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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-1076-C Staff AnalysisITEM NO.: 3. S-1076-C NAME: Moon Distribution Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: located at 2800 Vance Street Planning Staff Comments: 1. Provide notification of the abutting property owners including the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. The notice must be mailed no later than March 19, 2014. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than March 28, 2014. 2. Provide the building coverage, both the principal and accessory, in square feet. 3. Provide the floor area, principal and accessory of the proposed structures. 4. Provide the proposed number of parking spaces, employee and visitor existing and proposed. 5. Provide a note on the site plan indicating the maximum building height. The maximum height allowed in the 1-2 zoning district is 45-feet. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. A grading permit in accordance with Section 29-186 (c) and) will be required prior to any land clearing or grading activities at the site. Other than residential subdivisions, site grading and drainage plans must be submitted and approved prior to the start of construction. 2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property. Show the proposed location for stormwater detention facilities on the plan. 3. Easements are required for all stormwater drainage areas. 4. A special Grading Permit for Flood Hazard Areas will be required per Section 8-283 prior to construction. 5. The new addition is located within the 100 year floodplain. The addition to the structure is required to be constructed to a minimum finish floor elevation of 257.75 feet or higher is required and shown on grading plans. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer main relocation required prior to construction of proposed warehouse. Contact Little Rock Wastewater Utility for additional information. Item # I Entergy: There do not appear to be any Entergy facilities in conflict with this project. The developer/builder should contact Entergy well in advance if a service upgrade is required. Center -Point Energy: No comment received. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: 1. All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. 2. If there are facilities that need to be adjusted and/or relocated, contact Central Arkansas Water. That work would be done at the expense of the developer 3. Contact Central Arkansas Water if additional fire protection or metered water service is required. 4. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of the water meter. 5. A Capital Investment Charge based on the size of meter connection(s) will apply to this project in addition to normal charges. This fee will apply to all connections including metered connections off the private fire system. 6. The Little Rock Fire Department needs to evaluate this site to determine whether additional public and/or private fire hydrant(s) will be required. If additional fire hydrant(s) are required, they will be installed at the Developer's expense 7. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZA) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water requires that upon installation of the RPZA, successful tests of the assembly must be completed by a Certified Assembly Tester licensed by the State of Arkansas and approved by Central Arkansas Water. The test results must be sent to Central Arkansas Water's Cross Connection Section within ten days of installation and annually thereafter. Contact the Cross Connection Section at 377-1226 if you would like to discuss backflow prevention requirements for this project. 8. The facilities on -site will be private. When meters are planned off private lines. Private facilities shall be installed to Central Arkansas Water's material and construction specifications and installation will be inspected by an engineer, licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas. Execution of Customer Owned Line agreement is required. Fire Department: Place fire hydrant(s) per code. Maintain access. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. Item # I CAT& Site served by the #6 Granite Mountain and #19 Hensley Express. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Site plan must comply with the City's landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. Interior landscape areas shall comprise a minimum of eight (8) percent of any vehicular use area containing twelve (12) or more parking spaces. 3. An automatic irrigation system to water landscaped areas will be required. 4. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, it will be necessary to provide an approved landscape plan stamped with the seal of a registered landscape architect. 5. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger. Revised plat/plan; Submit four (4) copies of a revised preliminary plat/plan (to include the additional information as noted above) to staff on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Item # I April 3, 2014 ITFM NO - 3 NAME: Moon Distribution Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: Located at 2800 Vance Street DEVELOPER: FNGINFFR: Thomas Engineering Company 3810 Lookout Road North Little Rock, AR 72116 AREA: 71 acres CURRENT ZONING: PLANNING DISTRICT: CENSUS TRACT VARIANCEMAIVERS BACKGROUND: NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 1-2, Light Industrial 7 — 1-30 5 None requested. FILE NO.: S-1076-C FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF On March 20, 2003, the Little Rock Planning Commission approved a request to allow the placement of a second building on this site. The site contained a warehouse structure with a parking lot and paved surface area which provided vehicular truck movements associated with the warehouse operation. