HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOD Staff Report 071726OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
MAY 19, 2026 AGENDA
Subject
An Ordinance Approving a
Planned Zoning
Development titled Brodie
Creek Subdivision - Cell
Tower - Revised PRD,
located on the west side of S.
Bowman Road,
approximately 500 feet north
of Brodie Creek Trail
(Z-5963-H).
Submitted by:
Department of Planning and
Development
SYNOPSIS
FISCAL IMPACT
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND
Action Required
Ordinance
Resolution
Approval
Information Report
Approved By
Delphone Hubbard
City Manager
applicant requests to revise the previously approved
zoning for the Brodie Creek Subdivision by
,ructing a 150 foot tall cell tower.
None
Approval of the Ordinance.
The applicant proposes to revise the previously approved PRD
zoning for The Brodie Creek Subdivision by constructing a
150-foot-tall cell tower on one (1) of the undeveloped tracts
along S. Bowman Road, the east boundary of the subdivision.
The Brodie Creek Property Owners Association owns six (6)
undeveloped tracts of land along S. Bowman Road.
The property is undeveloped and wooded.
The applicant provided the following information for this
project:
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
"Land north and west of corner of Bowman Rd. and Brodie
Creek Trail is currently a wooded tract of land, used as a green
space, and owned by the Brodie Creek Property Owners. The
POA has entered into an agreement with The Towers, LLC to
develop a Wireless communication Facility pretty much in the
middle of the woods. This will provide great screening of the
facility while providing improved wireless communication
options for all in the surrounding community. The site is
designed and will be constructed for multiple wireless users as
required by City Code. This application for amendment will
include multiple users to house equipment within the area
depicted on included drawings."
"The Bill of Assurance does allow for this use on the property.
The POA has signed an agreement with The Towers, LLC
providing their approval of the use of the property. The site is
designed to be pushed up into the woods with a long and
curved driveway off Bowman Rd. in order to break the line of
site to the antenna site. This provides fully mature natural
screening that is in place now to shield views of the site from
surrounding properties."
The applicant provided the following minimum design criteria
for the proposed three carrier 150 foot high monopole:
• The tower will be designed per the Structural Standard
for Antenna Supporting Structures and Antennas,
ANSIITIA-222-H
• Minimum Wind Speed 105 mph and 1 '/2" Design Ice
Thickness @ 30 mph.
0 Tower is to be Designed for a Minimum Fall Zone
Radius of 75; (1/2 the tower height)
• (3) Carrier RAD's at 15' vertical separation
o 145 ft VZW RAD to consider the following loading
(No shielding or reductions permitted):
o 130 ft and 115 ft Non-VZW RAD to consider the
following loading (No Shielding or reductions
permitted):
The proposed access drive to the tower site must be approved
by the fire department, with respect to design, grade and
turnaround, prior to a building permit being issued.
On April 9, 2026 the Planning Commission voted 8 ayes, 0
noes, 2 absent, and 1 open position to approve the Revised
PRD rezoning. There was one (1) objector present.
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BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
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 RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT TITLED BRODIE CREEK SUBDIVISION - CELL TOWER
- REVISED PRD, LOCATED AT THE WEST SIDE OF BOWMAN
ROAD APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET NORTH OF BRODIE CREEK
TRAIL (Z-5963-H), 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 PRD, Planned Residential District, to Revised PRD, Planned Residential
District:
Z-5963-H - DESCRIBED AS BEING A PART OF TRACTS A, B, C, D OF
BRODIE CREEK COMMUNITIES, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 OF THE SAID BRODIE CREEK
COMMUNITIES, THENCE N 27°44'26" E 241.48 FEET ALONG THE
EAST LINE OF LOTS 2R & 3R OF THE SAID BRODIE CREEK
COMMUNITIES; THENCE LEAVING THE EAST LINE OF LOT 3R
S62015'34"E 115.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE N27044'26"E 70.00 FEET; THENCE S62015'34"E 70.00
FEET; THENCE S27°44'26"W 70.00 FEET; THENCE N62015'34"W
70.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, HAVING AN AREA OF
4900.0 SQUARE FEET, 0.11 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
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1 Section 2. The preliminary site development plan/plat be approved as
2 recommended by the Little Rock Planning Commission.
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4 Section 3. That the change in zoning classification contemplated for Brodie Creek
5 Subdivision - Cell Tower - Revised PRD, located at the west side of Bowman Road
6 approximately 500 feet north of Brodie Creek Trail (Z-5963-H) is conditioned upon obtaining
7 final plan approval within the time specified by Chapter 36, Article VII, Section 36-454 (e) of
8 the Code of Ordinances.
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10 Section 4. That this Ordinance shall not take effect and be in full force until the final
11 plan approval.
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13 Section 5. That the map referred to in Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
14 of Little Rock, Arkansas, and designated district map be and it hereby amended to the extent
15 and in the respects necessary to affect and designate the change provided for in Section 1
16 hereof.
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18 Section 6. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
19 clause phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
20 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of
21 the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
22 adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
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24 Section 7. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
25 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
26 inconsistency.
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34 Allison Segars, City Clerk
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36 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED:
Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor
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3 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
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