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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-1660 Staff AnalysisS-1060 NAME: First Missionary Baptist Church Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: located at 701 Gaines Street Planning Staff Comments: 1. Provide notification of property owners located within 200-feet of the site, complete with the certified abstract list, notice form with affidavit executed and proof of mailing. The notice must be mailed no later than December 1, 2010. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than December 10, 2010. 2. Provide details of the proposed construction materials. The UU, Zoning District does not allow corrugated or ribbed materials. 3. Buildings must be oriented to the street. The primary entrance of the building shall be at street level on the street at the sidewalk. Entrances shall be designed so that the door will not swing beyond the property line. The ground level street frontage floor of nonresidential structures shall have a minimum surface area of sixty percent transparent or window display. 4. Provide details of any projections from the building. No projecting object is allowed except for awnings, balconies and signs. Awnings may not project more than five (5) feet from the building facade and must have a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet. Balconies over the public right of way shall have a minimum clearance of nine (9) feet above the sidewalk. The maximum projection shall be four (4) feet. 5. Parking lots are to be located behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting street. 6. All site lighting is to be low level and directional and placed as to reflect away from adjacent residential structures. 7. Street trees a minimum of three (3) inch caliper are required. The trees are to be located a minimum of two (2) feet off the back of curb and thirty (30) feet on center and no closer than thirty (30) feet to a street intersection with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least eight (8) feet above the sidewalk. 8. Is there a dumpster located on the site? If so provide the location of the dumpster facility. Screening is required. All trash receptacles are to be oriented away from the public right of way. Ground mounted mechanical systems and trash receptacles are to be placed adjacent to alleys if alleys are available. 9. The parking and drives do not appear to line up. Please review the parking lot layout and resubmit if necessary. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is damaged in the public right - Item # 3. of -way prior to occupancy. 2. A 20 foot radial dedication of right-of-way is required at the intersection of 7th Street & Gaines Street; 8th Street & Gaines Street; and 8th Street & Arch Street. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available to this project. Entergy: No comment received. Center -Point Energy: Approved as submitted. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. 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. Please submit plans for water facilities and/or fire protection system to Central Arkansas Water regarding procedures for installation of water facilities and/or fire services. Approval of plans by the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Division and the Little Rock Fire Department is required. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of water meters. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZ) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water (CAW) 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 CAW. The test results must be sent to CAW'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. Fire Department: Place fire hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: CATA Bus Route #5 — the West Markham Bus Route and #11 — the M.L. King, Jr. Bus Route both run along West 7th Street adjacent to the site. Parks and Recreation: No comment. Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Site plan must comply with the City's landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. All vehicular use areas shall be in compliance with Chapter 15, Article IV of the Little Rock Code of Ordinances. Item # 3 3. The current parking lot layout needs to be redesigned; allowing for circulation of traffic, egress and ingress, ample back up areas, interior islands, and the required perimeter landscaping strip. 4. The landscape ordinance requires a nine -foot wide (9') perimeter landscape strip around the parking lots perimeter in its entirety. A variance from this requirement must be obtained from the City Beautiful Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit.' 5. Street trees a minimum of three inch (Y) caliper shall be required (type of trees as listed in landscape ordinance [chapter 15]). The trees shall be located a minimum of two (2) feet off the back of a curb and shall be thirty (30) feet on center and no closer than thirty (30) feet to a street intersection with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least eight (8) feet above the sidewalk. 6. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. 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, December 1, 2010. Item # 3. December 16, 2010 ITEM NO.: 3 FILE NO.: S-1660 NAME: First Missionary Baptist Church Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: Located at 701 Gaines Street DEVELOPER: L & T Contracting Greg Morgan 10520 Valant Drive Little Rock, AR 72209 FNGINEER: McGetrick and McGetrick Engineers 10 Otter Creek Court, Suite A Little Rock, AR 72210 AREA: 2.066 acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 zoning lot FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF CURRENT ZONING: UU, Urban Use District PLANNING DISTRICT: 5 - Downtown CENSUS TRACT: 8 VARIANCES/WAIVERS REQUESTED: None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: First Missionary Baptist Church located at 701 Gaines Street is proposing the addition of a 5,000 square foot building along the southeast portion of their existing facility. The facility will be used as a fellowship and educational wing to serve the church. The new building will be located 14.4 feet from the existing structure and five (5) feet from the property line on Gaines Street. Since there will be multiple buildings located on the site the applicant is seeking approval of a subdivision site plan review request to allow the new construction to occur. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: This area of the City contains a mixture of uses. To the south of the site is United Van Lines, a moving company, north of the site is multi -story office December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont. FILE NO.: S-1660 building and parking deck serving Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, west of the site are law offices and an office supply business and east of the site is a warehouse and an automobile repair business. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: As of this writing, staff has received one informational phone call from an area resident. All property owners located within 200-feet of the site and the Downtown Neighborhood Association were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. Repair or replace any curb and gutter or sidewalk that is damaged in the public right-of-way prior to occupancy. 2. A 20 foot radial dedication of right-of-way is required at the intersection of 7th Street & Gaines Street; 8th Street & Gaines Street; and 8th Street & Arch Street. