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CAROLYN STALEY
PULASKI COUNTY
ORDINANCE NO. 19,004 CIRCUIT /COUNTY CLERK
Fees $32.66
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN OVERLAY
DISTRICT FOR THE MIDTOWN OVERLAY PURSUANT
TO THE DESIGN OVERLAY AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER
36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER
MATTERS.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Board of Directors established the Midtown
Redevelopment District No. 1 with Ordinance 18,843 on March 18, 2003 to eliminate or
prevent the spread of deterioration, discouraging the loss of commerce, industry or
employment and increasing employment within the District; and,
WHEREAS, in April 2001 a group of experts from the Urban Land Institute did
study the area and make both economic and physical design recommendations for the
reinvigoration of the area; and,
WHEREAS, review of design concepts has been undertaken by a citizen group
with input from area property owners; and,
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission did review and recommend an
overlay to guide future redevelopment of the Midtown Area after conducting a public
hearing on said proposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Little Rock, a Design Overlay District for the Midtown Redevelopment Corridor is
hereby established as follows:
A. PURPOSE AND INTENT:
The purpose of the Midtown Overlay (District) is to create a
quality vital atmosphere for businesses (commercial or office) and
residents. Buildings, parking area, signage, landscaping and street
furnishings should all be designed to complement and encourage
pedestrian use both day and evening. Proper planning is necessary to
ensure visual clutter is avoided.
Guidelines and strategies must be in place to protect the District
from the negative impact of poorly planned or incompatible projects.
Incompatible development has the potential to destroy the attributes that
will attract people to the District.
B. BOUNDARIES:
The District shall include all parcels within the area bounded by I-
630 on the south and Father Tribou to the north from McKinley on the
west to University Avenue on the east; as well as the area bounded by Lee
Avenue on the north and Markham on the south from University Avenue
east to Filmore on the east.
C. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS:
(a) The regulations of this District shall be in addition to and
shall overlay all other zoning districts and other ordinance requirements
regulating the development of land so that any parcel of land lying in the
overlay District shall also lie within one or more of the other underlying
zoning districts. Therefore, all property within this overlay District shall
have requirements of both the underlying and overlay zoning districts in
addition to any other provisions regulating the development of land. In
case of conflicting standards between this article and other City
ordinances, the overlay requirements shall control.
(b) These regulations shall apply to new development, and
redevelopment exceeding fifty (50) percent of the structure's current
replacement value and expansion of existing development. The design
guidelines shall be implemented when a permit is requested for exterior
improvements on buildings or in the public right -of -way. Routine repairs,
maintenance and interior alterations shall not require compliance with this
section.
(c) Uses, structures or lots which existed on the effective date
of this ordinance which do not conform to the standards and guidelines
established in this ordinance, shall be treated as nonconforming according
to the provisions of Article III of this chapter. Nonconforming status shall
not apply to construction of improvements in the public right -of -way
required by the City, redevelopment or expansion of existing
development.
D. SIDEWALKS:
All public and private streets and drives shall have 5 -foot sidewalks on
both sides of the vehicular area.
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E. STREETS:
A) Streets within the District, other than arterials, shall be built at a
standard of thirty -one (3 1) feet back -to -back pavement and 5 -foot
sidewalks on both sides of the roadway. Staff shall have additional
requirements at major intersections for street width. On any road
with parking allowed on both sides, the pavement width shall be
thirty -six (36) feet back -to -back.
B) Block lengths within the District shall be not more than four
hundred (400) feet from centerline to centerline on internal non-
arterial roadways.
C) No more than one curb cut per block -face shall be permitted.
Driveways and parking lot entrance -exits shall be combined and
where appropriate located in alleys.
D) Alleys shall have a maximum width of eighteen (18) feet.
E) A circulation plan shall be done for the District. As part of this
Plan, locations will be identified for transit pullouts. These
pullouts shall be designed to maximize both the ease of vehicular
flow and access to transit.
F. PARKING:
A) Standard Parking Requirements — Parking requirements within
the District shall be 50 percent of that required by Article VIII of
this Chapter.
The maximum parking allowed shall be the minimum standard
established in Article VII of the Chanter 36.
B) Off -Site Parking — On- street parking shall be allowed at a rate of
one (1) space per ten (10) linear feet of street frontage. No on-
street parking shall be allowed on University Avenue or Markham
Street.
Parking spaces within a common parking facility may be counted
toward the parking requirements of any development. The total
number of parking spaces within the common parking facility shall
not be less than the sum of requirements for the various individual
uses utilizing the facility.
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C) Parking Facilities — Surface parking shall be limited to the side
and rear of structures. No parking shall be allowed in the "front
yard setback ".
Parking structures shall have ground -level uses devoted to non -
vehicular activities. Development of ground -level retail or office
uses is encouraged.
G. UTILITIES AND SERVICES:
A) All new utilities for developments within the District shall be
buried.
B) Dumpster, delivery and waste removal areas shall be located in
alleys where available or in common service areas for multiple
developments.
C) In all areas, service and waste removal areas shall be screened and
located away from public outdoor spaces and pedestrian areas.
Dumpster screening as per 36 -253.
H. BUILDING FORM:
A) Ground -level Facade — For new construction at least, sixty (60)
percent of the ground floor level facing pedestrian public
circulation areas shall be glass - windows and/or displays.
B) Building Setbacks — Front yard setbacks on streets classified as
less than arterials shall be zero, but may not be more than twenty
(20) feet. Developments on tracts (lots) adjacent to other
developments shall be placed on the tracts so that the front fagade
shall be aligned with the existing neighboring structure.
Side yard setbacks shall be zero.
Rear yard setback shall be zero.
C) Large Building Requirement — The following criteria shall apply
to any building over seventy -five thousand (75,000) square feet or
fagade longer than two thousand (200) linear feet.
