HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOD Staff Report 072326OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
April 21, 2026 AGENDA
Subject
An Ordinance Approving a
Planned Zoning
Development titled
Empire Development Group
— PD-R, located at 12401
Kanis Road (Z-10261)
Submitted by:
Department of Planning and
Development
SYNOPSIS
FISCAL IMPACT
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND
Action Required
4Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Delphone Hubbard
City Manager
e applicant requests to rezone the 0.12-acre property from
3 to PD-R to allow a three -lot single family residential
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Approval of the Ordinance.
The applicant requests to rezone the 0.12 acre property located
at 12401 Kanis Road from C-3 to PD-R to allow a three (3) lot
single-family residential development. The property is
currently undeveloped and grass covered. The subject
property shares an access drive from Kanis Road with the five
(5) unit townhouse development located immediately to he
east. The proposed single-family homes will also share access,
driveway and common areas with the townhome
development, as per the original bill of assurance of the
property.
The applicant proposes to subdivide the 0.12 acre area into
three (3) lots. Each lot will be approximately 0.04 acre in size.
The lots will be approximately forty-seven (47) feet wide and
thirty-seven (37) feet deep.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
The applicant proposes to construct a single-family residence
on each lot. Each residence will have a zero (0) setback from
the north property line of each lot, a two (2) foot setback from
the east property lines, a ten (10) foot setback from the south
property lines and a five (5) foot setback from the west
property lines. Each lot will have a driveway from the
common asphalt area between the lots and the townhome
development to the east. The proposed homes are not to
exceed a building height of thirty-five (35) feet.
Any new sight lighting must be low-level and directed away
from adjacent properties.
If a dumpster is to be located on the overall site, it must be
screened as per Section 36-253 of the code.
On March 12, 2026 the Planning Commission voted 7 ayes, 0
noes, 3 absent, and 1 open position, as part of the Consent
Agenda, to approve the PD-R rezoning. There were no
objectors present.
All owners of property located within 300 feet of the site and
all neighborhood associations registered with the City of Little
Rock were notified of the public hearing.
Please see the attached Planning Commission minute record
for the complete staff analysis.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLANNED ZONING
DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PLANNED DISTRICT -
RESIDENTIAL TITLED EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT GROUP — PD-R,
LOCATED AT 12401 KANIS ROAD (Z-10261), CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, AMENDING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK, ARKANSAS.
Section 1. That the zoning classification of the following described property be
changed from C-3, General Commercial District, to PD-R Planned District - Residential:
Z-10261 - DESCRIBED AS PART OF THE NE1/4 NE1/4, SECTION 8,
TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST, LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS:
COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION
8; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST
ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 8, 69.39 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 105.80 FEET
TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 33
MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, 141.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88
DEGREES 26 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, 37.00 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 01 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST,141.50 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST,
37.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.120
ACRES MOR OR LESS.
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Section 2. The preliminary site development plan/plat be approved as
recommended by the Little Rock Planning Commission.
Section 3. That the change in zoning classification contemplated for Empire
Development Group — PD-R, located at 12401 Kanis Road is conditioned upon obtaining final
plan approval within the time specified by Chapter 36, Article VII, Section 36-454 (e) of the
Code of Ordinances.
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall not take effect and be in full force until the final
plan approval.
Section 5. That the map referred to in Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, and designated district map be and it hereby amended to the extent
and in the respects necessary to affect and designate the change provided for in Section 1
hereof.
Section 6. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
clause phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of
the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
Section 7. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
PASSED:
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33 Allison Segars, City Clerk
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APPROVED:
Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor
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2 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
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