boa_12 18 1967LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
MINUTES
DECEMBER 18.igO
MEMBERS PRESENT_
Dave Grundf est, Vice Chairman
Scott Farrell
L. Dickson Flake
Finley Williams
MEMBERS ABSENT
Darrel 1� Doves
STAFF PRESENT
Henry ^M. de Noble
John L. Taylor
Louis E. Barber
Leon Sneed
Dorothy Riffel
OTHERS PRESENT_
Perry Whitmore, Asst. City Attorney
2000 P.M.
There being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order by the Vice Chairman
at 2:00 P.M. A motion was made for approval of the minutes as mailed, which was
seconded and passed unanimously.
A motion was made for approval of the minutes as mailed, which was seconded and
passed unanimously.
Action was taken as follows:
Tract No. 1 - Z-2152
Applicants Arkansas Power & Light Company
Location: 900 Louisiana Street
Descriptions All of Block 89, Original City
Classification: 01I"mLight Industrial District
Variance: Requests a Variance from the Height Provisions
of Section 43-19 of the Code of Ordinances to
permit constri:uction of a tower 32 feet high
on top of existing building for a total of
90 feet above curb grade
Mr. Roy Hogan, representing the Arkansas Power & Light Company, the applicant
was present and stated that their application was for the construction of
a communication tower on the roof of their general office building at 9th and
Louisiana. The purpose of this towere he said, is to increase and expand the
communication facilities of the company having to do with telemetering primarily,
voice communication and power dispatching within his company and within the
adjoining sister companies and other electric utilities with whom they are
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associated and with whom they pool their power. Mr. Hogan said they had had a micro-
wave communication system in operation for a number of years, and they are now
asking for permission to terminate microwave communication directly into their
building rather than to use other forms of communication. The tower is 32 feet
high, which is not the usual antenna type mass, but rather will be a figure with
four sides radiating from the central pole m or four legs radiating out which
will be of colored aluminum and will be lighted for aesthetic effect. The dish
of the microwave will be enclosed in an 8 foot plastic ball ® again for aesthetic
effect -and to try to hide the bare antenna and microwave dish. They intend to do
some lighting of this antenna at night and display the company emblem on the 8
foot ball which will house the microwave dish if the application is approved by
the Board of Adjustment.
The necessary clearance has been given by the FAA, and this matter has been
checked with the manager of the municipal airport as well.
A motion was made that the application be approved, which was seconded and
passed unanimously.
Tract No. 2 m 7-1804
Applicant: Jett Ricks
Location: 5618 "'B"' Street
Description° Lots 16 and 17, Block 1, Oak Grove Addition
Classification: "'D"-Apartment District
Variances Requests a 'Variance from the Front Yard Open
Spave Provisions of Section 43m21®(H)-(6)
of Code of Ordinances to permit parking lot
maneuvering space in Front Yard Setback
Mr. Jett Ricks, applicant, was present, and stated that the architect submitted
a plan providing for proposed parking under the front of the south portion of the
building which will be under a one=story apartments The rear of the building will
be a three unit apartment building three stories in height, and in order to have
"head -out" drive into the street area, it would be necessary to require a 20 foot
space of backup room from the carport -garage combination on the south portion of
the structure. In order to do this, they would need to drive into the front yard
area 11 feet in order to back out and turn around and head out onto "B" Street
which is only a 30 foot right-of-way. There is a ditch on either side, and cars
coming out of this property if it was necessary to back out, would be in danger
of running into the ditch causing considerable inconvenience to the public and
tenants using the driveways The applicant is requesting a 112 foot maneuvering
area in the front yard area. The rear yard of this property is only 24 feet,
which complies with the City coded
Other property in this area which uses the front yard area for parking was
developed prior to the adoption of the ordinance requiring offstreet parking
and yard requirements.
A motion was made that this application be a rpe oved, which was seconded and
passed. Mr. Williams abstained.
