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Minyard, Brian
From:Tim Heiple <tim@hwarch.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:29 PM
To:Minyard, Brian
Subject:Re: Historic District Commission
Thanks, I appreciate that. It is much clearer now.
Tim
From: Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:15 PM
To: Tim Heiple <tim@hwarch.com>
Subject: RE: Historic District Commission
A deferral simply kicks the can down the road, hears it at a later date. You deferred last night till March 9, 2020.
A withdrawal means ending that application without a vote for approval or denial.
A deferral allows you to change the design while still keeping it a multi-family structure. We call it multifamily even
though it will be condos. The legal ad states multifamily and a PRD, so as long as it stays within that parameter, you can
keep with the same item. This is what you have done with the expectation that there will be revisions to the design with
communication between you and the neighborhood. At the March hearing, whether it is revised or not, you the
applicant have three choices; ask for a vote to approve, defer, or withdraw. If you have revised all you can or think you
have an approval able design, you may want the up or down vote to approve or reject. If there are some tweaks that
could still be made that you feel would get you a positive vote for approval, then defer, edit, and come back for a final
vote. If you feel that this will not go anywhere or just want to step back and consider your options, ask for a
withdrawal.
A withdrawal means ending that application without a vote for approval or denial. If you withdraw, you cannot apply
again for one year with an application that is substantially the same as the last one. The commission at that time
decides if it is substantially different or not. Different amounts of floors, different site plan, different wall materials, etc.,
would be considered to see if it was substantially different enough. A new application can come before the HDC DRC for
that pre-application meeting.
The commission has typically not allowed for two options to be reviewed at the same time. if it was substantially
different, that would be more of a case to do so. But variations on a theme, we have not done so.
I hope that clears this up.
Brian
From: Tim Heiple [mailto:tim@hwarch.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 2:18 PM
To: Minyard, Brian
Subject: Historic District Commission
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Brian-
We appreciate your help in this process and had a couple of questions for you. We asked
last night about the difference between deferral and withdrawal and are still not sure. After
last night we are looking at options and believe we will be making enough changes that we
are unsure if we should maintain our deferral or go ahead and withdraw.
My first question is how do we understand if we need to be changing to a deferral or stay
with a withdrawal situation.
My second question is what is the difference between deferral and withdrawal. (I thought I
heard that we get another shot at the DRC with withdrawal.)
My third question is can a person submit 2 projects for the same property at the same time.
Thanks
Tim Heiple
Heiple + Wiedower Architects
2923 Kavanaugh, Ste B
Little Rock, AR 72205