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HomeMy WebLinkAboutS-1501-G Staff Analysisisakyj1iiL6�01 NAME: Dassault Falcon Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: located at 3801 East 10th Street Planning Staff Comments: S-1501-G 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 December 25, 2013. The Office of Planning and Development must receive the proof of notice no later than January 3, 2014. Variance/Waivers: None requested. Public Works Conditions: 1. If disturbed area is one (1) or more acres, obtain a NPDES stormwater permit from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality prior to the start of construction. 2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property. Utilities and Fire Department/County Planning: Wastewater: Sewer available to this project. Entergy: No comment received. 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. 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 Item # 6. 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: Place fire hydrant(s) per code. Maintain access, two ways to enter and exit. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information_ Count Planning: No comment. CATA: Bus no longer serves this area effective February 2013. Bus service to/from airport via 1-440 and through College Station neighborhood. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: No Comments 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 11, 2013. Item # 6. January 9, 2014 ITEM NO.: 5 NAME: Dassault Falcon Subdivision Site Plan Review LOCATION: Located at 3801 East 10th Street DEVELOPER: Dassault Falcon 3801 E. 10th Street Little Rock, AR 72203 ENGINEER: FTN, Associates LTD. 3 Inwood Circle, Suite 220 Little Rock, AR 72203 ARCHITECT: Hurd Long Architects and Design Consultants, PC 319 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201 Little Rock, AR 72201 AREA: 27 acres CURRENT ZONING PLANNING DISTRICT CENSUS TRACT: VARIANCEMAIVERS: NUMBER OF LOTS: 1 1-2, Light Industrial 25 - Port 2 None requested. A. PROPOSAUREQUEST/APPLICANT'S STATEMENT: FILE NO.: S-1501-G NEW STREET: 0 LF The applicant is requesting a Subdivision Site Plan Review for the placement of multiple buildings on a single site or lease parcel. Dassault Falcon is proposed to construct a new upholstery shop and place an addition to the existing cabinet shop which are in the southeast portion of the site. January 9, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 5 Cont. FILE NO.: S-1501-G There are two new projects in this review. The first is a new upholstery shop building and the second is an addition to the existing cabinet shop at the DFJ Facility, that at present consists of 850,000 square feet (approved for 240,000 additional square feet on November 14, 2013) of aircraft service hangars, aircraft painting hangars, interior design offices, interior fabrication and installation shops, cafeteria and administrative offices. The proposed project consists of 2 main elements for the completion of Dassault Falcon Aircraft Interiors: (1) 40,000 square feet of new upholstery shop building (2) 40,000 square foot addition to the existing 111,000 square foot cabinet shop facility. The project construction consists of steel and metal panel buildings, interior mechanical systems, building access drives around the building and water detention and drainage structures around the project. General information concerning the operations of Dassault Falcon as it relates to this new construction: The facility operates 24 hours per day 7-days per week with 3-shifts. There will be no new ground mounted signage relating to this hanger, fencing is indicated on the enclosed site plan, there will not be any new parking associated with these projects and the projects are not bordered by a street. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The site is located between former East 9th and East 10th Streets. The property to the south is the existing Dassault Falcon Jet facility. The area around the Dassault site is property owned by the Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport Commission. There are runways located along both the eastern and western perimeters of the site. The property to the north is vacant and is the former Hollingsworth Housing Development. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS - As of this writing, staff has not received any comment from area residents. All property owners located within 200-feet of the site along with the East Little Rock Neighborhood Association were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS: 1. If disturbed area is one (1) or more acres, obtain a NPDES stormwater permit from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality prior to the start of construction. K January 9, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 5 Cont. FILE NO_: S-1501-G 2. Stormwater detention ordinance applies to this property. E. UTILITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT/COUNTY PLANNING: Wastewater: Sewer available to this project. Enter : Entergy is working with the customer already as these plans progress. 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. 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. 3 January 9, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 5 F G FILE NO.: S-1501-G 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, two ways to enter and exit. Contact the Little Rock Fire Department for additional information. County Planning: No comment. CATA: Bus no longer serves this area effective February 2013. Bus service to/from airport via 1-440 and through College Station neighborhood. Parks and Recreation: No comment received. SSUES/TECHNICAUDESIGN: Planning Division: No comment. Landscape: No Comments SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENT: (December 5, 2013) The applicant was present. Staff presented the item stating there were no outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff stated the stormwater detention ordinance would apply to the proposed development. Staff noted comments from the other reporting departments and agencies suggesting the applicant contact them individually for additional clarification. There was no further discussion of the item. The Committee then forwarded the item to the full Commission for final action. El January 9, 2014 SUBDIVISION ITEM NO.: 5 (Cont. H. ANALYSIS: FILE NO.: S-1501-G There were no outstanding technical issues associated with the request in need of addressing raised at the December 5, 2013, Subdivision Committee meeting. The request is for approval of a Subdivision Site Plan Review for the placement of an additional building and an addition to an existing building on this lease parcel containing multiple buildings. Dassault Falcon is proposed to construct a new upholstery shop and place an addition to the existing cabinet shop, which are in the southeast portion of the site. At present Dassault Falcon consists of 850,000 square feet ((approved for 240,000 additional square feet on November 14, 2013) of aircraft service hangars, aircraft painting hangars, interior design offices, interior fabrication and installation shops, cafeteria and administrative offices. This project consists of two (2) elements including a 40,000 square foot new upholstery shop building and a 40,000 square foot addition to the existing 111,000 square feet cabinet shop facility. The project construction consists of steel and metal panel buildings, interior mechanical systems, building access drives around the building and water detention and drainage structures around the project. To staffs knowledge there are no remaining outstanding technical issues associated with the request. Staff feels the development as proposed is appropriate. 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: (JAN UARY 9, 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. 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 6 ayes, 0 noes, 4 absent and 1 open position.