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Home My WebLink AboutS-0724-C ApplicationNovember 1, 2018 ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: S-724-B NAME: Lot 4ARR Old Forge Subdivision Replat LOCATION: Located at 10000 Rodney Parham Road DEVELOPER: Little Rock 10000 Medical Properties, LLC 181 West Madison Street, Suite 4700 Chicago, IL 80602 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Little Rock 10000 Medical Properties, LLC Todd Shettles, Agent SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Shettles Surveying and Consulting, PLLC P.O. Box 25761 Little Rock, AR 72221 AREA: 1.40-acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 4 PLANNING DISTRICT: 2 — Rodney Parham CENSUS TRACT: 22.04 CURRENT ZONING: C-3, General Commercial District VARIANCENVAIVERS: A variance to allow the drive on Old Forge Drive nearer the property line than typically allowed. A. PROPOSAUREQUESTIAPPLICANT'S STATEMENT: The applicant is requesting a replat of this existing platted lot to allow the platted building line to be reduced. The lot was platted with a 45-foot building line along each street frontage. The applicant is seeking to reduce the platted building line to 25-feet which is consistent with building lines within the C-3, General Commercial District zoning designation. November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: 1919:801G &+*ah "M] The site is a medical office building which was originally constructed as a bank. There are office and commercial uses in the general area. There is a City of Little Rock park located across Rodney Parham Road. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: All abutting property owners along with the Breckenridge 1st Neighborhood Association, the Colony West Homeowners Association and the Treasure Hill Property Owners Association were notified of the public hearing. There is not a contact person listed for the Sturbridge Neighborhood Association in the City of Little Rock maintained Neighborhood Association database. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. Show the proposed driveway locations on the plan. 2. Repair or replace any curb, gutter, sidewalk and access ramps that are damaged and not in compliance with ADA recommendations in the public right- of-way prior to approval of the final plat or final certificate of occupancy if it follows final platting. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: Sewer available to this site. Entergy: Entergy does not object to this proposal. There do not appear to be any conflicts with existing electrical utilities at this location. It appears that service is already being provided to the existing structure. Contact Entergy in advance to discuss electrical service requirements, extensions or adjustments to existing facilities (if any) as this project proceeds. Centerpoint Energy: No comment received. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: No comment received. 2 November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont_) FILE NO.: S-724-B Fire Department: 1. Full Plan Review — Maintain Access 2. Fire Hydrants. Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D of the 2012 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. 3. Grade. Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 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. 4. Loading. Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2012 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. 5. Commercial and Industrial Developments — 2 means of access. - Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 a. Section D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height. Building or facilities exceeding 30 feet or three stories in height shall have at least two means of fire apparatus access for each structure. b. Section D104.2 Building exceeding 62,000 square feet in area. Buildings or facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet shall be provide with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. c. Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet that have a single approved fire apparatus access road when all building are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems. d. D104.3 Remoteness. Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of 3 November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) _ FILE NO.: S-724-B the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line between accesses. 6. Dead Ends. Maintain fire apparatus access roads at dead end locations as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.4 Dead Ends. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of 150 feet shall be provided with width and turnaround provisions in accordance with Table D103.4. Requirements for Dead-end fire apparatus access roads. 7. Gates. Maintain fire apparatus access road gates as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.5 Fire apparatus access road gates. Gates securing the fire apparatus access roads shall comply with all of the following criteria: 1. Minimum gate width shall be 20 feet. 2. Gates shall be of swinging or sliding type. 3. Construction of gates shall be of material that allow manual operation by one person. 4. Gate components shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times and replaces or repaired when defective. 5. Electric gates shall be equipped with a means of opening the gate by fire department personnel for emergency access. Emergency opening devices shall be approved by the fire code official. 6. Manual opening gates shall not be locked with a padlock or chain and padlock unless they are capable of being opened by means of forcible entry tools or when a key box containing the keys to the lock is installed at the gate location. 7. Locking device specifications shall be submitted for approval 1by the fire code official 8. Electric gate operators, where provided, shall be listed in accordance with UL 325. 9. Gates, intended for automatic operation shall be designed, constructed and installed to comply with requirements of ASTM F 2200. 8. 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 4 November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-724-B two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads, and shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3. Exceptions: a. 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. b. 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. 9. Fire Hydrants. Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code. Section C101 — C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas Water (Jason Lowder 501.377.1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshal's Office (Capt. Tony Rhodes 501.918.3757 or Capt. John Hogue 501.918.3754). Number and Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. County Planning: No comment. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Code: No comment. Landscape: No comment. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: We have a stop with a bus bench at the edge of this property. As of now we don't have any comments, but we request to be kept in the loop on this one, specifically when it comes to sidewalk plans. Planning Division: No comment. H. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (October 10, 2018) The applicant, Todd Shettles, was present representing the request. Staff presented an overview of the item stating there were no outstanding technical issues in need of addressing related to the proposed replat. Staff noted any curb, 5 November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 1 (Cont.) _ _ _ FILE NO.: S-724-B gutter, sidewalk and access ramps which were damaged and/or not in compliance with ADA recommendations in the public right-of-way were to be repaired or replaced prior to approval of the final plat or the final certificate of occupancy if the certificate of occupancy was to follow the final platting. Staff requested Mr. Shettles provide the location of the future driveway. Staff stated the proposed location could require a variance from City Ordinance to allow the driveway nearer the property line than typically allowed. Staff noted the comments from the various other departments and agencies. Staff suggested the applicant contact the departments or agencies directly with any questions or concerns. There were no more issues for discussion. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. ANALYSIS: The applicant is requesting a replat of this existing platted lot to allow for reduction of the platted building line. The lot was platted with a 45-foot building line along both street frontages. The property is zoned C-3 which typically requires a 25-foot building line. The applicant is seeking to reduce the platted building line to 25-feet which is consistent with the zoning. The property currently contains a building and associated parking. The applicant is proposing to redevelop the property with a new building and upgraded parking and landscaping. To staff's knowledge, there are no outstanding issues. A variance is requested from the driveway spacing criteria of Section 31-210 to allow the driveway on Old Forge to be nearer the property line than typically allowed. Staff is supportive of the requested variance. J. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlines in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. Staff recommends approval of the requested variance from Section 31-210 to allow the driveway on Old Forge as proposed. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (NOVEMBER 1, 2018) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the "staff recommendation" above, including the driveway location variance. There was no further discussion. The item was 0 November 1, 2018 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 1 FILE NO.: S-724-B placed on the consent agenda and approved as recommended by staff, including the driveway location variance. The vote was 11 .ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent. N