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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMMDECEMBER 21, 2023 ITEM NO.: 1 Z-4643-B File No.: Z-4643-B Owners: Arkansas Childrens Hospital Applicant: Ed Hankins / McClelland Engineers Address: Southeast corner of West 10th Street and Wolfe Street Intersection. Legal Description: Lots 1 2 & 3 12 Exempt, Marshall & Wolfe City of Little Rock, Pulaski County AR Current Zoning: 0-3 Present Use: Undeveloped Proposed Use: Outpatient Medical Facility Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from the development provisions and the area provisions of Section 36-281 to allow a new building with increased building height and reduced setbacks. Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in the attached letter. STAFF REPORT - A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments: Plans to be reviewed during building permit. B. Landscape and Buffer Comments: All landscaping and buffer areas for the new development must comply with Chapters 15 and 36 of the City of Little Rock Code of Ordinances. C. Building Codes Comments: No comments required. D. Staff Analysis: The 0-3 zoned property located along at the southeast corner of the West 10th Street and Wolfe Street intersection is comprised of 1.04 acres and is currently undeveloped with the remains of a parking area at the northwest corner of the lot. The property is open and cleared of debris. The applicant proposes to construct a multi -level medical building on the site as noted on the attached site plan. The proposed medical building will be located within the north half of the lot, with paved service drive at the rear (south) side of the building 1 DECEMBER 21, 2023 ITEM NO.: 1 CON'T. Z-4643-B and a new circular drop off area at the front (north) side of the building connecting to West 10t" Street. The proposed building will be four (4) stories in height, with a total floor area of approximately 202,000 square feet. The proposed building height will be seventy (70) feet, as viewed from the lowest finished floor (north elevation) to the highest point of the building's flat roof. Section 36-281(c) allows a maximum building height of 45-feet for 0-3 zoned property. The proposed building will have a height of 70-feet as viewed from the low sides of the property (north elevation). Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow the increased building height from forty-five (45) to seventy (70). The site plan indicates the proposed medical building will be located 6.62-feet of the north property line, 3.05-feet from the west property line and 3.08-feet from the east property line. Section 36-281(d) (2) allows a minimum side yard setback of ten (10) feet from the property line. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow a structure to be adjacent to a public sidewalk with the side yard setbacks reduced from the required ten (10) feet to 3.05- feet on the west and 3.08-feet on the east from a property line . Section 36-258 (d) (1) allows a minimum front yard setback of twenty-five (25) feet from the property line. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow a structure to have the front yard setback reduced from the required twenty-five (25) feet to 6.62- feet on the north from a property line. Staff is supportive of the requested variances. Staff views the request as reasonable, as the property is located near the intersections of collector streets to the east and west of the site. The property is bordered by 0-2 and POD Commercial zonings. Given the property's location and the site's topography as it relates to the surrounding structures of the Arkansas Childrens Hospital campus, staff believes that the building height variance is appropriate and should have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties. E. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested building height and setback variances, subject to the descriptions and any conditions in the "staff analysis," and the following conditions: 1. A building permit being obtained for all construction. 2. Abide by all site development requirements for 0-3 and 0-2 zoned properties. 3. Compliance with the Landscape and Buffer requirements of Chapters 15 and 36 of the City's code. 2 DECEMBER 21, 2023 ITEM NO.: 1 CON'T. Z-4643-B Board of Adjustment (DECEMBER 21, 2023) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. The item was on the consent agenda. Staff presented the application to the Board and stated it recommended approval of the requested building height and setback variances be allowed as per the staff report analysis and report with stated conditions. There was a motion to approve the application on consent. The motion was seconded. The application was approved. The vote was 5 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent.