Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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Our meeting is open. Welcome to the City of Little Rock Planning Commission. Today is the 12th day of March, 2026. The March meeting is officially called to order. Mr. Thrower, would you please do a roll call? Yes, sir. This is the roll call vote for the March 12th, 2026 Little Rock Planning Commission meeting. Commissioner Brown, Bernard, present.

Hodes person here. Russell Samad Vickers present. Eves present. McDonald present. Backter present. We have a quorum. And just to note for the record, Commissioner Samad is on his way. He's stuck in traffic on 4:30. Our next order of business is to approve the minutes from February's meeting. Assuming that all the commissioners present have had a chance to review those minutes, I would entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we approve the minutes as written.

I second. Commissioner Brownard. Yes. Hodes person. Yes. Russell. Samad. Vickers. Yes. Eve. Yes. McDonald. Yes. Baxter. Yes. Minutes are approved.

Thank you, sir. Our next order of business is to review the consent agenda. Mr. Moore, would you please read the consent agenda?

Following is the consent agenda. Little Rock Planning Commission meeting of March 12th, 2026. First group of items are on for deferral and withdrawal. Item one, Z7500K is being deferred to the May 14th agenda as the applicant has unresolved issues. Item three, Z10,228 is being deferred to the April 9th, 2026 agenda at the request of staff. Item five, Z9850A is being deferred to the April 9th agenda at the request of the applicant. Item 7, A354, is being withdrawn without prejudice at the request of the applicant. Item 9, Z10246 is being withdrawn at the request of the applicant. Item 12 Z102 245 is being deferred to the April 9th agenda at the request of the applicant. Mr. Chair, at this point uh the applicant for items 144.1 have expressed uh uh interest in deferring item 14 is LU 20261901. 14.1 is Z788C. The applicant will need to come to the podium to make that request. Brian Dale with Joe White and Associates uh representing application 14 and 14.1. We'd like to request a deferral, please.

Granted. Thank you. Item item 14.1 will be added to defer to April 9th. Yes, please. Okay.

Continuing on, item 17 Z8294B is being deferred to the April 9th agenda as the applicant has not responded to staff comments. Item 19, Z10264 is being deferred to the May 14th agenda as the applicant has not responded to staff comments. And item 20, Z10131, it's being deferred to the May 14th agenda as the applicant has asked to address issues as raised by staff. Next are the items on consent approval. Item two, Z8911B, Delar Roa Revised PCD, 9123 Chico Road. Staff recommends approval of the revised PCD subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report item four Z10 239 miles number 3 STR2 PDC 1908 Van Beern Street. Staff recommends approval of the PDC subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Item six, Z10253 Pirani PDC 12223 Colonel Glenn Road. Staff recommends approval of the requested PDC zoning subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs DE and F and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Item 8, Z9533A Hayes STR1 special use permit 1801 East 3rd Street. Staff recommends approval of the requested SUP subject to compliance with comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Item 10, Z10258, TIP STR2 PDC, 8024 West 33rd Street. Staff recommends approval of the requested PDC subject to compliance with comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Item 11, Z10262,

MC Capital Management Services Edition, PCD, located immediately south of 10500 Stage Coach Road. Staff recommends approval of the requested PCD zoning subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D and F and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Item 13, Z7838A, Ben Bronze Storage, conditional use permit immediately south of 4111 South University Avenue. Staff recommends approval of the requested CUP subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs DE and F and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. Again, we move 14 and 14.1 to deferral to April 9th. Item 15 is being moved to the regular agenda for discussion. Item 18, Z10261, Empire Development Group, PDR 12401 Kanes Road. Staff recommends approval of the requested PDR zoning subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraphs D and E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report. And item 21 is being moved to the regular agenda for discussion. So that concludes the consent agenda and we have items 16, 15, and 21 on the regular agenda.

Thank you, Mr. more. There are no questions. I'll now entertain a motion regarding the consent agenda and consent approval. Uh, Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we approve the consent agenda is read. Second. Would you like for me to wait for Commissioner? Uh, yes. And let the record reflect that Commissioner Brown is present. Correct. Apologies. All right. This vote is for uh approving the consent agenda. Today's consent agenda, Commissioner Brown, yes. Bernard, yes. Hodes person,

yes. Russell Samad Vickers, yes. Eves, yes. Macdonald, yes. Backter,

yes. Consent agenda has been approved. Fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Thrower. If your item was on the consent agenda, you're welcome to leave. And with that being said, for those uh representing items 16, 15, and 21, there are only seven commissioners present, and it does take a vote of six to approve your item. So, you are more than welcome to request a deferral. Unfortunately, the way the rules are, that deferral will be at your expense. So, you can defer to April. Notification will have to be done. Or you're welcome to present your item this evening. With that being said, we'll go ahead and call item number 16 Z-6458- Hillland Trust PDO 1701 North University Avenue. With applicant, please come to the podium. Um, I am going to request a deferral. Um, the actual owner is not present. I am the listing agent and he would be better suited to answer questions about this application since he's the one that did that.

Perfect. And sir, would you please state your name for that? My name is Jonathan West. Got it. Thank you, Mr. West. Mr. Chair. Yes, sir. to the applicant. You can defer for one, two, or three months. Let's just do one. That'd be April the 9th. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. West. I will entertain a motion regarding Mr. West request for a deferral. Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we defer item number 16, um, Z-6458A to the next meeting, which will be in April. I second. April. April the 9th.

All right. Roll call vote. Commissioner Brown. Yes. Manard. Yes. Hodes person. Yes. Russell Samad. Vickers. Yes. Eves. Yes. Macdonald. Yes. Backter. Yes. Item 16 has been deferred to the April 9, 2026 planning commission meeting. Thank you, Mr. Thanks, Mr. West. Yes, sir. Our next order of business is item 15 C-10232- A reszoning from R2 to R4 as you see southeast corner, excuse me, of Colonel Glenn Road in Miracle Drive. Would the applicant please come to the podium? Yes.

Good evening, Patricia Hines. Patricia Hines. Thank you, Miss Hines. And Miss Hines, just so you know, you do have 20 minutes to present your request. You're welcome to begin now or you can yield to the opposition, however you see fit. I want to present now. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Miss Hines. Mr. Chair, would you like a staff presentation? Yes. Okay. Sorry. Staff presentation will come first.

Item 15, file number Z 10232A. This is a resoning from R2 to R4 southeast corner of Colonel Glenn Road and Maragold Drive. The applicant requests to reszone this 0.36 acre property from R2 single family district to R42 family district. The reszoning is proposed for future development of the site. The site is currently undeveloped, partially tree covered. The properties located in an area of mixed uses and zoning. Properties immediately to the south and west contain single family residences. Commercial zoning and uses are located further west. A PDO zoned office development is located across Colonel Glenn Road to the north and commercial development is located to the east. The city's future land use plan designates this property as MX mixed use. The requested R4 zoning will not require land use plan amendment. Staff is supportive of the requested R4 reszoning. Staff believes the proposed R4 is consistent with the mixeduse land use plan designation in the existing development along Colonel Glenn Road and therefore staff recommends approval of the requested R4 reszoning.

Thank you, Mr. Moore. Miss Hines, you may proceed. So, what do you need? Anything you would like to say? Oh, well, again, I'm requesting the reszoning from the R2 to the R4. Yes, ma'am. Uh because it's required for the construction that I want to do. Got it. What we can do, Miss Hans, there is one card here to speak in opposition to your request. Okay. If you would like, we can let them speak first and then you're welcome to respond to their comments. Go ahead.

Okay. Thank you, Miss Hans. Uh, would Mr. Teas please come to the podium? Is it Choco Jun? Yeah, Choco Juno sitting right over there. Yeah, he was sitting right there. Okay. set item item number 15.

Okay. Well, Miss Hines, we got you up for for no reason. There's Let the record reflect that there's no opposition uh voiced uh against your request. And so, I would entertain a motion to place item number 15 on the consent agenda. I make a motion, Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we uh do we just go ahead to approve? Yeah, make a motion to approve. Okay. I make a motion that we approve item number 15, file number Z-10232- A. Um I recommend approval of the requested R for zoning. Second. Commissioner Brown. Yes.

