HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes for S-1953-AJuly 11, 2024
ITEM NO.: 13 FILE NO.: S-1953-A
NAME: Romero Addition – Preliminary Plat
LOCATION: Northwest corner of Chicot Road and Bunch Road
DEVELOPER:
Alvero Romero
15436 Acme Road
Little Rock, AR 72210
OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT:
Romero’s Enterprises, LLC – Owner
Phillip Lewis Engineering – Agent
SURVEYOR/ENGINEER:
Phillip Lewis Engineering
23620 I-30
Bryant, AR 72022
AREA: 1.12-acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 7 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF
WARD: 2 PLANNING DISTRICT: 15 CENSUS TRACT: 41.05
CURRENT ZONING: R-2
VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested.
A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT:
The applicant is requesting preliminary plat approval to allow 1.12 acres of property
located at the northwest corner of Chicot Road and Bunch Road to be subdivided
into seven (7) lots for single family residential development.
B. EXISTING CONDITIONS:
A one-story single family residence is located at the southeast corner of the overall
property (within the proposed Lot 5). The remainder of the property is undeveloped
and covered in grass and brush.
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C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS:
All owners of property abutting the site and all neighborhood associations
registered with the City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing.
D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Bunch Road is classified as a local street for City’s master street plan.
Dedication of additional right of way per master street plan to the City of Little
Rock is required. Total right of way dedication required is forty-five (25) feet
from street centerline. Additional right of way dedicated from the centerline
of right of way more than forty-five (25) feet may be required by Department
staff depending on the location of the centerline of the street in relation to
the centerline of the right of way if both centerlines do not coincide currently
for Bunch Road.
4. Who’s responsible for maintaining the proposed detention pond north of the
subdivision on the other private property? If it’s a future property owner’s
association or similar entity, will an access easement be granted by the
adjacent property owner to access the detention pond for maintenance?
5. Letter for required preliminary drainage analysis needs to explain to staff the
where and how much the 100 year flow is flowing onto the property and
within the property including how the 100 year flow is being conveyed to the
proposed detention pond and existing creek to the north. Provide pre and
post development drainage basin maps as showing the 100 year flows and
time of concentration calculations for each drainage basin referenced in the
submitted letter.
E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING:
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received.
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Entergy: No comments received.
Summit Utilities: No comments received.
AT & T: No comments received.
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.
Dead Ends.
Maintain fire apparatus access roads at dead end locations as per Appendix
D of the 2021 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.
Gates
Maintain fire apparatus access road gates as per Appendix D of the 2021
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:
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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 by 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.
Multi-Family Residential Developments
As per Appendix D, Section D106.1 of the 2021 Arkansas Fire Prevention
Code Vol. 1. Projects having more than 100 dwelling units. Multiple-family
residential projects having more than 100 dwelling units shall be equipped
throughout with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads.
Exception: Projects having up to 200 dwelling units may have a single
approved fire apparatus access road when all building, including nonresidential
occupancies are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems
installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or 903.3.1.2
As per Appendix D, Section D106.2 of the 2021 Arkansas Fire prevention
Code Vol. 1. Projects having more than 200 dwelling units. Multiple-family
residential projects having more than 200 dwelling units shall be provided with two
separate and approved fire apparatus access roads regardless of whether they
are equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler system.
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.
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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.
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 (Jason Lowder 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 received.
F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE:
Building Code: No comments received.
Landscape: No comments.
G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING:
Rock Region Metro: No comments received.
Planning Division: No comments.
H. ANALYSIS:
The applicant is requesting preliminary plat approval to allow 1.12 acres of property
located at the northwest corner of Chicot Road and Bunch Road to be subdivided
into seven (7) lots for single family residential development.
A one-story single family residence is located at the southeast corner of the overall
property (within the proposed Lot 5). The remainder of the property is undeveloped
and covered in grass and brush.
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The proposed lot sizes will be as follows:
Lot 1 – 6,071 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
Lot 2 – 5,998 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
Lot 3 – 6,001 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
Lot 4 – 6,007 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
Lot 5 – 12,216 sq. ft. (0.28 acre)
Lot 6 – 6,021 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
Lot 7 – 6,022 sq. ft. (0.14 acre)
All of the proposed lots conform with the minimum standards (width, depth, area,
etc.) of City code. A 25 foot front platted building line is shown for all lots. Utility
easements are also shown for all lots. With the proposed plat additional right-of-
way will be dedicated for Bunch Road.
Staff is supportive of the proposed preliminary plat. Staff views the request as
reasonable. The applicant is requesting no variances with the proposal.
I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the proposed preliminary plat, subject to compliance
with the comments and conditions in paragraphs D and E, and the staff analysis,
of the agenda staff report.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 11, 2024)
The applicant was present. The application came off consent agenda. Staff presented
the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the “staff analysis” above.
There was one person in opposition. Troy Laha stated that he was upset that the
applicant had not come to speak to “Southwest Little Rock United for Progress”. After
some discussion there was a motion to approve the application. There was a second.
The vote was 7 ayes, 0 nay and 4 absent. The motion passed.