HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-9195-A 2400 N Pierce - BOA Staff RptOCTOBER 21, 2021
ITEM NO. 5 Z-9195-A
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File No.: Z-9195-A
Owners: Jeff Fuller Homes LLC
Applicant: Jeff Fuller
Address: 2823 N. Pierce
Legal Description: Lot 1, replat of Lots 1,2, and 3, Block 15, Parkview Addition to
the City of Little Roc, Pulaski County Arkansas
Zoned: P-DR
Present Use: Vacant
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from the area regulations of Section
36-254 to allow a reduced rear yard setback in the R-2 district.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached
letter dated December 20, 2020.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
C. Building Codes Comments:
In October 2020 the City adopted the “Heights Landscape Design Overlay District,”
requiring installation of one (1) tree per forty (40) linear feet of street frontage
within the Heights District Boundary, applicable to [among other types] residential
construction in excess of 600 square feet.
D. Staff Analysis:
The PD-R zoned properties at 2823 N. Pierce Street are comprised of two lots
located on southeast corner of N Pierce and Ampersand Streets. This is in the
predominantly R-2 zoned neighborhood, within the Heights Landscape Design
Overlay District. This overlay district generally has no bearing on the subject
variance requests.
OCTOBER 21, 2021
ITEM NO. 5 Z-9195-A
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The site was previously platted as Lots 1,2, and 3, Block 15, Parkview Addition to
the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County Arkansas These parcels were zoned R-3 and
occupied by a single-family home that spanned over the three lots. In 2017 the owner
of the properties petitioned the Little Rock Planning Commission to rezone the
properties to PD-R to allow for the construction of a new home on each of the
individual parcels. The original home was removed, and the owner constructed one
home on Lot 3 but did not develop the remaining two lots as planned. Lots 1 and 2
have since been sold and plans have been developed to construct a new single-
family home which will occupy both lots.
The applicant is proposing a new two-story single-family home and attached garage.
The length of this structure will be approximately (110) feet and maintain the twenty-
five (25) foot front yard setback. However, the proposed construction will expand
into the twenty-five (25) foot rear yard setback approximately fifteen (15) feet placing
the primary structure ten (10) feet from rear property line. It should be noted if this
were an accessory building (detached) it would be permitted in the rear yard, with
setbacks as narrow as three (3) feet and with no variance.
Section 36-254(d)(3) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum rear
setback of twenty-five (25) feet. The applicant requests a variance to allow the
extension of the structure fifteen (15) feet into the rear yard setback.
Staff finds the request to generally be in conformance with the development
pattern in the Heights neighborhood and nearby area. Based on the above
assessment and analysis, staff finds the requested variances to be reasonable.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard setback reduction from
twenty-five (25) feet to a minimum of ten (10) feet with the following conditions:
1. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permitting, in
accordance with Heights Landscape Design Overlay District requirements.