Bernard, yes. Hodgees person. Yes. Russell Samad Vickers. Yes. Eves. Yes. Macdonald. Yes. Backter. Yes. Motion's approved. Thank you, Miss Hines. Thank you. Congratulations.

All right. Our last item on the agenda is item number 21 Z-10263 Sanchez STR2 PDC 212 North Jackson Street. Mr. Moore, would you please do a reading? Item 21, file number Z10263, Sanchez STR2 PDC, 212 North Jackson Street. The Aquin is requesting to resone the 0.16 acre property located at 212 North Jackson from R3 to PDC to allow the property to operate as a short-term rental 2 or STR2 with a maximum stay of 29 days. The owner will not reside in the residence. The residence was used as a short-term rental at the end of 2025 and has since been used as a long-term rental. The home will be rented out as a whole unit. The property is occupied by 2363 foot two-story single family residence. The home has parking for three cars uh utilizing an existing driveway and carport. Uh currently we have on the uh database approximately 145 approved STRs in Little Rock. Those are STR ones and twos for this location. There have been no Department of Planning and Development Enforcement cases nor any police reports for this property. Staff is supportive of the requested reszoning to allow a short-term rental too. Staff feels the zoning of this property of no adverse impact on the surrounding properties and recommends approval of the PDC subject to compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis of the agenda staff report.

Thank you Mr. Moore. With the applicant please come to the podium.

Good afternoon. Afternoon. Would you please state your name for the record? Yeah, I'm Pablo Sanchez Sora. And Mr. Sanchez, would you prefer to be addressed as Mr. Sanchez Sorian or Mr. Soran? Mr. Sora is fine. Got it. Sora. And how is that spelled? I'm sorry. S O R I A. Sorya. Thank you, sir. And as before, you have 20 minutes. You're welcome to let the opposition speak first. There is one card in opposition or you're welcome to begin. Yeah, I'm I'm happy to yield and try to respond to opposition. Fantastic. Thank you, sir. Uh, Mr. Carl Carpenter, are you present?

The gentleman that filled out a card, uh, he's saying he does not want to speak. Okay. Um, so you can either ask questions or go straight to a vote. Opposition. In light of the fact that there's no opposition, I think it'd be appropriate to go straight to a vote. Um yeah, we can unless um Mr. Sorio, you have any statements you want to present or any information you need or that you want to present any other items to u to your um action item here.

Um without knowing exactly what the opposition's about, I'm not sure. I'm happy to maybe read the letter of intent that I drafted for the short-term rental permit, but it's it's more general about our intent for the use of the application. I'm like I said, I'm happy to try to um understand what the opposition might have to say and address that specifically, but otherwise um I'm open to recommendation on on what you suggest to um you know whether I should kind of read my letter of intent or just leave it open-ended. I would say in light of the fact that the application has been submitted and in light of the fact that the opposition um isn't interested in speaking right now, I think it would be safe to entertain a motion to approve applicants request.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we approve item number 21, um, file number Z-10263, uh, for recommendation of approval of the PDC subject to the compliance with the comments and conditions outlined in paragraph E and the staff analysis on the agenda staff report. Second. Commissioner Brown, yes. Bernard, yes. Hodgees person. Yes. Russell Sant Vickers. Yes. Eves. Yes. McDonald. Yes. Baxter. Yes.

Motion's approved. Thank you, Mr. Sora. Thank you very much. There are no further items on the regular agenda. We might have just set a record here. I think so. Are there any public comments? Are there any commissioner? Oh, yes sir. Would you please approach the podium and state your name for the record? Uh, my name is EC Haynes. I am a resident at 1708 North University. My concern was u agenda 16. Mr. Chair, we cannot just discuss an item. I just want to have a question just the meeting will be on the 9th, right? I just want to confirm the fact of that. Yes, sir. That's Is that the same time as today? 4:00. Yes. 4 p.m. Central Standard Time.

I just wanted just want to confirm that's all I wanted to do. And Mr. Haynes, just I mean I feel this is a public comment, public information. Just make sure again that you're here before 4 so you can fill out one of these before the meeting begins. Understand? Thank you, sir. Thank you. Are there any other public comments or questions, commissioners? All right. I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. Um Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we adjourn. I second that. This meeting is adjourned. It's all right.