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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes for Z-6886-D 111424November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z-6886-D NAME: The Church at Rock Creek – Telecommunications Tower – Revised POD LOCATION: 11500 W. 36th Street DEVELOPER: Baker Donaldson (Agent) The Towers, LLC 1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 2600 Birmingham, AL 35203 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Church at Rock Creek (Owner) 11500 W. 36th Street Little Rock, AR 72211 SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Heritage Engineering PO Box 505 Benton, AR 72018 AREA: 40 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 6 PLANNING DISTRICT: 11 CENSUS TRACT: 24.07 CURRENT ZONING: POD VARIANCE/WAIVERS: None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant is requesting to revise the existing POD to allow for the installation of a 160 foot in height monopole tower (150-foot-tall monopole and ten (10) foot in height lighting rod), to be installed in the far northwest corner of the property for use by one (1) principal user (The Towers, LLC) with co-location to accommodate additional wireless service providers as requested. All remaining aspects of the previously approved POD will remain unchanged. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 2 B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site contains the Church at Rock Creek and several associated buildings for ancillary uses. There is a mixture of zoning and uses in all directions. C. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS: All owners of property located within 300 feet of the site and all neighborhood associations registered with The City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: 1. Proposed one-hundred sixty (160) feet monopole is located within the airspace of the Billy and Hillary Clinton National Airport. Therefore, airport and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval and/or permits are required to be submitted before the Department of Planning and Development can issue a building permit to construct the monopole. Building permit applicant for the proposed monopole shall provide FAA and airport approval documentation and/or permits with submission of the construction plans with the building permit application to the Department of Planning and Development staff for review. Airport contact to start the airport and FAA review process is Carlos De La Torre, Director of Operations, 501- 537-1721, cdelatorre@clintonairport.com. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: No comments received. Entergy: No comments received. Summit Utilities: No comments. AT & T: No comments received. Central Arkansas Water: No comments. Fire Department: Maintain Access: Fire Hydrants. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 3 Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders. Grade Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed 10 percent in grade except as approved by the fire chief. If the grade exceeds 10 percent, approval will be denied, and the applicant must submit request to be reviewed by Fire Chief for Approval. Loading Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds. Commercial and Industrial Developments – 2 means of access. - Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height. Building or facilities exceeding 30 feet or three stories in height shall have at least two means of fire apparatus access for each structure. Section D104.2 Building exceeding 62,000 square feet in area . Buildings or facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet shall be provide with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet that have a single approved fire apparatus access road when all building are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems. D104.3 Remoteness. Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line between accesses. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 4 30’ Tall Buildings - Maintain aerial fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D105.1 – D105.4 D105.1 Where Required. Where the vertical distance between the grade plane and the highest roof surface exceeds 30’, approved aerial fire apparatus access roads shall be provided. For the purposes of this section the highest roof surfaces shall be determined by measurement to the eave of a pitched roof, the intersection of a roof to the exterior wall, or the top of the parapet walls, whichever is greater. D105.2 Width. Aerial fire apparatus access roads shall have a minimum unobstructed with of 26’, exclusive of shoulders, in the immediate vicinity of the building or portion thereof. D105.3 Proximity to building. At least one of the required access routes meeting this condition shall be located within a minimum of 15 feet and a maximum of 30 feet from the building and shall be positioned parallel to one entire side of the building. The side of the building on which the aerial fire apparatus access road is positioned shall be approved by the fire code official. D105.4 Obstructions. Overhead utility and power lines shall not be located over the aerial fire apparatus access road or between the aerial fire apparatus road and the building. Other obstructions shall be permitted to be places with the approval of the fire code official. Fire Hydrants Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code. Section C101 – C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas Water (Daniel Tull 501-377-1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshals Office (Capt. Tony Rhodes 501-918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N Ingram 501-918-3756 Number and Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1. If you have any additional questions, please contact our office. Contact Capt. Tony Rhodes at (501) 918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N Ingram (501) 918-3756. Parks and Recreation: No comments received. County Planning: No comments. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Codes: No comments received. