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File No.: Z-4026-A
Owners: Gary Monroe Nash Jr and Allison Taylor McPherson
Applicant: Jim Yeary / Yeary Lindsey Architects
Address: 10 Longfellow Pl
Legal Description: Lot 2R, Except the North 20 Feet of the West 14.0 Feet
Thereof, Cornella Thomas Subdivision, Little Rock, Pulaski
County Arkansas, Together With a 20-Feet Ingress-Egress
Easement As Shown on Plat of 2R, Cornella Thomas
Subdivision and Plat A-642, Records of Pulaski County
Arkansas
Zoned: R-2
Present Use: Single-family Residence
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from area regulations of Sec. 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 October 15, 2021.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape 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.
C. Building Codes Comments:
The required fire separation distance (building to property line) prescribed by the
building code terminates at five (5) feet. Buildings are allowed to be closer than five
5) feet if they have properly constructed fire walls which provide the requisite one 1)
hour fire resistance rating. When buildings are five (5) feet or more from the property
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line, the requirement no longer applies to the wall itself, only the projections such as
eaves or overhangs.
Openings such as doors and windows are limited when the exterior wall is three (3)
feet from the property line, and are prohibited when the exterior wall is less than
three (3) feet from the line. There is no restriction on openings when the exterior wall
is more than three (3) feet from the property line.
Contact the City of Little Rock Building Codes at 371-4832 for additional details.
D. Staff Analysis:
The property at 10 Longfellow Pl, located 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.
The subject property is located on the south side of the street on an interior lot
surrounded on four sides by other single-family homes The property is accessed by
an easement that passes between the properties on the east and west sides. The
existing masonry and frame home was built in 1984. Prior to construction the Board
of Adjustment was petitioned, and a variance was requested to allow an 8-foot rear
yard setback. The variance was approved, and the primary structure was
constructed with an attached garage extending into the 25-foot rear yard setback. In
addition, a retaining wall was built approximately 2.5-feet from the rear of the garage
that runs approximately 138-feet of the 167-foot property line.
The sketch provided by the applicant indicates a garage addition extending 26 feet
to the east. The new construction will be aligned with the rear wall of the existing
structure and will not encroach any further into the rear yard than that which has
already been established. Due to structural issues the applicant is also proposing to
reconstruct an existing retaining wall to the south. The 8-inch wall will be relocated
4.5-feet south of the garage with a length of approximately 154-feet along the south
side of the property. The new retaining wall has no bearing on the requested rear
yard setback 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
existing 8-foot rear yard setback to be extended an additional 26-feet to the east to
allow for the expansion of the existing garage.
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 variance to be reasonable.
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E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard setback reduction from
twenty-five (25) feet to a minimum of 8-feet with the following conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
2. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permitting, in accordance
with Heights Landscape Design Overlay District requirements.
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