DECEMBER 16, 2004
ITEM NO.: 12
FILE
NO.:
Z-7759
NAME:
Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Conditional Use Permit
LOCATION:
9804 N. Rodney Parham Road
OWNER/APPLICANT:
Viva Red/Enterprise Rent-A-Car
PROPOSAL:
A conditional use permit is requested to allow for use of this existing
C-3 zoned site as an automobile rental agency.
1.
SITE LOCATION:
The site is located on the north side of Rodney Parham Road; between
Treasure Hill and Old Forge, across from Butler Park.
2.
COMPATIBILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD:
The
site is located within the strip of commercial uses which extends along the
north side of Rodney Parham. Multiple
commercial uses are located to the east and west.
A city park is located across the street to the south. The proposed use will not allow servicing or repair of
vehicles; only washing and vacuuming, parking of vehicles and an office.
The proposed use is compatible with uses in the area.
All
owners of property located within 200 feet of the site, all residents within 300
feet and the Sturbridge and Treasure Hills Neighborhood Associations were
notified of the request.
3.
ON SITE DRIVES AND PARKING:
The
site is accessed via a single, shared driveway off of Rodney Parham.
There are 17 parking spaces on the site. No changes are proposed to the existing driveway or parking
lot. The rental agency will use 6-7
of the spaces for rental cars. The
remaining spaces will be used for employee parking and for a small employment
agency which is also located in this building.
The available parking should be sufficient for the proposed use.
4.
SCREENING AND BUFFERS:
No
Comments.
5.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS:
No
Comments.
6.
UTILITY, FIRE DEPT. AND CATA COMMENTS:
Wastewater:
Sewer available, not adversely affected.
Entergy:
No Comments received.
CenterPoint
Energy: No Comments received.
Southwestern
Bell: No Comments received.
Water:
Contact Central Arkansas Water if larger and/or additional water meter(s)
are required.
Fire
Department: Approved as submitted.
County
Planning: No Comments.
CATA:
The site is located on a CATA bus route.
SUBDIVISION
COMMITTEE COMMENT:
(NOVEMBER 11, 2004)
The
applicants were present. Staff
presented the item and noted additional information was needed regarding
signage, use of the “vehicle detail area” and employee and customer parking.
The applicants were asked to show the dumpster on the site plan and to
include installing the required dumpster screening.
Utility,
Public Works and Landscape Comments were noted.
The
applicants were advised to respond to staff issues by November 17, 2004.
The Committee forwarded the item to the full Commission.
STAFF
ANALYSIS:
Enterprise
Rent-A-Car is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow auto
rental or leasing (no service, sales or repair) at this C-3 zoned location.
The site contains a one-story; brick and stucco building and a 17-space
parking lot. A canopy structure is
attached to the rear of the building. No
changes are proposed to either the building or parking lot. Enterprise has been operating at this location for three
years. The company has paid its
annual city privilege license. The
City’s Code Enforcement Staff recently became aware that no conditional use
permit had been approved for the business.
Once Enterprise was notified of this discrepancy, they applied for the
C.U.P.
The
hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The
canopy area at the rear of the building is used only to vacuum the vehicles,
clean the windows and spray off the car. No
maintenance or repairs are performed on-site.
Signage consists of a single ground-mounted sign and two wall signs. The signs meet the standards for commercial districts and
sign permits were obtained in March and May of 2002. Six or seven rental cars will be parked at the site.
The dumpster is located at the rear of the site.
Through this application, the required screening will be installed around
the dumpster. The bill of assurance
is from the early 1970’s and does not appear to address pertinent use issues.
To
staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues.
The applicant submitted responses to issues raised at Subdivision
Committee and reflected in the above analysis.
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff
recommends approval of the requested conditional use permit subject to
compliance with the following conditions:
There
is to be no service, sales or repair of vehicles on the site other than
vacuuming the vehicles, cleaning the windows and rinsing the vehicles under
the canopy at the rear of the building.
Vehicles
parked on the site must be parked in identified parking spaces.
The
number of rental vehicles on the site may not exceed, when combined with
required employee and customer parking, the number of identified parking
spaces on the site.
The
required screening around the dumpster is to be installed within 45 days of
the Planning Commission’s approval.