HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-09 Letter of Objection Zoning Request Z-10190 and LU2025-18-02
G. ROBERT HARDIN, OF COUNSEL TO
HARDIN & GRACE, P.A.
OPERATING THROUGH
GRH LAW, PLLC
(501)681-4308
EMAIL: BHARDIN@HARDINGRACE.COM
HARDIN & GRACE
A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW 500 MAIN STREET, SUITE A NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72114-5330 TELEPHONE: (501) 378-7900
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MAILING ADDRESS:
500 MAIN STEET, SUITE D
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72114
September 9, 2025
Department of Planning and Development
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Via Email: LRZoning@LittleRock.gov
Re: LU2025 and Z-10190
Dear Sirs,
I represent Glory Properties LLC, who is the owner of the property located at 12500 Kanis Road,
and consists of Lots 4 and 5 of Point West Office Park addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.
The tenant if the Property is the Ismaili Jamatkhana church (the “Church”) at that location, which
is zoned O-1. The Church was established for its religious practices and for organized
educational, cultural, and social programs open to the wider society and its physical church is
intended to exhibit natural light, and gardens, reflecting spiritual concepts and creating a
harmonious environment for contemplation and community.
My clients object to the rezone from O-1 to C-2 as potentially changing the consistency of the
neighborhood. My client’s property lies immediately to the East of the property that is the subject
of the rezoning and land use change.
Most of the parishioners attending the Church are young people with children who enjoy the
relative peace and safety of the current neighborhood for that part of Kanis Road which consists
of residential and quiet office use. There is a church across the street and residential
neighborhoods abutting both the subject property and my client’s property. The proposed change
to retail use will likely lead to an increase in traffic and potential hazards on local streets
immediately next to the property, and may include businesses which may sell marijuana and
alcoholic beverages which would be inconsistent with the faith of the Church.
Further, the proposed change is illegal "spot zoning," which is the practice of singling out a specific
parcel of land for a zoning change that is different from the immediately surrounding area. The
current zoning in the immediate area was a selling point made to my clients at the time it was
acquired from the developer of the property, including the property that is applying for rezoning
in the subject filings.
Department of Planning and Development
September 9, 2025
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The proposed rezoning stands for proposed changes which are inconsistent and incompatible with
the existing uses and may permit a broad range of uses, either with or without a conditional use,
which are especially inconsistent and will negatively affect the quality of immediate area due to
increased noise, litter, and other nuisances for many of the permitted uses und C-1 usage.
Please reject the proposed changes to the zoning and land use changes requested in the referenced
applications.
Sincerely,
HARDIN & GRACE, P.A.
/a/ G. Robert Hardin
G. Robert Hardin, Of Counsel
cc Sadiq Ali