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File No.: Z-9650
Owners: Adam & Julia Crow
Applicant: Fennell Purifoy Architects: Tom Fennell
Address: 2720 N Pierce
Legal Description: The North ½ of Lot 11 and of Lot 12, Block 19, Park View
Addition 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: 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 date November 15, 2021.
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 property at 2720 N Pierce is in a predominantly R-2 zoned neighborhood, within
the Heights Landscape Design Overlay District. This district generally has no
bearing on the subject variance requests.
The subject property is located on the northwest corner of N Peirce and Z Streets.
Built in 1949 the existing 2-story frame home occupying the property has undergone
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minimal improvements or additions that are often typical of this neighborhood. The
immediate neighboring properties and are also populated with single family homes.
The house faces east towards N Pierce and vehicular access is located at the rear
of the home on the north perimeter from Z Street. A drive is located in this area and
provides two off street parking spaces adjacent with to the public right-of-way.
The applicant is proposing a garage and a swimming pool addition. The garage will
connect to the existing home and extend the primary structure into the rear yard
setback. The pool is indicated to be 14x28 feet and will be classified as an accessory
structure. The pool will meet all setback and coverage requirements. However, with
the garage addition the primary structure will cross the 25-foot setback line
approximately 19.5 feet, placing the home 5.5 feet from the rear property line.
Section 36-254(d)(3) states “There shall be a rear yard setback having a depth of
not less than twenty-five (25) feet. “Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance
to allow the extension of the primary structure into the rear yard setback reducing
the setback to no less than 5.5-feet.
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.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard setback reduction from
twenty-five (25) feet to a minimum of 5.5-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.