HomeMy WebLinkAboutMMDECEMBER 21, 2023
ITEM NO, 4 Z-9618-A
File No.: Z-9618-A
Owner: South Bowman LLC
Applicant: Robert Kempkes / Taylor -Kempkes Architects
Address: 101 S Bowman Road
Description: Lot 1, Erwin Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County
Arkansas
Zoned: C-3
Variance(s) Requested: The parking provisions of Section 36-502 to permit the
renovation of commercial use to restaurant and expansion of
an outdoor eating area without providing additional parking.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented as per the attached
letter dated September 07, 2021.
Present Use: C-3, Restaurant
Proposed Use: C-3, Restaurant
STAFF REPORT
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C
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Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comment.
Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comment.
Building Codes Comments:
No Comment.
Staff Analysis:
The C-3 zoned property is located at the southeast corner of Bowman Rd and West
Markham Street. The property is occupied by a 16,562 square foot, two-story
masonry building originally developed in 2006 as a bank with an ancillary office area.
Vehicular access is provided on both Bowman Rd and Markham St. Most of the
parking is located on the north, south, and west sides of the building with a drive
aisle and 2-parking spaces are located between the east side of building and
property line. The immediate surrounding properties fronting Bowman and Markham
are zoned commercial or R-2 and occupied by a large retail strip center, restaurants,
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drive-thru bank, and open space. The adjacent east properties are occupied by a
convenience store on the southeast corner of Markham and Alamo Dr and single-
family residences that front Alamo Dr.
Restaurant uses require 1 parking space for every 100 square feet while the office I
institutional uses require 1 parking space for every 500 square feet. The building is
divided with 8,506 square feet of restaurant space, and 8,056 square feet of office
space. As the development exists, 102 parking spaces are required to meet the
minimum code requirements, 86 parking spaces are provided.
The applicant is proposing to increase the restaurant use by renovating the existing
drive-thru canopy area for an additional outdoor eating space. The proposed
restaurant spaces will occupy at total of 8,506 square feet with the balance of the
8,056 square feet remaining as office or common space. The renovations will require
an additional 16 onsite parking spaces.
Sec. 36-502(b)(3)(c) States, "Restaurants (and similar establishments serving food
and beverages), 1.0 space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor
area." Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow a reduced amount
of off-street parking for a restaurant in a C-3 zoning.
Based on the analysis above, Staff believes the proposal is in keeping with the
commercial character and scale of the area and views the variance request as
reasonable.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested reduced off-street parking requirement
variance subject to the comments and conditions outlined in the staff analysis, of the
agenda staff report.
Board of Adjustment
(DECEMBER 21, 2023)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the
application to the Board and stated it recommended approval of the requested off-street
parking variance per the staff report analysis and report. There was a consent motion to
approve the application. The motion was seconded. The application was approved on
consent. The vote was 5 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent.
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