HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-0772-B Staff Analysis1. Meetinq Date: August 11, 1987
2. Case No.: Z-4834-A
3. Request: To reclassify from "R-2" Single Family
District to "PCD" Planned Commercial District
4. Location: Northwest corner of West 65th Street at
Mabelvale Pike.
5. Owner/Applicant: Abe Rosen by Joe White
6. Existing Status: "R-2" Single Family zoned land
currently vacant.
7. Proposed Use: Development of the site as a Funeral
Home.
B. Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Planned
Commercial District approach to use of this site.
9. Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval of the
PCD" with conditions on screening, landscaping,
parking, and street improvements.
10. Recommendation Forwarded With: A vote of 10 ayes, 0
noes, and 1 absent.
11. Objectors:
There were none present at the June 30, 1987,
Commission meeting. However, when the initial
application was presented to the Planning Commission on
June 16, 1987, as an 110-3" Office application, there
was a substantial opposition. The opponents were
residents of the Wakefield Subdivision lying to the
north and west of this intersection. Their opposition
was to the district use group and its broad application
of uses. They did not oppose a quiet use such as a
Funeral Home.
NAME:
Husan'Funeral Home
"Short -Form" PCD (Z-4843-A)
LOCATION: Mabelvale Pike North of
"— West 65th Street
APPLICANT/ENGINEER: DEVELOPER:
Joe D. White Abe Rosen
Edw. G. Smith & Assoc.
401 Victory
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: 374-1666
AREA: 1.1155 acres NO. OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW ST.: 0
ZONING: PCD
PROPOSED USE: Funeral Home
A. Proposal
1. The applicant is proposing to build: (a) Phase I
- a 2400 square foot building with total parking
spaces for 53 cars, (b) Phase II - 4800 square
foot building and construction of a two -car
garage.
2. The chapel will seat approximately 120 to 130
people.
3. Stormwater detention will be provided on -site and
Mabelvale Pike will be improved to arterial street
standards for the one-half of Mabelvale Pike that
is adjacent to the site.
4. A sidewalk will be constructed along Mabelvale
Pike.
B. Engineering Comments:
1. Access point should be approved by the Traffic
Engineer.
Z-4843-Ai Continued
C.
D.
2. Right-of-way dedication and street improvements
are reequired.
3. Stormwater detention required.
Staff Analysis
This item was deferred from the June 16
where a request was made to rezone from
Family to 110 -3" Office. Staff felt that
nonresident-lal reclassification west of
could adversely impact the neighborhood
slow transformation of the area. Final
was denial. The Commission recommended
filed as a PCD.
Staff Recommendation
Approval.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (6-30-87)
zoning hearing
"R-2" Single
a
Mabelvale Pike
and initiate a
recommendation
that this be
The applicant was present. The staff reported that there
were no issues. The site plan has been reviewed by the Fire
Department and interested parties. The west and, north
boundaries will be provided with a 6-foot opaque wood fence,
parking, landscaping, and street improvements will be per
ordinance. The Commission included this item in the motion
to approve the consent agenda. The motion passed by a vote
of 10 ayes, 0 noes. and 1 absent.