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1 RESOLUTION NO. 8,103
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4 REGARDING THE HIGHWAY 10 LAND USE PLAN.
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6 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has grown in a westerly
7 direction over the past thirty (30) years with that growth
8 proceeding along major traffic corridors; and
9 WHEREAS, unplanned land development along major traffic
10 corridors has already produced strip commercial development on
11 Geyer Springs Road, Asher Avenue, and Rodney Parham Road, with
12 associated traffic problems, visual pollution and increased
13 infrastructure requirements (such as road widening); and
14 WHEREAS, since 1976 the City of Little Rock has been
15 concerned about the threat of strip commercial development along
16 Highway 10 west of Interstate 430, the northernmost traffic
17 corridor proceeding west of Little Rock; and
18 WHEREAS, between 1976 and 1986, the City of Little Rock
19 expended considerable funds for professional land use
20 consultation and enlisted the voluntary assistance of numerous
21 representatives from 'a cross - section of land use development
22 interests for the purpose of developing land use policies for
23 Highway 10 that would permit westward growth without producing
24 strip commercial development; and
25 WHEREAS, on May 20, 1986, the City adopted a twenty (20)
26 year land use plan for the Highway 10 Corridor by Ordinance No.
27 15,803 after detailed and extensive study by urban planners,
28 citizen study committees, the Planning Commission, and the Board
29 of Directors; and
30 WHEREAS, commercial development interests now urge that
31 new policies be incorporated into the Highway 10 Land Use Plan
32 which would recognize a need for additional commercial acreage
33 notwithstanding the fact that less than ten (10 %) percent of the
34 more than one hundred sixty -eight (168) acres designated for
35 commercial development in the Plan have been developed to date;
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1 WHEREAS, proponents of the Highway 10 Plan maintain that
2 these proposed new development policies are inconsistent with
3 the rationale and objectives of the Highway 10 Plan, which may
4 lead to the undesirable result of strip commercial development,
5 and are thus unwarranted at this time given the abundance of
6 already designated commercial acreage.in the Plan.
7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
8 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
9 SECTION 1. The Little Rock Board of Directors does hereby
10 determine that insufficient time has elapsed since adoption of
11 the Highway 10 Plan thus rendering it impossible to give the
12 present plan a fair and adequate assessment of its overall
13 effectiveness regarding commercial development in the Highway 10
14 Corridor.
15 SECTION 2. Further, the Board of Directors affirms its
16 commitment to the development purposes and objectives stated in
17 the Highway 10 Plan and reaffirms its use as a land use guide
18 until a substantial need for review has been demonstrated after
19 May 20, 1991. This directive is taken in order to provide for
20 the creation of a reasonable evaluation period before
21 re- assessing the Plan's overall effectiveness.
22 SECTION 3. The Board of Directors encourages the
23 landowners and developers of already existing Highway 10
24 commercially -zoned acreage to develop those properties in a
25 fashion consistent with the Highway 10 Plan's overall objective
26 of creating a scenic corridor thereby avoiding strip commercial
27 development.
28 SECTION 4. City Staff is directed to work with interested
29 community groups to immediately begin to define equality, scenic
30 corridor" and, where possible, encourage or require adherence to
31 the defined standards.
32 SECTION S. The Planning Commission is directed to
33 consider requiring that all new zoning (office, multi - family and
34 commercial) come under a PUD form.
35 SECTION 6. The Planning Commission and Staff are
36 directed to encourage all pre- existing zoning to conform to a
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PUD format.
SECTION 7. An ad hoc citizens committee representing
residential through commercial property owners along the Highway
10 corridor shall be appointed immediately to define any
additional standards which may be developed for zoning on
Highway 10.
SECTION S. The Little Rock Board of Directors requests
that Staff determine the cost differentials for service delivery
in various parts of the City and devise a plan that promotes
healthy growth and at the same time ensures equitable treatment
for all our tax base.
ADOPTED: February 7, 1989
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK JAN CZECH
APPROVED:
MAYOR FLOYD G. VILLINES, III
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