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Common Ground Opportunity Fund, LLC
620 East 16th Street • Little Rock, AR 72202
October 18, 2021
Members of the
Board of Adjustment
500 W. Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
RE: 1920/1922 Commerce St.
Dear Members of the Board:
The parcel at 1920/1922 Commerce Street is forty (40) feet wide and seventy-five and
one-half (75.5) feet. The standard city lot in the area is fifty (50) feet wide by one hundred and
forty (140) feet deep. This shallow depth of the lot provides a depth of only twenty-five and one-
half (25.5) feet for development if the area provisions of city code are strictly enforced. If the
minimum parking standard is strictly enforced, the buildable area is further reduced.
We are requesting a reduced front setback of nine (9) feet and a rear setback of twenty-
four and on-half (24.5) feet to allow for the construction of a traditional townhouse-style two-
family dwelling with a total width of thirty-two (32) feet and a total depth of forty-two (42) feet.
The attached survey includes the footprint of the proposed structure. Please note that the historic
storefront on the lot immediately south of the subject property has a setback of 8.1 feet and the
beauty shop on the lot immediately north has a setback of 8.7 feet. The proposed structure will
have open porch with a depth of six (6) feet on the front of each unit, so that the exterior wall
nearest the front boundary will be fifteen (15) feet from the boundary. See attached elevation.
The rear setback is proposed to be reduced by one-half of one foot from a required
twenty-five (25) feet to twenty-four and one-half (24.5) feet. Each dwelling unit will have access
to a rear patio as well as stacked parking for two (2) vehicles. An existing curb cut on Commerce
Street near the south property boundary will be removed,
and the curb restored. This will restore the availability of
one (1) on-street parking spot, for a total of two (2) on-
street parking spots immediately adjacent to the subject
property. Additionally, the subject property has only ever
been vacant land, or occupied by a two-family dwelling.
See the 1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of the area, to
the right.
Without the grant of the identified variances, the
parcel cannot be developed in a manner that is consistent
with and complimentary to the area.
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Common Ground Opportunity Fund, LLC
620 East 16th Street • Little Rock, AR 72202
We appreciate your consideration to this matter.
Sincerely,
Adam Fogleman, member
Common Ground Opportunity Fund, LLC