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Home My WebLink About2020-05-05 email to porter1 Minyard, Brian From:Stefanie Jernigan <stefaniejernigan@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Tuesday, May 5, 2020 12:27 PM To:Paul Porter; Minyard, Brian; David Cc:Patricia Blick Subject:Re: 623 Rock Street Thanks Paul. I am sure that we will have questions once we digest all of this information. Thank you so much. We just want to know what is expected of the homeowners. Stefanie On May 5, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Paul Porter <Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov> wrote: Good morning Stefanie, The Fletcher House (historic resource number PU2815) is a great property! Brian and I do work together frequently on project approvals in MacArthur Park and the Governor’s Mansion Historic Districts and we always have fun doing it too! I attached a scanned copy of the easement so that you could read it and understand what your rights and responsibilities would be with it should you decide to purchase the property. I am happy to answer any questions you have about the document, or your thoughts about what you would like to remodel in the house. The conservation easement covers the exterior of the house, and projects on the interior that involve structural change (moving walls and such) that could affect the exterior of the house do need to be reviewed and approved. As far as interior renovations are concerned, paint colors are your choice and I would encourage you to retain as much interior historic fabric as possible during a remodeling project. Things such as original fireplaces, stained and varnished woodwork, original wood flooring, original lighting fixtures, and the clawfoot tubs I saw in the Zillow listing are good examples of what to retain and incorporate into your design theme. Good luck with all the reading materials Brian and I have given you, and please feel free to ask questions anytime. Always glad to help! Cheers, Paul PAUL PORTER Technical Services Coordinator/Conservation Easement Coordinator Division of Arkansas Heritage The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been mo… Arkansas Historic Preservation Program 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 p: 501.683.6672 f: 501.324.9154 ArkansasPreservation.com Facebook | Twitter #AuthenticArkansas #ArkansasPreservation 2 The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location. From: Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 10:10 AM To: 'Stefanie Jernigan' <stefaniejernigan@sbcglobal.net>; David Jernigan <djernigan27@sbcglobal.net> Cc: Patricia Blick <Patricia.Blick@quapaw.com>; Paul Porter <Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov> Subject: 623 Rock Street Thanks for reaching out to me about your possible purchase of property in the MacArthur Park Local Ordinance District. Firstly, and most importantly, your property has a conservation easement. The State of Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism holds that easement on your property. I am copying Paul Porter on this email. He is the Easement Coordinator with the State. I read your conservation easement that was attached. I cannot offer legal advice, please talk with Paul on what is involved. We have other properties that are in the MacArthur Park Local ordinance District that have conservation easements on them. He and I work well together to get things approved. Secondly, this is a local ordinance historic district. The Guidelines include copies of the state and local laws. All exterior changes to the site and the building need to be approved by Staff and or the Commission. The HDC does not review interior changes to the structure as long as they do not affect the exteriors. Here is a link to the HDC main page. https://www.littlerock.gov/for-businesses/planning-and-development/boards-commissions/ The guidelines are located here: https://www.littlerock.gov/for-businesses/planning-and-development/boards-commissions/local- ordinance-district/ Of importance is page 128-129 of the Guidelines are which items are considered maintenance for staff approval and which are not. Thirdly, your property is governed by basic zoning laws. This is zoned R-4A which is single family or two family houses. A conditional use permit may be requested to have a quiet office or quite commercial use on the property. This would have to go through the Historic District Commission and then the Planning Commission. Your conservation easement may cover this point. All work on the house that is a retail value of $500 or more needs a building permit. The deck, fence and lattice is probably something that Paul, you, and I could work out to repair or replace under maintenance guidelines. Usually we visit on site, take photos of what needs to be done, etc. This may be a bit to digest, but please email me back or call me with any other questions. Brian Minyard, AICP Urban Designer City of Little Rock 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 bminyard@littlerock.gov Phone 501-371-4789 Fax 501-399-3435 3 From: Stefanie Jernigan [mailto:stefaniejernigan@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 8:58 AM To: David Jernigan <djernigan27@sbcglobal.net>; Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov> Subject: Fw: Hi Brian, We were given your name by Patricia Blick, who said that you could answer some questions or refer us to someone else who could. My husband and I are interested in 623 Rock St. that has just come on the market, but we have some questions about historic homes and the rules for properties in the specific districts. Is there some place that I can find the complete rules for the districts? This is in the MacArthur district. Mainly we are curious about rules on the interior of the house. We were given the following attachment about the historic preservation easement for the property, but we have some questions in plain language. Originally (from some basic searches on Google), we were under the impression that we could do things to the inside of properties as long as the outside was kept as stated in the zoning guidelines, but that might not be the case since there was some grant money involved with this house at some point in time? I don't know if this pertains to the interior or not. How would we find out? Do any changes to the inside like paint and kitchen remodel have to go through historic board approval in order to get permits? Do we have to keep the interior with colors from the period? Can we be our own contractors? I have attached the link to pictures currently of the property. 623 Rock St, Little Rock, AR 72202 | MLS #20011683 | Zillow The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location. 623 Rock St, Little Rock, AR 72202 | MLS #20011683 | Zillow For sale: $349,000. Amazing Downtown Victorian 4BR 3BA at the corner of 7TH & ROCK. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION. ... The fence, deck, and lattice around the deck are in bad repair and need to be replaced. Would we have to get approval to get that fixed since it is not period? Could the board require that the deck stays off of the house? Thanks for your help, Stefanie Jernigan The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location.The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location.