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Tract No. 3 m Z-2149
Applicant-.
Location° -
Descriptions
Classifications
Charles H. Williamson
#15 Riding Road
Lot #151 m Foxcrof t Addition
"A"=One-family District
Variance-. Requests a Variance from the Rear Yard
Setback Provisions of Section 43m12m(2)
of the Code of Ordinances to permit projection
of residence into Rear Yard Space
Mr. John P. Gill, attorney, was present to represent the applicant who
contemplates the construction of a home in Foxcroft Addition. The terrain,
he said, from what appears to be the front of the house down co Riding Road
drops off rather drastically and therefore the house has to be moved back on
the lot which is five -sided. It is to be a rather large house centered by a
court yard, and there was a question as to which of the two back lines was
really the back yard or back lot line. There is an alley only on the northwest
corner for 80 feet, and a common driveway will serve Lots 151 and 152 and a large
parcel which is undeveloped owned by the Bailey Corporation. The design of this
particular area indicates that the houses will back on to this particular lot
line.
In addition to the slope, he said, which is involved, the house has a court yard
and there are a couple of large pine trees in the court yard which the architect
wants to save if possible, and therefore the house cannot be easily pushed forward.
The arthitect feels that the house needs to sit about where it is now, and there-
fore they are asking for a waiver of back yard setback provisions - if this is
indeed a back yard m to permit the construction as indicated as a storage room.
To give the owners the use of this storage room, it will be necessary to extend
out into the back yard to support the roof and to have the storage area. It might
be possible to redesign the house, but from the architect's standpoint this is
the best design for this particular lot, and the Bailey Corporation, the developer
of the subdivision, is satisfied with this approach to this particular lot.
Mr. Gill stated that there is no problem with relation to the Bill of Assurance.
There is a 10 foot drive easement on the entire rear yard of the property as
well as on adjacent property. The Bailey Corporation actually holds title to all
of the other property around this tract, and Mr. Whitmore commented that the Board
of Adjustment does not concern themselves with the Bill of Assurance, but merely
acts on the Variances requested, and if some provision of the Bill of Assurance
is violated, it would be between the parties to the Bill of Assurance.
A motion was made for appro��al of this application as submitted, which was seconded
and passed unanimously.
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Tract No. 4 m Z-1816
Applicant. -
Location:
Descriptions
Classification:
Donald Kirk
8118 West Markham Street
Long Legal
I'D"-Apartment District
Variances- Requests a Variance from -the Main Structure
Provisions of Section 43-2-(5) of Codeof
Ordinances to permit more than one Main
Structure on a lot
Mr. Donald Kirk, the applicant, was present, and stated that it is necessary
to have a variance as requested because the existing laundry building extends
on to the lot on which he proposes to build another apartment complex with
12 units, which would result in two buildings being on one lot.
Adequate parking area is provided across the creek for a total of 100 parking
spaces for 53 units. It was suggested that a 25 foot fire lane around the
proposed building should be provided.
A motion was made for aaproval of the application subject to applicant verifying
all conditions with Public Works Department and Fire Department. The motion
was seconded and passed unanimously.
Tract No. 5 m Z-2151
Applicant: Larry Allbritton
Locations 1400 Glenda 'Drive
Descriptions Lot 190, Twin Lakes Section "Cw! Subdivision
Classifications "All -One -family District
Variances Requests a Variance from the Setback Provisions
of Section 43-12 of the Code of Ordinances to
permit construction beyond platted building line
Mr. Allbritton, the applicant, was present as was his contractor, Seymour
Treitman. He stated that a building permit was issued for this construction
which would permit the addition of a carport from his 25 foot building line
17 feet into the front yard area. After the concrete slab was poured, the
work was stopped by a City inspector as the proposed construction would violate
the recorded building line and the Bill of Assuranceo Mr. Allbritton said there
had been no objections from adjacent property owners.
