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File No.: Z-10145
Owners: CFPM, LLC (Deryan Coleman)
Applicant: Deryan Coleman
Address: 2522 South Arch Street
Legal Description: Lots 7, 8 and 9, Block 1, Kimball South Park Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Zoned: PD-C (Planned Development – Commercial)
Present Use: Vacant Lot
Proposed Use: Food Truck Parking
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from the area regulations of Section
36-508 to allow a mobile canteen unit to remain parked on an
unpaved surface.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached
letter.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
Parking and areas under food trucks shall be improved, Code states hard packed
surface as well as what this means. They should have asphalt, concrete or LID
paving. See Codes:
• Sec. 36-508. - Pavement requirements.
Every parcel of land which after the effective date of this chapter is changed to a
parking area, automobile, other vehicle or trailer sales or storage area or
automobile or motor vehicle service station, garage or other vehicle use area
shall be paved where subject to wheeled traffic. The minimum pavement
requirement shall be one and one-half (1½) inches asphaltic concrete hot mix
with a five-inch compacted base or a double surface treatment with a five-inch
compacted base or a four-inch concrete slab and shall have appropriate bumper
guards where needed. Asphalt roofing and by-products of its manufacture are
expressly prohibited as a base course or as surfacing material on parking lots
and/or drives.
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Low impact development (LID) facilities and techniques are allowed to be used
for parking lot design and construction, unless conditions make LID infeasible as
determined by the director of public works or his/her designee. LID techniques
for parking lot design include, but are not limited to, pervious surfacing and
bioretention swales. Pervious surfacing may be an option for all or a portion of
the vehicular use area depending on the use, soil conditions and associated
vehicular traffic. Pervious surfacing includes, but is not limited to, paving blocks,
pervious concrete and porous asphalt. The surface of the vehicular use area shall
be maintained to comply with the approved plan.
(Code 1961, Ch. 43, § 8-101(i); Ord. No. 21,079, § 1, 8-4-15)
(2) Hard packed means any improved surface that is stabilized and provides
appropriate dust control and limited permeability including paved pavers,
concrete, asphalt, or other similar parking material;
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments
D. Staff Analysis:
The PD-C zoned property at 2250 South Arch Street is a single parcel at the
northwest corner of South Arch Street and West 26th Street and bordered by an alley
along the west perimeter. The surrounding properties are predominantly zoned R-4
with a POD zoned property to the east across South Arch Street. However, there
are multiple C-1 and C-3 zoned properties extending to the northwest and along the
east and west sides of South Arch Street.
The corner lot is currently vacant with a few existing mature trees and a mixture of
grass and gravel. There are concrete driveways on West 26th street on the south
side of the property, and an abandoned alley running along the west property line.
There is also a concrete driveway on the northeast corner of the property on South
Arch Street.
The applicant is proposing to locate a maximum of two (2) food trucks on the site
with a garden area containing raised bed gardens, surrounded by benches and
picnic tables for seating. The food truck area and parking area will consist of SB2
gravel.
Section 36-508 states that: “ Every parcel of land which after the effective date of
this chapter is changed to a parking area, automobile, other vehicle or trailer sales
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or storage area or automobile or motor vehicle service station, garage or other
vehicle use area shall be paved where subject to wheeled traffic.”
The City of Little Rock Ordinance does not allow for mobile canteen units to be
permanently located on any unpaved parcel. However, Staff feels that a food truck
permanently located on this property will not have an adverse impact on the
surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested variance to allow a Canteen (Food)
truck to be permanently parked on a gravel surface lot, subject to the descriptions
and any conditions in the “staff analysis,” and the following conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
2. Abide by all site development requirements for Commercially zoned
properties.
3. Obtain a Peddler and Canteen permit from the City of Little Rock.
Board of Adjustment (APRIL 17, 2025)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the application to
the Board and stated it recommended the front yard setback variance be approved as per staff
report. There was a consent motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded. The
application was approved on consent. The vote was 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 1 open position.