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 5 Landscape: 1. Any new site development must comply with the City’s minimal landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. Refer to the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 15 Landscaping and Tree Protection, and Chapter 36, Article IX – Buffers and Screening. 2. Wireless Communications Facilities must also comply with Chapter 36, Article XII Development Standards and Landscaping. 3. Site development plans, with landscape and screening, must be submitted for review, and approval, prior to site clearing and tree removal. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: No comments received. Planning Division: The request is in the I-430 Planning District. The Land Use Plan shows MX for the requested area. This category provides for a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses to occur. A Planned Zoning District is required if the use is entirely office or commercial or if the use is a mixture of the three. The application is to revise the existing Planned Office District (POD) to include a telecommunication tower. The application site is at the northwest corner of the Church at Rock Creek campus. To the west of the application area is a large apartment complex in a Planned Development – Residential district and to the north is a developed single family subdivision in an R-2 Single Family Residential district. This site is not located in an Overlay District. Master Street Plan: W 36th Street is a Minor Arterial on the Master Street Plan. Minor Arterials are high volume roads designed to provide the connections to and through an urban area. Curb cuts should be minimized to allow for continuous traffic flow while still allowing some access to adjoining property. Deceleration Lanes are required. Standard Right-of-Way (ROW) is 90 feet. Sidewalks are required on both sides. This street may require dedication of Right-of-Way and may require street improvements. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 6 Bicycle Plan: W 36th St is not shown on the Master Bike Plan with existing or proposed facilities in this area. Historic Preservation Plan: This property is not located in a Historic District. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant is requesting to revise the existing POD to allow for the installation of a 160 foot in height monopole tower (150-foot-tall monopole and ten (10) foot in height lighting rod), to be installed in the far northwest corner of the property for November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 7 use by one (1) principal user (The Towers, LLC) with co-location to accommodate additional wireless service providers as requested. All remaining aspects of the previously approved POD will remain unchanged. The site contains the Church at Rock Creek and several associated buildings for ancillary uses. There is a mixture of zoning and uses in all directions. The applicant plans to utilize the existing thirty (30) foot wide ingress/egress extending from W. 36th Street. The section of the access easement near the proposed tower will contain a twelve (12) foot wide road with crushed gravel surfacing. Section 36-593(b)(3) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance requires a WCF abutting residential property on either side, to be set back a distance at least the height of the WCF tower. The setback will be measured from the face of the base of the support structure to the property line of the abutting residential property. The equipment facility shall meet as a minimum the setback requirements for the underlying zone. The site plan indicates a setback of at least 150 feet in all directions from residentially zoned properties. The proposed tower setbacks comply with the Code. The lessee’s proposed area will be located in the far northwest corner of the property and will contain only 0.11 acre (4,900sf) of the overall forty (40) acre tract. The site will be secured by an eight (8) foot tall chain-link fence with a double six (6) foot wide access gate. The gate will resemble the existing metal fence on the property. The applicant did not provide a signage plan with this application. Any signs installed at the site must comply with Section 36-553 of the City’s Zoning Ordinance (signs permitted in institutional and office zones). The applicant submitted a landscaping plan as part of the application. All landscaping must comply with Section 36-593(c) of the City’s Landscape Ordinance. All sight lighting must comply with Section 36-593(e) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance. The applicant must submit FAA approval for the WCF to the Planning Engineering Division, as noted in paragraph D, prior to obtaining a building permit. November 14, 2024 ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6886-D 8 Staff is supportive of the requested revised POD to allow a wireless communication facility (WCF) at this site. The proposed WCF complies with the code with respect to the required setbacks from abutting residential properties. The proposed setback radius is over 150 feet in all directions from residentially zoned properties. The proposed WCF will provide new wireless service coverage and increased capacity for all users in the general area, while enhancing the local E-911 emergency call system. Staff feels the proposed WCF will not have an adverse impact on the surrounding properties. The only reason this application is before this body is that the WCF is not an allowed use as approved by Ordinance No. 19,197 for the existing POD. Otherwise, the WCF application would be approved at staff level. I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the revised POD, subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D, E and F, and the staff analysis, of the agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (OCTOBER 10, 2024) The item was deferred to the November 14, 2024 agenda as the applicant failed to complete notifications to surrounding property owners. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (NOVEMBER 14, 2024) The item was withdrawn at the request of the property owner.