A motion was made for denial of the application inasmuch as granting the request
would be in violation of platted building line; the structure would 1_iencef orth
be non -conforming; there are no similar encroachments in this new subdivision, and
there is adequate space on the west side of the residence for the carport. The
motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
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Tract No. 6 o Z-2145
Applicant-. Bill Horvath and Company
Locations 221 West 23rd Street
Description, The South 122.5 feet of West 150 feet of
Block 20a Fulton°s Addition
Classifications °I'D"-Apartment District
Variance. Requests a Variance from the Area Provisions
of Section 43-13 of the Code of Ordinances
to permit a greater number of apartments than
allowed in a IID"-Apartment District
Mr. Henry Treece, realtor, was present in the interest of this application.
He stated that they lack approximately 825 square feet for the 16 unit complex
under ccnstruction as required in a IID°I-Apartment District. Adequate parking
will be provided on the north side of the building, and trash pickup will be
made from enclosed containers on a platform on the east side of the property.
A motion was made f or_:�Eawoual_ject of the application, subto approval by the
Fire Department and Public Works Division and also adequate trash pickup areas
to be approved by the Staff and shown on the plot plan prior to the issuance
of a building permit. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
IV. OTHER MATTERS
1. Z-2148
Applicant: Arkansas Baptist Medical Center
Location: 1200 and 1300 Block of Marshall and Bishop Streets
Description-. All of Block 3, and the N'2 of Block 11
Centennial Addition
Classification: IICII-Two-family and "E'I-Apartment Districts
Variance-. Requests a Variance from the Use Provisions of
Section 43®4 of the Code of Ordinances to
permit a parking lot o also a Variance from the
Front Yard Setback Provisions of Section 43-12
of the Code of Ordinances to permit parking in
front yard space
Mr. Henry Spitzberg, attorney for the applicant, stated that at an earlier
meeting, his client was granted the use of the north half of Block 11 and all of
Block 3, Centennial Addition for off-street parking, and that pursuant to an
ordinance of the City of Little Rock a street and alley through the entire
block, and one-half the alley in the 1/2 block (Block 11) were vacated and closed.
There were certain conditions which the Board felt should be imposed on the
granting of the use, and upon a study of those restrictions it was felt by the
administration of the Arkansas Baptist Medical Center that a further appeal
should be made to the Board for the reason that at least in the full block the
restriction of yard space on that Block would deprive them of so many parking
spaces as to diminish the usefulness of that block for off-street parking. They
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had hoped, he said, that the setback required in the 1/2 block might be
diminished at least to one-half. He said Messrs. Gilbreath and Hagaman of the
Arkansas Baptist Medical Center had conferred with members of the Planning Staff
and it was agreed that the matter would be reconsidered by the Board of Adjust-
ment at today°s meetings It was felt that the Board was not made aware of the
nature of the structures across the street from and surrounding the full block
and those across the street from the 1/2 block owned by the Hospital which is
largely 11E-11". Across Bishop and Marshall Streets from the full block in question,
the Baptist Hospital owns all the property, and the property on the north side of
the 1/2 block; property on the west side is occupied by West Side Junior High
School, and that on the east side is residential. The Hospital is desirous of
having the 20 foot setback requirement on the east and west sides of Block 11
reduced to 10 feet. This lot is for employee parking and they would like for
the screening requirement to be revised to a planting area instead of a 4 foot
screening or fence as this would give betterprotection for the vehicles parked
there and eliminate the problem of theft which they have had in the past.
A motion was made that upon reconsideration of this case., and the previous motion
passed by the Board on November 20th, item #3 was amended to delete the 10 foot
.green area on Marshall Street and item #4 was amended to provide a_ 10 foot
4reen area instead of 20 feet. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
2. Approval of the 1968 calendar of meeting_dates.
A motion was made for approval of the calendar_ as presented, which was seconded
and passed unanimously. �Y
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3m45 P. Mo
enry , de N. le,
S cretary
Dave Grund ee't, Jr. Vice Chairman,
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