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1) Wall projections or recesses a minimum of three (3)
foot depth and a minimum of twenty (20)
contiguous feet not to extend over twenty (20)
percent of the fapade shall be required. Arcades,
display windows, entry areas or awnings shall exist
along at least sixty (60) percent of the fagade.
2) Roof lines shall be varied with a change in height
every one hundred (100) linear feet in building
length. Parapets, mansard roofs, gable roofs, high
roofs shall be used to conceal flat roofs and roof top
equipment.
3) Exterior building materials and colors shall be
aesthetically pleasing and compatible with materials
and colors used in adjoining neighborhoods.
a. Predominant exterior building materials shall be
of high quality materials; such as, but not
limited to: brick, wood, stone, tinted, concreted
masonry units. Fagade colors shall be low
reflectant, subtle, neutral or earth tone with trim
and accents brighter primary colors.
b. Predominant exterior building materials shall
not be smooth -faced concrete block, tilt -up
concrete panels or prefabricated steel panels.
4) Entryway:
a. Buildings shall have clearly defined and visible
customer entrances featuring elements such as:
overhangs, arcades, arches, canopies, peaked
roof forms, display windows.
b. All sides of building that face abutting public or
private rights -of -way, except alleys, shall
feature at least one customer entrance.
5) Parking Lot Orientation
Surface parking areas should be "broken -up ",
distributed around larger structures so as to shorten
the distance to other buildings and public sidewalks.
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I. LANDSCAPING:
A) No street buffer, or landscaping, shall be required along streets
classified less than an arterial.
B) Land use buffers shall only be provided where single - family and
duplex use or zoning is the abutting use. In those cases where a
land use buffer is required, buffers shall be the same as those for
multifamily uses in Sec. 36- 522(b)(1). In areas where terrain
variation is great or other features result in the loss of privacy,
alternative designs and massing shall be considered.
C) Surface parking lots shall meet all current landscape requirements
(Chapter 15, Article 1I).
D) Large public open space areas shall be maintained by a common
authority. Attempts shall be made to maintain vegetation, trees,
and bushes, in undisturbed conditions to serve the aesthetic,
recreational and ecological needs of the district. Trees planted in
these areas shall be a minimum of two (2) inches in caliper and ten
(10) feet in height.
E) Trees greater than fourteen (14) inches in diameter, measured at
four and one -half (4.5) feet above the ground, shall be protected
from removal and damages in future development of the district.
Any development within fifty (50) feet of any such tree shall be
reviewed prior to development to assure protective measures are
included and in place.
J. SIGNAGE:
A) No off -site advertising signs are permitted.
B) No pole - mounted signs, except along Markham or University
Avenue.
C) No wood, painted signs or pan face style signs.
K. LIGHTING:
A lighting plan shall indicate the location, type, intensity, and height of
luminaries including both building and ground - mounted fixtures. The
plan shall include the description of the luminaries, including lamps, poles
or other supports and shielding devices, which may be provided as
catalogue illustrations from the manufacturer.
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A) Lighting shall be shielded so as to direct light below a horizontal
plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is
emitted.
B) Outdoor lighting that is employed only between sunset and 11:00
P.M. by an automatic shut -off service is exempted from this
requirement.
C) Fixtures shall be high intensity type such as high pressure sodium.
D) Maximum height for mounting lighting fixture shall be 20 feet.
L. Exceptions:
Any request to vary, alter or modify specifications of this Design Overlay District
shall be processed as another request for a variance as per Article II Division 2 of
the Chapter.
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TABLE 1: CODE REQUI REMENTSIABLES FOR SHIELDING •
WATTAGE - SEE SECTION I BELOW
Lamp Type
25
30
35
40
50
60
75
100
MOOR
600
IS
1,800
MORE
LOW
UNSHIELDED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
PRESSURE
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SODIUM
1,400
1,140
480
55
7,925
HIGH PRESSURE
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEL
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
SODIUM
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
METAL
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEL
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
HALIDE
14,400
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
FLUORESCENT
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
6,600
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
QUARTZ
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
200
22,000
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
TUNGSTEN
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
HALOGEN
I
400
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
MERCURY
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEC
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEC
UNSHIELDEE
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
VAPOR
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
INCANDESCENT
UNSHIELDED
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
UNSHIELDEE
DIRECTED
SHIELD
1. For the purpose of this section wattage ratings for lamp types will be for either a single lamp source or
multiple lamp sources when installed in a cluster.
2. Lamp types not listed in the table may be approved for use by the building official providing
installation of these lamps conforms to the lumen limits established in this section.
3. Glass tubes filled with argon, neon or krypton do not require shielding.
Table 2: TYPICAL LUMEN VALUES FOR VARIOUS LAMP WATTAGE **
WATTAGE
LOW
PRESSURE
SODIUM
HIGH
PRESSURE
SODIUM
METAL
HALIDE
FLUORESCENT
QUARTZ
MERCURY
VAPOR
INCANDESCENT
9
600
IS
1,800
35
4,725
2,250
40
4,000
2,250
480
50
1,400
1,140
480
55
7,925
60
870
70
5,800
5,500
75
2,800
1,190
90
14,400
100
9,500
8,000
4,300
1,750
110
6,600
150
16,000
2,850
175
14,000
8,600
200
22,000
4,010
250
27,500
20,500
12,100
300
6,360
400
50,000
36,000
22,500
500
10,850
-- Taken from data supplied by Portland General Electric - Energy Resource Center
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SECTION 2. Severability. This Ordinance and its various parts are hereby
declared to be severable. If any section, clause, provision or portion of this ordinance is
declared invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole. All parts not declared invalid or
unconstitutional shall remain in full force and effect.
PASSED: December 2, 2003
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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