HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-0050 Staff AnalysisApril 24, 1979
SUBDIVISIONS
Item No. 18 - Deferred
NAME: Pleasant Ridge Subdivision
(Revised)
LOCATION: South side of Highway 10
running about 1/2 mile west from
Southridge Drive
DEVELOPER: ENGINEER:
Pleasant Ridge Dev. Co. Edward G. Smith and Associates
AREA:
401 Victory Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
51.21 Acres NO. OF LOTS: 7 Tracts FT. OF NEW
ZONING: "A" One Family PROPOSED USES:
STREET: 1,860
Office, Commercial
and Apartments
PLANNING DISTRICT: 25
CENSUS TRACT: 42.01
VARIANCE REQUESTED: None
A. Existing Conditions
A ridge with slopes of 20 percent to 30 percent
parallels Highway #10 along most of this frontage which
is in a steep cut. South of the ridge a draw crosses,
also roughly parallel, carrying a few acres of off -site
drainage.
The site is heavily wooded, except for a small area of
developed and graded land on the east near Fairview Road
and Highway #10.
Highway #10 and Fairview Road adjacent to the plat are
not built to City standards.
Sanitary sewer is limited pending completion of
improvement district construction. All other utilities
are available.
All public services are available.
April 24, 1979
SUBDIVISIONS
Item No. 18 - Deferred - Continued
B. Development Proposal
There is no indication of proposed grading, clearing or
drainage aside from a new street.
Commercial, office and apartment use areas (Note:
Concurrent rezoning request) are proposed to be served
mainly by Pleasant Ridge Road, a collector street, which
would extend through to the north plat boundary and
provide access to adjacent undeveloped acreage. The
Highway #10 and Pleasant Ridge intersection would
replace Fairview Road at a preferable location a few
feet east.
A single shared access to Highway #10 is proposed on
Apartment tracts No. 5 and No. 6 with further access
restricted, due to the deep cut. No restrictions of
access are indicated on commercial tracts.
This plat does not indicate improvements to Highway #10
which would be half of a standard 48 foot street with a
"r sidewalk. Pleasant Ridge Road is not proposed to have
sidewalks.
This plat is dependent upon adoption of the proposed
zoning.
Further subdivision of tracts would require further
Commission approval unless provided for now, and
multiple building development plans would also require
Commisssion approval.
C. Engineering Considerations
The plat should show provisions to be made for drainage
and for Highway #10 improvements.
D. Analysis
Given the proposed uses, this layout is satisfactory and
provides improved access to surrounding property.
Questions remain to be answered by more detailed
information. These are:
1. The number, spacing and adequacy of access points to
Highway #10.
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SUBDIVISIONS
Item No. 18 - Deferred - Continued
2, Provisions to be made for further subdivision of
individual tracts.
3. Appropriateness of the proposed zoning.
E. Staff Recommendation
The staff recommends that plat approval be subject to
the following items:
1. Adoption of the proposed zoning by the Board of
Directors.
2. Adequate sanitary sewer service to be assured prior
to final approval.
3. All further resubdivisions of multi -building
developments to be approved by the Commission in
detail.
4. Boundary street improvements on Highway #10 to
current standards including sidewalks. Sidewalks
also on Pleasant Ridge Road.
5. Access from Tracts 5 and 6 to Highway #10 to be
subject to review by the Engineering Division.
6. Show provision to be made for drainage.
7. Indicate points of access to Highway #10.
8. Designate 30 foot green space on Highway #10.
9. 30 foot setbacks on Pleasant Ridge Road.
F. Subdivision Committee Recommendation
(from December, 1978)
The Subdivision Committee voted to forward this plat to
the Commission without a recommendation for these
reasons:
1. The plat is dependent on and secondary to rezoning.
2. Requirements of boundary street improvements on
Ltd Highway #10 would require further information about
best future alignment.
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SUBDIVISIONS
Item No. 18 - Deferred - Continued
3. There were questions relating to the land use study
of the 550 square mile annexation and the
advisability of extending commercial zoning in this
area.
G. Planning Commission Action
(from December, 1978)
The Commission voted unanimously to defer action for 90
days (March 27, 1979) pending the outcome of the
rezoning application.
H. Subdivison Committee Recommendation:
(March, 1979)
The Committee forwards this matter without
recommendation pending resolution of the zoning
application. They also requested that the staff request
information from the Highway Department regarding
improvements to Highway #10 adjacent. Paul DeBusk,
Roadway Design Division, advises that the State has no
` present plans to improve Highway #10 west of I-430. On
the south side of the highway adjacent'to this property,
the steep cut absence offers adequate ditches, and the
presence on the west of a private driveway contributes
to the difficulty of widening the highway on the south
side. A State project to widen should probably shift
the alignment substantially to the north. He further
advised that it would be preferable if possible to
accept a contribution in lieu of actual contributions in
this case.
Planning Commission Action:
The Commission voted unanimously to defer action
indefinitely pending resolutions of land use policies in the
Highway 10 Corridor.
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