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ORDINANCE NO. 15,505
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ARCH STREET PIKE
DISTRICT LAND USE PLAN TO BE USED BY THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AS A GUIDE FOR FUTURE
LAND USE DECISIONS.
WHEREAS, the Office of Comprehensive Planning has
prepared a plan consisting of a Land Use Plan and text for
the Arch Street Pike District to be used as a guide for
future land use decisions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission endorses and
recommends adoption of the plan; and
WHEREAS, several public meetings have been held; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors recognizes the need for
comprehensive district plans to provide for proper growth
and district stabilization.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF. LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Arch Street Pike District Land Use Plan
is hereby adopted.
PASSED: July 5, 1988
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Cle—rg Jane Czech Mayor Lott'e Shackelford
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ARCH STREET DISTRICT LAND USE PLAN •
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Arch Street District is located in the southeastern
portion of the City of Little Rock. It is composed of
roughly nine square miles bounded, approximately, by I -30 and
the Little Rock city limits line on the north, Arch Street
Pike on the west, U.S. 65/167 on the east, and a
quarter- section line to the north of Jennings Road to the
south. Lying outside the corporate limits of the City of
Little Rock, this area has no existing zoning,
classifications. The area does, however, lie within the
City's extraterritorial area for regulation and subdivision.
EXISTING LAND USE
• The District is dominated by mining and is shown on the
Extraterritorial Plan for the City of Little Rock as
devoted, almost entirely, to mining uses. There are,
however, 525 residences in the District at this time. These
homes (354 detached single family homes and 171 moble homes
both on privately owned lots and in moble home parks) lie in
close proximity to existing mining areas. Often, single
family homes lie within yards of open pits. Because of the
unique geology of this area, it is anticipated that the
mining uses will continue. Mining operations north of Dixon
Road and Sweet Home Cut -Off are primarily granite quarries
and are likely to continue long -term. Mining operations to
the south of Dixon Road and Sweet -Home Cut Off are focused
on extraction of clays and are projected to continue into
the mid 1990's.
• The northern two - thirds of the District is devoted to
mining. Open pits and large scale rock moving operations
are present. A ribbon of development lies along portions of
Arch Street Pike and Sweet Home Cut -Off. Single family
homes are interspersed with small scale industrial uses in a
manner common along rural roads.
South of Dixon Road and Sweet Home Cut -Off the development
pattern is more intense. The majority of residential units in
the District lie in this southern -most third of the District.
Here too the development pattern is scattered with homes (both
stick built and mobile homes) on large, scattered lots along a
disconnected road network. Several small mobile home parks
are located in the lower third of the District. Housing types
and values vary widely. Figures gathered at the time of the
1980 Census showed homes in some sections of the District
having a mean value in the mid $50,000. The mean value of
single family homes in this District as a whole was shown to
be $27,389 in 1980 dollars.
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Commercial uses in the District are scattered along major
roads with no identifiable area of concentration. One strip
center is located on Arch Street Pike immediately north of
Kerrie Drive. In a similar manner, industrial uses are
scattered along major roads and often exist in close
proximity to single family dwellings with no buffering of
any type.
Public land uses are limited to small churches which are
scattered throughout the District. At this time, there are
no developed parks within the District. The City Parks
Department does, however, own a large tract of land south
and east of the intersection of Dixon Road and Arch Street
Pike.
DEMOGRAPHICS
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The 1980 Census of Population and Housing provides the most
•recent figures for population in the Arch Street Pike District.
The Census showed 2,370 residents. Of these, 213 (9.0 %) were
black, 2133 (90.08) were white, and 24 (1.08) were from
other races. There were 633 persons under 18 years of age
(26.7% of residents) and 246 persons over 65 years of age
(10.4% of residents).
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The 1980 Census shows 941 dwelling units in this district. Of
these, 600 dwelling units (68.68) were owner occupied and 275
(31.48) were renter occupied. -These figures represent a mix
of mobile homes and traditional single family detached homes.
Within the District there were 2.8 persons per dwelling unit.
This figure was higher that the city -wide average of 2.55
persons per dwelling unit. The 1980 Census showed a mean value
of $27,389 for single family homes within the Arch Street
District.
LAND USE PLAN
The Arch Street District Land Use Plan reflects the existing
emphasis on mining activity in this area of the City. At the
same time, the Plan recognizes both the existence of
residential development and the reality that economic forces
may encourage mining companies to purchases single family
areas in order to expand mineral extraction activities.
Existing residential areas in the Arch Street District add to
the city's stock of affordable housing.
The land use plan shows the area north of Baseline Road as a
mining area. Mining uses currently dominate this area and are
likely to do so for the life of this plan (10 to 20 years).
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The Extraterritorial Plan for the City of Little Rock (adopted
as Ordinance #15,102 June 3, 1986) shows virtually all the
area from Baseline Road to the southern border of the District
in mining uses. The only exception is park property south and
east of the intersection of Baseline and Dixon Roads and a
strip of land along Arch Street Pike in the southern portion
of the District. The Arch Street District Plan concurs with
this projection with one exception. The area from Dixon Road
north to the proposed principal arterial and the residential
areas in the southern quarter of the District are shown as a
mix of residential and mining uses. The concept is to
(1) reflect the commitment to existing residential uses, the
majority of which are owner occupied, and (2) to reflect the
fact that mining, while riot presently or potentially as active
in these as in other areas of the District, is a presence
which must be recognized. Current law requires that areas
mined since passage of the law be returned to their original
condition. It is feasible that during, the life of this plan,
portions of these mined areas will be restored and will be
•available for other land uses, possibly residential uses. In
the meantime, existing residential uses and existing mining
operation must coexist. The plan would not, however,
encourage additional residential development in mining areas.
Commercial uses are shown at the intersection of Sweet Home
Cut -Off and Highway 65/167 and in a mixed commercial and
industrial strip along the southern portion of Arch Street
Pike as shown on the Exterritorial Land Use Plan cited above.
Park and open space uses are shown on existing but undeveloped
park property below the intersection of Arch Street Pike
and Dixon Road. Additional land to the east is show for
public use. It could be to the benefit of the City of acquire
these existing mining pits and surrounding property to use as
an extension of the landfill immediately to the west. After
•exhaustion of the site as a landfill, the property could be
converted to parkland or other uses.
CONCLUSION
Once adopted, the Arch Street District Land Use Plan will
serve as a guide when considering rezoning requests and
development proposals. This plan is one in a series of
twenty -one district plans that cover the entire City of Little
Rock and extraterritorial areas on the developing fringe of
the City.
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Planning Hearing:March 22, 1988
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