls property has
varying degrees of slope.
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C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS:
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.
D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS:
1. Any work involving one (1) or more acres of disturbed area requires a State
of Arkansas NPDES permit. Contact the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality, NPDES branch at 501-682-0744 for applications and
information about General Stormwater Discharge Construction Permit
#ARR150000.
2. A grading permit must be obtained prior to initiation of work. Grading permits
are issued by the Planning and Development Dept. at 723 West Markham
Street after approval of sediment and erosion control plans, grading and
drainage plans, land survey, drainage study, and soil loss calculations per
City’s stormwater management and drainage manual. Contact Planning and
Development Dept., Civil Engineering Private Development at 501-371-4817
or at 501-918-5348 or Permits@littlerock.gov to schedule an appointment for
issuance or to answer any questions. Permit cost is based on total project
area at $100.00 for the less than ½ acre, $200.00 for ½ to 1 acre, and $200.00
for the first acre and $100.00 for each additional acre for project greater than
1 acre.
3. The Department requires three (3) phase sediment and erosion control (SEC)
plans to be submitted for all construction projects showing best management
practices (BMPs) for mitigating sediment runoff and erosion along with
vegetation specifications for temporary and permanent soil stabilization.
Phase 1 SEC plans shall show SEC BMPs during the stripping, clearing,
grubbing, and rough grading of the site. Phase 2 SEC plans shall show SEC
BMPs during construction of utilities, buildings, roadway infrastructure and
drainage infrastructure. Phase 3 SEC Plans shall show SEC BMPs for final
grading, seeding, and landscaping of the site.
4. Sediment and Erosion Control plans shall also show the pertinent information
as outlined in ADEQ ARR150000 Permit Part II section A-4-H (1-14) and Part
II section A-4-I-2 (A-B).
5. Is this area part of the Chenal Valley Regional Detention Facility? If so,
please confirm to Department civil engineering staff. If this area is part of
Chenal Valley that drains to the regional detention facility, then no on-site
stormwater detention is required Per City Rev. Code 29-99.
6. A drainage study showing all hydrologic calculations for the site and all
hydraulic calculations for the proposed storm sewer pipe system, swales and
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ditches, detention ponds, outlet structures, and inlets is required per City’s
stormwater management and drainage manual. For final drainage report,
sign, date, and seal the report per AR State Board of Professional Engineers
and Professional Surveyors rules Article 12, Section B (1) (a). Provide
engineer's certification statement saying this drainage report was conducted
by yourself or directly under your supervision and attesting to the accuracy of
the information within this report.
7. Contact Planning and Development Dept., Engineering Division at
501-371-4817 or at 501-918-5348 for inspections of any work in the public
right-of-way prior to placement of concrete or asphalt or for on-site
clarification of requirements prior to commencing work. Failure to do so can
result in removal of any improperly placed concrete or asphalt at the expense
of the owner or contractor.
8. Any infrastructure within public right of way that is currently damaged or
damaged during construction will be repaired or replaced at developer’s
expense before a final certificate of occupancy can be released for the
building. This includes but not limited to the following: noncompliant curb
and gutter, asphalt, sidewalk, accessible ramps, storm drainage
infrastructure, or concrete driveway aprons. All work within the public right-
of-way shall conform to City of Little Rock Public Works Standard Details and
ADA accessibility requirements.
9. Per City Code 31-117, as built stormwater drainage infrastructure
information/data shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and
Development Engineering Division prior to recording of the final plat. This
information shall include but not limited to pipe inverts, length of pipe, size of
pipe, type of pipe, slope of pipe, and type of inlets.
10. Per City Rev. Code Sec. 31-403, the Department requires street lighting plans
to be submitted to the Department for review and approval before filing and
recording of the final plat for the subdivision. The street lighting plans
required shall include conduit and pull/junction box locations, street luminaire
locations and mounting heights, wire sizes, current photometric data for the
proposed fixtures, and subdivision street photometrics using the proposed
fixtures that meet AASHTO Roadway Lighting Design Guide standards.
11. Department engineering staff is required to perform a final inspection of all
street and stormwater infrastructure construction. City maintenance of the
street and stormwater drainage infrastructure within the public right of way
cannot officially begin until final acceptance by Department engineering staff.
This needs to be completed and accepted by Department engineering staff
prior to recording the final plat.
12. Per City Code 31-434, a 50% maintenance bond for all street and stormwater
infrastructure constructed within the public right of way shall be submitted to
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Department engineering staff prior to recording the final plat. Before the 50%
maintenance bond can be accepted, a contract unit bid price for every street
and stormwater infrastructure construction item within the public right of way
shall be submitted to Department engineering staff for review and approval.
