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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes for Z-9999-071124July 11, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z-9999 NAME: Midark Houses, LLC – Conditional Use Permit LOCATION: 206/212 S. Park Street DEVELOPER: Midark Houses, LLC 1522 S. 2nd Street Cabot, AR 72023 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Midark Houses, LLC – Owner Nick Tucker – Agent SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Midark Land Surveying P.O. Box 1021 Cabot, AR 72023 AREA: 0.44 acre NUMBER OF LOTS: 2 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 3 PLANNING DISTRICT: 9 CENSUS TRACT: 48 CURRENT ZONING: R-3 VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow two (2) duplexes on two (2) lots, located at 206 and 212 S. Park Street. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The two (2) lots are currently undeveloped and mostly grass covered. July 11, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-9999 2 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. 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. Per City standards and City Code Sec. 30-43 (a)(2)(a), “No driveway shall be constructed within five (5) feet of a line drawn from the point of intersection of a property line with the right-of-way line of a street and perpendicular to the centerline of the street, except where property abuts an alley the minimum distance shall be ten (10) feet. The width of residential driveway is to be forty (40) percent of the lot’s street frontage, but shall not exceed thirty-two (32) feet in width.”. Therefore, any proposed residential driveway for a building permit for this lot that does not meet City Code requirements will require a variance request from City Code requirements submitted for review and approval to the Director of Planning and Development at the application of the building permit for the residential structure. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received. Entergy: No comments received. Summit Utilities: No comments. AT & T: No comments received. Central Arkansas Water: No comments received. 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 July 11, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-9999 3 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. 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 is requesting a conditional use permit to allow for the construction of two (2) duplex structures on two (2) replatted lots (one (1) per lot) at 206 and 212 S. Park Street. The property is currently undeveloped and mostly grass covered. The property is comprised of two (2) platted lots (Lots 3 and 4, Block 8, Capitol View Addition) and pieces of two (2) other platted lots (south ½ of Lot 2 and north 10 feet of Lot 5, Block 8, Capitol View Addition). The applicant proposes to replat the overall property into two (2) equally sized lots of approximately 67 feet by 140 feet (0.22 acre each). The applicant proposes to construct one (1) duplex structure on each of the replatted lots. Each duplex structure will be 2,080 square feet in area (1,040 s.f. per unit) and two (2) stories in height. The exterior of the structures will include horizontal siding with hip roof construction. A small covered porch will be located over the front entry doors. The duplex structures will be located between 29 and 35 feet back from the front (south) property line. All proposed setbacks will conform with Section 36-255 (R-3 zoning standards) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance. The building heights are not to exceed 35 feet. The applicant is proposing eight (8) paved parking spaces (four (4) per duplex) to be located within the front yard area, between the duplex structures and the S. Park Street property line. Section 36-502 requires a minimum of six (6) parking July 11, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-9999 4 spaces for the two (2) duplexes. The parking as proposed will be sufficient to serve the development. To staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues associated with this application. Staff believes the proposed duplex structures located at 206/212 S. Park Street are appropriate uses for this property. The duplex structures will only be a minor increase in the original platted density for this property. The proposed duplex structures will not be out of character with the general area. Staff believes the proposed duplexes will have no adverse impact on the subdivision or surrounding uses. The applicant is requesting no variances with the proposed development. I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the requested conditional use permit, subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined on paragraphs D and E, and the staff analysis, of the agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JUNE 13, 2024) This item was deferred to the July 11, 2024, agenda, as the applicant failed to complete notifications as required. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 11, 2024) The applicant was present. The application came off the consent agenda. Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the “staff analysis” above. There was one person in opposition. Mason Ellis voiced concerns that parking. After general discussion, there was a motion to approve the application. There was a second. The vote was 6 ayes, 1 nay and 4 absent. The motion passed.