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available to this project. Enter : No comment received. Center -Point Energy: Approved as submitted. AT & T: No comment received. Central Arkansas Water: All Central Arkansas Water requirements in effect at the time of request for water service must be met. 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. Please submit plans for water facilities and/or fire protection system to Central Arkansas Water regarding procedures for installation of water facilities and/or fire services. Approval of plans by the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Division and the Little Rock Fire Department is required. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding the size and location of water meters. Due to the nature of this facility, installation of an approved reduced pressure zone backflow preventer assembly (RPZ) is required on the domestic water service. This assembly must be installed prior to the first point of use. Central Arkansas Water (CAW) requires 2 December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont. FILE NO.: S-1660 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 CAW. The test results must be sent to CAW'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. Fire Department, Place fire hydrants per code. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: CATA Bus Route #5 — the West Markham Bus Route and #11 — the M.L. King, Jr. Bus Route both run along West 7th Street adjacent to the site. Parks and Recreation: No comment. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAL/DESIGN- Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Site plan must comply with the City's landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. All vehicular use areas shall be in compliance with Chapter 15, Article IV of the Little Rock Code of Ordinances. 3. The current parking lot layout needs to be redesigned; allowing for circulation of traffic, egress and ingress, ample back up areas, interior islands, and the required perimeter landscaping strip. 4. The landscape ordinance requires a nine -foot wide (9') perimeter landscape strip around the parking lots perimeter in its entirety. A variance from this requirement must be obtained from the City Beautiful Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit. 5. Street trees a minimum of three inch (Y) caliper shall be required (type of trees as listed in landscape ordinance [Chapter 15]). The trees shall be located a minimum of two (2) feet off the back of a curb and shall be thirty (30) feet on center and no closer than thirty (30) feet to a street intersection with a water source provided. The tree canopy shall be maintained at least eight (8) feet above the sidewalk. 3 December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Co FILE NO.: S-1660 6. Unless otherwise approved, the planter well shall have placed at its base a six (6) inch thick section of approximately one (1) inch gravel with filter fabric laid on top to assist with drainage. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (November 24, 2010) The applicant was not present. Staff presented an overview of the request stating they would get with the applicant prior to the Commission's public hearing to work through any technical issues associated with the request. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant has responded to staff's concerns related to the site development. The applicant has indicated the building will be constructed with a brick facade. No corrugated or ribbed materials are proposed. The primary entrance of the building is located facing the abutting street. The applicant has also indicated the new construction will have a double glass door entry with two (2) sidelights. The property is located within the UU, Urban Use Zoning District which requires the ground level street frontage floor of non-residential structures to have a minimum surface area of sixty (60) percent transparent or window display. The street frontage face of the building is 50-feet. The applicant has indicated the new construction will not meet this minimum requirement. The UU, Urban Use District regulates the placement and the allowance of projections from the building. The applicant has indicated there are no projections within the public right of way with the new construction. The parking lots exist and no modifications are proposed to the parking layout. There is not a dumpster located on the site and no dumpster is proposed. Staff recommends should a dumpster be required in the future the dumpster placement and screening must comply with the typical ordinance standards for placement and screening. Within the UU, Urban Use District street trees are required. Based on the percentage upgrade of the new construction street trees are required around the site's entire perimeter under the Church's ownership. This would require the placement of eight (8) trees along both West 8th and Gaines Streets, four (4) trees along West 71h Street and three (3) trees along Arch Street. Based on the percentage upgrade to the site the landscape ordinance requires a corresponding upgrade to the interior and perimeter landscaping located on the site. The new construction appears to be a one hundred percent upgrade based Cl December 16, 2010 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 3 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1660 on the existing square footage of the church and the square footage of the new building. The landscape ordinance requires a nine -foot wide (9') perimeter landscape strip around the parking lot's perimeter of all properties owned by the Church. A variance from this requirement must be obtained from the City Beautiful Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit. In addition the parking lot should be redesigned to allow for the placement of interior islands. A minimum of eight (8) percent of the paved areas should be landscaped with interior islands a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area. A water source is required to water landscaped areas. Staff is supportive of the request to allow the placement of the new fellowship hall on the site. Although the building construction as proposed does not fully comply with the UU, Urban Use Zoning District staff does not feel this will significantly impact the development or the area. 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 the site be brought into compliance with Chapter 15, the Landscape Ordinance as outlined in paragraph H of the agenda staff report or receive approval of a variance from the City Beautiful Commission. Staff recommends street trees be planted around the site's perimeter as outlined in paragraph H of the agenda staff report. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (DECEMBER 16, 2010) The applicant was present representing the request. 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 that the site be brought into compliance with Chapter 15, the Landscape Ordinance as outlined in paragraph H of the agenda staff report or receive approval of a variance from the City Beautiful Commission. Staff also presented a recommendation that street trees be planted around the site's perimeter as outlined in paragraph H of the agenda staff report. 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 9 ayes 0 noes, 0 absent and 2 open positions.