HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-08-22 email Spillman to BrownSpillman, Darren
From: Spillman, Darren
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 4:53 PM
To: Mark Brown
Subject: Cohn House Landscape Variance
Mark,
Below is a brief description of the request that will need to be reviewed by the adjacent parking lot property owner.
Please include a PDF of the site plan with the below text in your correspondence. These documents will need to be
signed by the property owner with a short statement conveying that they have "read the proposal, reviewed the site
plan, and have no objections to the development as proposed". Please return a copy of this communication to my
attention to be retained in the planning file for this project.
If you or the adjacent property owner have any questions concerning this information, please contact me at your
convenience.
D. Tracy Spillman, PLA
Landscape Architect
Plans Development Administrator
Department of Planning and Development
723 West Markham, 2"d Floor
Little Rock, AR 72201-1334
(501) 371-4864
As prescribed by the City of Little Rock's landscape code a perimeter planting strip is required to be installed for any
new development between the vehicular use area and adjoining property. With the new development of the Cohn
House the owner of the subject property has requested that this requirement be waived along sixty (60) feet of the
neighboring property located at the southwest corner of Scott and East 9th Streets.
The shared property line located at the west end of the Scott and E 9th Street property would require a planting strip
six (6) nine (9) inches in width with a minimum of two (2) trees and four (4) shrubs to meet the landscape code
requirements. The site plan indicates that there will be no disruption to the neighboring property and that the
proposed parking for the Cohn House will be screened and separated with a six (6) foot privacy fence. Due to limited
space, in order for the proposed Cohn House parking, and drive aisle to function properly the developer has
requested from the City of Little Rock's Planning Department that the requirement for the planting strip to be
relinquished. The remedy to waive any landscape code requirements would normally be to petition the Little Rock
City Beautiful Commission for a landscape variance which would require a public hearing. However, due to the
existing conditions and the improvements being proposed, The Planning Department would be able to waive this minor
requirement at staff level if written approval of the proposed site plan can be obtained from the adjacent property
owner.
Please provide written a statement from the adjacent Scott and E 911 Street property owner listed on
ARCountyData.com as Arkansas Storage Centers VI LLC, Parcel # 34LO200107900