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Minyard, Brian
From:Collins, Gilbert
Sent:Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:34 PM
To:Minyard, Brian
Subject:FW: PLEASE DENY HDC2019-023 at 10th & Rock St and say NO to rezoning this R4-A
area
From: Tennille, Grant <gtennille@littlerock.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:20 PM
To: Collins, Gilbert <gcollins@littlerock.gov>
Subject: FW: PLEASE DENY HDC2019-023 at 10th & Rock St and say NO to rezoning this R4-A area
From: Susie Taylor <susanmtaylor13@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:37 PM
To: LRzoning <LRzoning@littlerock.gov>
Subject: PLEASE DENY HDC2019-023 at 10th & Rock St and say NO to rezoning this R4-A area
May 20, 2020
Attention all:
Hello Everyone,
I wanted to address each of you as a property owner and long-time resident in the MacArthur Park Historic District. I
urge you and the Little Rock Historic District Commission to deny HDC2019-023. Appropriate infill development is very
welcome in the District but this 15-unit residential complex proposed at 10th and Rock Streets does not comply with the
design factors set forth in the MacArthur Park Historic District Guidelines for Rehabilitation and New Construction and
will forever diminish the District’s historic integrity and character of our amazing neighborhood.
As I'm sure you can agree, new buildings should be harmonious in form, material, setting and scale within the
established District and in keeping with the current R4-A – Low Density Residential District zoning- which allows for the
development of duplex dwellings. A 15-unit residential complex is not low density and is an intrusion that will disrupt
the continuity of the area of influence.
Relative to the MacArthur Park Historic District Guidelines for Rehabilitation and New
Construction, we stand OPPOSED to the proposed HDC2019-023 development at Rock and 10th Streets as it is clearly
incompatible with nearly ALL of the 11 historic neighborhood design requirements and is incompatible with our
current R4-A zoning. Please come visit our special neighborhood and see for yourself the adverse impact such a
development would have on this area.
I appreciate how the Historic District works hard to protect our amazing old homes, especially from being torn down, now
we just ask you take the same thoughtful consideration in what is being built up around them, as well. We desperately
need and deserve the protection that the Little Rock Historic District Local Ordinance was created to provide, so please
do the right thing and deny this application.
Thank you so very much for your time and attention.
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Sincerely,
Susie Dohner
904 Rock St.
Little Rock, AR 72202
susandohner@gmail.com