13. Per City Code 31-89 (5) for a preliminary plat, a storm drainage preliminary
analysis is required showing drainage data for all watercourses entering and
leaving the plat boundaries. The storm drainage analysis shall be prepared
in sufficient detail to illustrate the proposed system’s capability of
accommodating storm events as required by the stormwater management
and drainage manual. The preliminary plat shall also show drainage arrows
indicating how drainage arrives at the site and drainage arrows how it leaves
the site post development. Indicate where the storm sewer pipes are located
within the development also. Additionally, provide profile and cross-sectional
views of the detention structure outlet/spillway. Delineation of the drainage
areas pre and post construction with respective discharges via rational
method shall also be shown. The preliminary plat shall also contain all
information as outlined in City Code 31-89.
14. Street design standards shall comply with the latest version of the AASHTO
A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, City’s Master Street
Plan (2018), and City’s Standard Details for street and drainage facilities
improvements (2015).
15. Street stormwater and detention infrastructure design standards shall comply
with the City’s Stormwater Management and Drainage Manual (2016)
including City Code Chapters 29, 30, and 31.
16. Street pavement, sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb inlets, junction boxes,
accessible ramps, and storm sewer infrastructure shall comply with City’s
specifications for construction as outlined in City Code Chapter 30.
17. Public right of way will be required to be dedicated meeting City’s master
street plan standards for a collector street for the future extension segment of
LaMarche Road.
E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING:
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: Submit the wastewater infrastructure
plans to LRWRA for review and approval.
Entergy: No comments received.
Summit Utilities: No comments.
AT & T: No comments received.
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Central Arkansas Water: NO OBJECTIONS; All Central Arkansas Water
requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met.
Fire Department:
Maintain Access:
Fire Hydrants.
Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D
of the 2021 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.1 Access road
width with a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access
road, the minimum road width shall be 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders.
Grade
Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2021 Arkansas Fire
Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads
shall not exceed 10 percent in grade except as approved by the fire chief. If
the grade exceeds 10 percent, approval will be denied and the applicant must
submit request to be reviewed by Fire Chief for Approval.
Loading
Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2021
Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D102.1 Access and loading.
Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be
accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus
access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driving surface capable
of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds.
One- or Two-Family Residential Developments.
As per Appendix D, Section D107.1 of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code
Vol. 1, One- or Two-Family dwelling residential developments. Developments
of one- or two-family dwellings where the number of dwelling units exceeds
30 shall be provided with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads,
and shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3.
Exceptions:
1. Where there are more than 30 dwelling units on a single public or
private fire apparatus access road and al dwelling units are equipped
throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in
accordance with Section 903.3.1.1, 903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3 of the
Arkansas Fire Code, access from two directions shall not be required.
2. The number of dwelling units on a single fire apparatus access road shall
not be increased unless fire apparatus access roads will connect with
future development, as determined by the fire code official.
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Fire Hydrants
Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2021 Arkansas Fire
Prevention Code. Section C101 – C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas
Water (Daniel Tull 501-377-1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshal’s Office
(Capt. Tony Rhodes 501-918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N. Ingram
501-918-3756 Number and Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1.
Parks and Recreation: No comments received.
County Planning: No comments.
F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE:
Building Codes: No comments received.
Landscape: No comments.
G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING:
Rock Region Metro: No comments received.
Planning Division: No comments.
H. ANALYSIS:
The applicant proposes to subdivide 10.80 acres of C-3 zoned property into eight
(8) lots, for future commercial development. The lots will be final platted
individually as they are developed/sold.
The property is undeveloped and mostly wooded. The overall property has varying
degrees of slope.
The proposed lot sizes will be as follows:
Lot 8A – 2.47 acres
Lot 8B – 1.36 acres
Lot 8C – 1.01 acres
Lot 8D – 1.03 acres
Lot 8E – 1.03 acres
Lot 8F – 0.85 acres
Lot 8G – 0.68 acres
Lot 8H – 2.37 acres
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Section 36-301 (e) (4) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum lot size
of 14,000 square feet (0.32 acre) and a minimum lot width of lot width of 100 feet
for C-3 zoned lots. The proposed lots conform with the area regulations.
Lot 8G will be accessed from an extension of La Marche Road. All other lots will
be accessed via an internal private street system. New shared access and utility
easements will be dedicated between Lots 8A, 8B, 8C and 8H and between Lots
8E, 8F and 8G.
Section 36-301 (e) requires a minimum front building setback of 25 feet for C-3
zoned lots. The proposed front building setbacks for the lots range from 25 feet to
45 feet.
The applicant proposes to grade all of the lots when the infrastructure is graded.
This will reduce the amount of earthen material that will be hauled across city
streets.
To staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues associated with the
proposed preliminary plat. The applicant submitted all information requested
during staff’s review of the preliminary plat. Staff is supportive of the requested
preliminary plat. The proposed plat represents a continuation of the commercial
plat/development at the northeastern corner of Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road.
I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the requested preliminary plat subject to compliance
with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D and E, and the staff
analysis, of the agenda staff report.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (FEBRUARY 8, 2024)
The applicant was present. There were no persons registered in opposition. Staff
presented the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the “staff analysis”
above. The item remained on the Consent Agenda for Approval. The vote was 9 ayes,
0 nays and 2 absent. The application was approved.