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: The current request is to allow a building addition to an existing warehouse building. The site currently contains two (2) buildings with 189,514 square feet of gross floor area. The new addition contains 118,000 square feet of gross floor area. The lot coverage of the existing building is 6.08 percent. There are 190 existing parking spaces on the site. There are an additional 54 parking spaces proposed with the new construction. The maximum building height proposed is 45-feet. April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) _ FILE NO.: S-1076-C The request is for approval of a site plan per Section 31-13 of the Little Rock Code to allow the construction of multiple buildings on a single site. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains two (2) warehouse buildings, an office and associated parking. There is a "guard shack" located on the site with a six (6) foot chain link fence in place around the perimeter. The proposed building addition is located along the southern portion of the largest warehouse building. The new paved area will be located south of the existing paved area located between the two (2) warehouse buildings. Only a portion of East 28th Street, a private street, has been constructed adjacent to the site. The street has been constructed with curb and gutter. South Vance Street is also a private street. The street has been constructed with a center median and curb and gutter. No sidewalks are in place on either street. Other uses in the area include a large distribution company to the east of the site and large tracts of vacant land. The sites along East Roosevelt Road are developed with non-residential uses including Horace Mann Elementary School. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has received several informational phone calls from area residents. All property owners located within 200-feet of the site along with the Community Outreach Neighborhood Association were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. A grading permit in accordance with Section 29-186 (c) and will be required prior to any land clearing or grading activities at the site. Other than residential subdivisions, site grading and drainage plans must be submitted and approved prior to the start of construction. 2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property. Show the proposed location for stormwater detention facilities on the plan. 3. Easements are required for all stormwater drainage areas. 4. A special Grading Permit for Flood Hazard Areas will be required per Section 8-283 prior to construction. 5. The new addition is located within the 100 year floodplain. The addition to the structure is required to be constructed to a minimum finish floor elevation of 257.75 feet or higher is required and shown on grading plans. 14 April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1076-C 6. Since the survey has been provided to staff, Roosevelt Road is classified on the Master Street Plan as a minor arterial. A dedication of right-of-way 45 feet from centerline will be required. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer main relocation required prior to construction of proposed warehouse. Contact Little Rock Wastewater Utility for additional information. Entergy: There do not appear to be any Entergy facilities in conflict with this project. The developer/builder should contact Entergy well in advance if a service upgrade is required. Center -Point Ener : No comment received. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: 1. All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. 2. If there are facilities that need to be adjusted and/or relocated, contact Central Arkansas Water. That work would be done at the expense of the developer. 3. Contact Central Arkansas Water if additional fire protection or metered water service is required. 4. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of the water meter. 5. A Capital Investment Charge based on the size of meter connection(s) will apply to this project in addition to normal charges. This fee will apply to all connections including metered connections off the private fire system. 6. The Little Rock Fire Department needs to evaluate this site to determine whether additional public and/or private fire hydrant(s) will be required. If additional fire hydrant(s) are required, they will be installed at the Developer's expense. 7. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZA) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water requires that upon installation of the RPZA, successful tests of the assembly must be completed by a Certified Assembly 3 April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3(Cont.)FILE NO.: S-1076-C Tester licensed by the State of Arkansas and approved by Central Arkansas Water. The test results must be sent to Central Arkansas Water's Cross Connection Section within ten days of installation and annually thereafter. Contact the Cross Connection Section at 377-1226 if you would like to discuss backflow prevention requirements for this project. 8. The facilities on -site will be private. When meters are planned off private lines. Private facilities shall be installed to Central Arkansas Water's material and construction specifications and installation will be inspected by an engineer, licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas. Execution of Customer Owned Line agreement is required. Fire Department: Place fire hydrant(s) per code. Maintain access. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: Site served by the #6 Granite Mountain and #19 Hensley Express. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. F. ISSUESITECHNICAUDESIGN: Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Site plan must comply with the City's landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. Interior landscape areas shall comprise a minimum of eight (8) percent of any vehicular use area containing twelve (12) or more parking spaces. 3. An automatic irrigation system to water landscaped areas will be required. 4. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, it will be necessary to provide an approved landscape plan stamped with the seal of a registered landscape architect. 5. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger. 2 April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont. FILE NO.: S-1076-C G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (March 12, 2014) Mr. Thomas Pownall was present representing the owner. Staff stated there were few outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff requested Mr. Pownall provide the building coverage of the existing and proposed addition, the floor area of the principal and accessory structures and the number of existing and proposed parking spaces. Public Works comments were addressed. Staff stated the City's stormwater detention ordinance would apply to the development of the site. Staff stated easements would be required for all stormwater drainage areas. Staff stated the new addition was located within the 100 year floodplain. The applicant is proposing to place the finished floor elevation below the minimum floor elevation of 257.75-feet. Staff noted an application to the Zoning Board of Adjustment was required to allow the variance. Staff noted the comments from the various other agencies. There were no more issues for discussion. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant submitted a revised site plan to staff addressing a number of the issues raised at the March 12, 2014, Subdivision Committee meeting. The applicant has indicated the building coverage of the existing and proposed addition, the floor area of the principal and accessory structures and the number of existing and proposed parking spaces. The applicant is proposing a payment in -lieu of construction of the stormwater detention. Staff is supportive of the payment in -lieu of construction of the stormwater detention. The property is currently zoned 1-2, Light Industrial District. The request is for approval of a site plan per Section 31-13 of the Little Rock Code to allow the construction of multiple buildings on a single site. There are two (2) existing buildings on the site containing 189,514 square feet of gross floor area. The new addition is proposed containing 118,000 square feet of gross floor area. The lot coverage of the existing building is 6.08 percent. The new addition will not significantly increase the percentage of lot coverage for the site. There are 190 existing parking spaces on the site and an additional 54 parking spaces are proposed with the new construction. Parking for a warehouse and storage facility is based on five (5) spaces plus one (1) space per two thousand 5 April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont. FILE NO.: S-1076- square feet of gross floor area up to fifty thousand square feet; thence, in addition to the above requirement, one space per ten thousand square feet of floor area above fifty thousand square feet or potion thereof. 55 parking spaces would typically be required. The maximum building height proposed is 45-feet. The applicant has indicated no new signage is proposed with the proposed addition. According to the applicant, all signage will comply with the typical standards for industrially zoned property or a maximum of 30-feet in height and 72 square feet in area. The proposed site plan appears to fully comply with the typical development standards established by the Subdivision Ordinance. The only outstanding issue is the applicant is proposing to place the finished floor elevation below the minimum floor elevation of 257.75-feet. Per Chapter 13 of City Code, the proposed top of the finished floor should elevated to one (1) foot or more above the base flood elevation of 256.75-feet. A variance must be obtained from City Code for the proposed floor elevation. The applicant must seek a variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow the finished floor to be placed at this elevation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. Staff recommends approval of a fee in -lieu of construction of the on -site stormwater detention. The applicant must seek approval from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow the finished floor as proposed. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (APRIL 3, 2014) The applicant was present. There were no registered objectors present. Staff presented the item with a recommendation of approval of the request subject to compliance with the comments and conditions as outlined in paragraphs D, E and F of the agenda staff report. Staff presented a recommendation of approval of a fee in -lieu of construction of the on -site stormwater detention. Staff stated the applicant was to seek approval from the Little Rock Board of Directors and not the Little Rock Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow the finished floor as proposed. 0 April 3, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1076-C There was no further discussion of the item. The Chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as presented by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 11 ayes, 0 noes and 0 absent. 7