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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-1714 Staff AnalysisITEM NO.: 7. NAME: Coburn Land and Leasing, LLC Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: located at 11850 Arch 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 October 30, 2013. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than November 8, 2013. 2. Provide the quantitative data including the building coverage, both principal and accessory in square feet, the parcel size, the floor area, principal and accessory, both existing and proposed and the proposed and existing parking spaces. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. Arch Street Pike is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Dedication of right-of-way to 55-feet from centerline will be required. 2. Vinson 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. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Outside the service boundary. Provide septic certification for the new construction. Entergy: Entergy has existing power lines on various lots on this site plan which will need to remain. Developer/customer will need to work with Entergy for any facility adjustments. Contact Entergy at 954-5158 for additional information. 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. Item # 7. 2. 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. 3. Please submit plans for water facilities and/or fire protection system to Central Arkansas Water for review. Plan revisions may be required after additional review. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding procedures for installation of water facilities and/or fire service. Approval of plans by the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Division and the Little Rock Fire Department 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. 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. 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: Provide a letter from the area Volunteer Fire Department indicating their knowledge of the project. Place fire hydrant(s) per code. Maintain access. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: 1. Show source of title. 2. Provide septic approval for new and existing buildings. 3. Obtain fire department approval for new buildings. 4. Show FEMA flood panel information. 5. Show state plane coordinates. 6. Show existing contours. 7. Show vicinity map. 8. Pay $33.00 review fee. Item # 7. CATA: About two miles from nearest bus stop. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Compliance with the City's Landscape and Buffer Ordinances is required. 2. Landscaping is required for any new vehicular use areas and landscape upgrades will be required for existing vehicular use areas. 3. If the site is over one (1) acre in size, an automatic irrigation system is required to water landscape areas. If less than one (1) acre, a water source must be located within seventy-five (75) feet of landscape areas. 4. A landscape plan prepared by a Design Professional as defined by the City's Landscape Ordinance must be submitted and approved prior to any construction. 5. Buffers and opaque screening are required where the site abuts any residential use. 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, October 30, 2013. Item # 7. November 14, 2013 ITEM NO.: 7 FILE NO.: S-1714 NAME: Coburn Land and Leasing, LLC Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: Located at 11850 Arch Street DEVELOPER: Coburn Land and Leasing LLC 11850 Arch Street Little Rock, AR 72206 SURVEYOR: Brooks Surveying 20820 Arch Street Pike Hensley, AR 72065 AREA: 30+ acres NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF CURRENT ZONING: Not Applicable —located within the City's Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction in which the City exercises subdivision only PLANNING DISTRICT: CENSUS TRACT: VARIANCEIWAIVERS 14 — Geyer Springs East Sew None requested. A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: The property is located within the City's planning jurisdiction in which the subdivision ordinance only is enforced. Section 31-13 provides the criteria for review of sites containing multiple buildings. The ordinance requires developments involving the construction of two (2) or more buildings to be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission. The site contains 30+ acres. There were three (3) buildings located on site and the applicant has recently constructed a fourth building. The new building is an 80-foot by 201-foot building. The building will be used as a warehouse. The site does not have public street frontage. The site is served by a 50-foot ingress/egress easement extending from Arch Street Pike. November 14, 2013 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1714 B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The property is located outside the City limits of Little Rock but within the City's Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction. Within this area the City does not exercise zoning jurisdiction but exercises only subdivision control. The property is located in an industrial area. There are a number of businesses located along the access easement, many of which have outdoor storage. Within the general area there are residential and non-residential uses located along Arch Street Pike. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS; As of this writing, staff not has received any comment from area residents concerning the proposed request. All property owners located within 200-feet of the site along with Southwest Little Rock United for Progress were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. Arch Street Pike is classified on the Master Street Plan as a principal arterial. Dedication of right-of-way to 55-feet from centerline will be required. 2. Vinson 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: Outside the service boundary. Provide septic certification for the new construction. Entergy: Entergy has existing power lines on various lots on this site plan which will need to remain. Developer/customer will need to work with Entergy for any facility adjustments. Contact Entergy at 954-5158 for additional information. 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 November 14, 2013 SUBDIVISION FILE NO.: S-1714 2. 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. 3. Please submit plans for water facilities and/or fire protection system to Central Arkansas Water for review. Plan revisions may be required after additional review. Contact Central Arkansas Water regarding procedures for installation of water facilities and/or fire service. Approval of plans by the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Division and the Little Rock Fire Department 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. 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. 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: Provide indicating their knowledge Maintain access. Contact information. a letter from the area Volunteer Fire Department of the project. Place fire hydrant(s) per code. the Little Rock Fire Department for additional 3 November 14, 2013 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1714 County Planning: 1. Show source of title. 2. Provide septic approval for new and existing buildings. 3. Obtain fire department approval for new buildings. 4. Show FEMA flood panel information. 5. Show state plane coordinates. 6. Show existing contours. 7. Show vicinity map. 8. Pay $33.00 review fee. CATA: About two miles from nearest bus stop. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. F. ISSUES/TECHNICAUDESIGN: Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: 1. Compliance with the City's Landscape and Buffer Ordinances is required. 2. Landscaping is required for any new vehicular use areas and landscape upgrades will be required for existing vehicular use areas. 3. If the site is over one (1) acre in size, an automatic irrigation system is required to water landscape areas. If less than one (1) acre, a water source must be located within seventy-five (75) feet of landscape areas. 4. A landscape plan prepared by a Design Professional as defined by the City's Landscape Ordinance must be submitted and approved prior to any construction. 5. Buffers and opaque screening are required where the site abuts any residential use. G. SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (October 23, 2013) The applicant was not present. Staff presented an overview of the development stating there were few outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff stated the request was a Subdivision Site Plan Review request to allow the 4 November 14, 2013 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont. FILE NO.: S- placement of multiple buildings on a single parcel. Staff stated the site was located outside the City limits but with the City's Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction. Staff stated within this area the City did not exercise zoning only the enforcement of the subdivision ordinance. Staff stated there were no outstanding technical issues associated with the request in need of addressing via a revised site plan. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. H. ANALYSIS: There were no outstanding technical issues associated with the request in need of addressing via a revised site plan. The applicant is seeking approval per Section 31-13 of the Little Rock Code. The ordinance sets forth procedures for processing multiple building site plans and to establish the standards for the development of site. The Subdivision Site Plan review is a development review process that provides for case by case consideration of project particulars including the provision of parking and landscaping in accordance with the appropriate ordinances, siting of buildings, and the relationship with adjoining properties. The site contains 30± acres. There were three (3) buildings located on site and the applicant has recently constructed a fourth building. The new building is an 80-foot by 201-foot building to be used as a warehouse. The site does not have public street frontage on Arch Street Pike. The site is served by a 50-foot ingress/egress easement extending from Arch Street Pike. Staff is supportive of the request. Staff does not feel the placement of the additional building on this site containing 30+ acres will significantly impact the development or the area. The buildings have been placed with a substantial setback from the property lines. The applicant has indicated with any additional site improvements, landscaping will be brought in to compliance accordingly. 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. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (NOVEMBER 14, 2013) 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. November 14, 2013 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 7 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1714 There was no further discussion of the item. The chair entertained a motion for approval of the item as recommended by staff. The motion carried by a vote of 8 ayes, 0 noes, 2 absent and 1 open position. [: