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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-0830-B-1 Staff AnalysisApril 20, 1993 ITEM NO.: 5 FILE -B NAME: Hinson Manor Office Park, Lots 2 and 3 -- Preliminary Plat LOCATION: 12,201 Hinson Road DEVELOPER: ENGINEER: STEVE BONDS JOE WHITE THE HATHAWAY GROUP WHITE-DATERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 3600 Cantrell Road, #301 401 Victory Little Rock, AR 72202 Little Rock, AR 72201 663-5400 374-1666 AREA: 4.2939 Acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 2 FT. NEW STREET: 0 ZONING: 0-2 PROPOSED USES: PLANNING DISTRICT: 2 CENSUS TRACT: 22.05 VARIANCES REQUESTED: None STATEMENT OF PROPOSAL: Nursing Home and Office Building The applicant proposes a preliminary plat for the development of a 4.29 acre tract to contain two 110-2" lots. One of the lots is proposed to front on Hinson Road; the other (rear) lot is proposed to have its access from the adjoining lot in the Pleasant Valley Living Center property to the east. Lot 3 of the subdivision is proposed to be sold to and joined to the Pleasant Valley Living Center property once the subdivision is approved. Lot 2 is proposed to be developed as church offices and church classrooms for Fellowship Bible Church. No variances from applicable ordinances are requested. A. PROPOSALLREQUEST: Approval of the Planning Commission is requested for a preliminary plat for the development of a subdivision to contain two lots in an 0-2 zone for future development of O-2 uses. B. EXISTING CONDITION'S: Lot 2, the front lot facing Hinson Road, has been cleared. The two residential structures which stood on this property have been razed. Lot 3, at the rear of the property, is presently undeveloped, wooded, and contains natural April 20, 1993 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.• S (Continued) FILE NO.: 0-M-B vegetation. To the west is the new Public Library and professional offices. To the south is a residential area. To the east are professional offices and the existing nursing home facility to which Lot 3 is planned to be joined. Across Hinson Road to the north is the golf course and residential areas. C. ENGINEERING/UTILITY COMMENTS: Public Works Engineering Division observed that Lot 3, the rear lot, is land -locked, with no public access provided. The Stormwater Detention and the Excavation Ordinance are applicable, as is the requirement to show PAGIS monuments. The Fire Department approved the plat as submitted. Little Rock Water Works Utility comments that there is a water main in place to the east and that on -site fire protection will be required. Little Rock Wastewater Utility reports that a sewer main extension, with easements, will be required. Arkansas Power and Light Co. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. will require additional easements, and returned a copy of the plat with their requirements noted. D ISSUES LEGAL TECHNICALLY DESIGN: The matter of creating a land -locked lot must be addressed. Creating this condition is prohibited. Public right-of-way must be provided to each lot in a subdivision. Ee ANALYSIS: To address the issue of the creation of a land -locked lot, one of three options is possible: provide a right-of-way to this rear lot; alternatively, the subdivision might be platted as one lot at the outset, then, in a subsequent action, the rear portion could be separated and platted as part of the nursing home property when there is a contractual basis for joining the two parcels; or, third, plat the Pleasant Valley Living Center property as a part of this subdivision. F. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends denial of the request until the matter of the land -locked lot is addressed satisfactorily. 2 April 20, 1993 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 5 (Continued) FILE NO.: S-$30-B SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: Staff presented the item. Mr. Steve Bonds, the developer, and Mr. Joe White, project engineer, were present to respond to the comments presented. There was discussion as to whether Lot 1, on which the Public Library now sits, need be shown on this current plat. Mr. White indicated that he could remove Lot 1 and show the Pleasant Valley Living Center property on the Hinson Manor Office Park plat. He reported that the option of platting the nursing home with this current plat, thus providing the access to the rear of the property by way of the right of way to the nursing home, was the way he planned to pursue the objections to the plat as submitted. He indicated that he would present an amended plat to staff within the following week. The Committee agreed with the solution proposed, and agreed to forward the plat to the Commission for approval if the objections were appropriately dealt with. STAFF UPDATE• In response to the objections cited above, the developer presented a revised plat showing a one -lot "Hinson Manor Office Park" subdivision of the front two -acres of the tract, and a revised "Pleasant Valley Living Center Addition" to include the rear tract of the former plat of Hinson Manor Office Park plus the adjoining existing Pleasant Valley Living Center tract. Staff objected to this proposed plat, since it crated two subdivisions on one plat. In response, a letter was received from the agent for the owner of the tracts which were to have been Hinson Manor Office Park indicating their approval of the entire tract to be included in and known as Pleasant Valley Living Center Addition. Staff recommends approval of this solution. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 20, 1993) This item was presented by staff as included on the Consent Agenda for approval with the condition noted above, and as such was approved in the unanimous eleven -member approval of the Consent Agenda. 3