HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-9623- 6714 Juniper Rd - BOA Staff RptOCTOBER 21, 2021
ITEM NO. 11 Z-9623
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File No.: Z-9623
Owners: Alba Viridiana Gonzalez / Escobedo Manuel Almanza
Attn: Manuel Almanza
Applicant: Manuel E. Almanza
Address: 6714 Juniper
Legal Description: Lot 263A, Cloverdale Subdivision to the City of Little Rock,
Pulaski County Arkansas
Zoned: R-2
Present Use: Single-family Residence
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: Variances are requested from the height and area provisions
of Section 36-516 to allow an increased fence height to 5-feet
between a required building setback line and a street right-of-
way.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached
application.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments
D. Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property located at 6714 Juniper Avenue is located on the northwest
corner of Juniper Road and Azalea Drive. The neighborhood is located southeast of
Interstate 30 and S University Avenue. The front of the home faces Juniper Road
with a drive and carport accessed from southwest side of the property.
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ITEM NO. 11 Z-9623
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Azalea Drive terminates at wooded industrial zoned property and the remainder of
the neighborhood is predominately zoned R-2 and comprised of single-family
homes.
The applicant is requesting to install a fence which exceeds the maximum of four (4)
feet in height between the building setback and the street right-of-way. The survey
indicates a 25-foot building line located approximately 5-feet from the front (south)
side of the house and adjacent to the east side of the residence. The applicants
sketch proposes the fence to start 5-feet south of the building line at the southwest
corner of the carport and run parallel to Juniper Rd until intersecting with the west
property line. The fence is then shown to travel west until meeting the north property
line and run east until crossing the building line to terminate at the northeast corner
of the property adjacent to Azalea Dr. The fence is then proposed to follow the east
property line, adjacent to the street right-of-way approximately 50 feet until turning
back to the west and across the yard until meeting to the southeast corner of the
house.
Between the street rights-of-way the fence is shown to cross the 25-feet building line
on the east side of the property and 5-feet on the southwest side of the property.
Section 36-516 (e)(1)(a) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance states that the residential
fence standards; “Between a required building setback line and a street right-of-way,
the maximum height shall be four (4) feet. Other fences may be erected to a
maximum height of eight (8) feet.” The applicant requests a variance to allow the
extension of the fence height to 5-feet on portions of south and east property lines.
Staff finds the request to generally be in conformance with the development
pattern in the area and notes that other residential side and rear yards allow the
construction of fences to a height of eight (8) feet.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested southwest and east fence variance to
allow a fence a maximum of 5-feet in height as presented between the platted 25-
foot building line and the street rights-of-way and as presented in the attached
documentation.