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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 100821October 14, 2021 ITEM NO.: 10 FILE NO.: S-1906 NAME: Mourning Subdivision – Replat LOCATION: Northwest corner of Beechwood Street and “B” Street DEVELOPER: Lloyd Randall Mourning 1 Longfellow Lane Little Rock, AR 72207 OWNER/AUTHORIZED AGENT: Lloyd Randall Mourning – Owner Frank Riggins – Agent SURVEYOR/ENGINEER: Greg Sullivan, P.S. 1007 N. Mississippi Avenue Little Rock, AR 72207 AREA: 0.32 acre NUMBER OF LOTS: 3 FT. NEW STREET: 0 LF WARD: 3 PLANNING DISTRICT: 4 CENSUS TRACT: 15.01 CURRENT ZONING: R-3 Variance/Waivers: 1. Variance to allow reduced lot width. 2. Variance to allow reduced lot depth. 3. Variance to allow reduced lot area. 4. Variance to allow reduced front building setback. 5. Variance to allow reduced rear building setback. October 14, 2021 ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1906 2 A. PROPOSAL/REQUEST/APPLICANT’S STATEMENT: The applicant proposes to replat two (2) single family residential lots into three (3) lots. The replat is requested in order to have each of three (3) existing single family residences on individual lots. B. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The property is currently comprised of two (2) platted lots, Lots 11 and 12, Block 2, Elmhurst Addition. There is one (1) single family residence on Lot 11 and two (2) single family residences on Lot 12. C. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS: All owners of property abutting the site and all neighborhood associations registered with The City of Little Rock were notified of the public hearing. D. ENGINEERING COMMENTS: 1. 1 A 20 feet radial dedication of right-of-way is required at the intersection of Beechwood Street and B Street. E. UTILITIES/FIRE DEPARTMENT/PARKS/COUNTY PLANNING: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority: Separate sewer service required for each lot. Entergy: No comments received. CenterPoint Energy: No comments. AT & T: No comments received. Central Arkansas Water: No comments received. Fire Department: Maintain Access: Fire Hydrants. Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.1 Access road width with October 14, 2021 ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1906 3 a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders. Grade Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed 10 percent in grade except as approved by the fire chief. If the grade exceeds 10 percent, approval will be denied and the applicant must submit request to be reviewed by Fire Chief for Approval. Loading Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds. One- or Two-Family Residential Developments. As per Appendix D, Section D107.1 of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1, One- or Two-Family dwelling residential developments. Developments of one- or two-family dwellings where the number of dwelling units exceeds 30 shall be provided with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads, and shall meet the requirements of Section D104.3. Exceptions: 1. Where there are more than 30 dwelling units on a single public or private fire apparatus access road and al dwelling units are equipped throughout with an approved automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1, 903.3.1.2 or 903.3.1.3 of the Arkansas Fire Code, access from two directions shall not be required. 2. The number of dwelling units on a single fire apparatus access road shall not be increased unless fire apparatus access roads will connect with future development, as determined by the fire code official. Fire Hydrants Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code. Section C101 – C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas Water (Daniel Tull 501-377-1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshal’s Office (Capt. Tony Rhodes 501-918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N Ingram 501-918-3756 Number and Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1. October 14, 2021 ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1906 4 Parks and Recreation: No comments received. County Planning: No comments. F. BUILDING CODES/LANDSCAPE: Building Code: No comments received. Landscape: No comments. G. TRANSPORTATION/PLANNING: Rock Region Metro: No comments received. Planning Division: No comments. H. ANALYSIS: The applicant proposes to replat the two (2) existing lots located at the northwest corner of Beechwood Street and “B” Street into three (3) lots. The property is currently comprised of Lots 11 and 12, Block 2, Elmhurst Addition. Each of the existing lots is 50 feet wide and 140 feet deep. There are three (3) existing one-story frame single family residences on the overall property; one (1) residence on Lot 11 and two (2) on Lot 12. The applicant is requesting the replat in order to create a separate lot for each residence. The proposed lots are as follows: Lot 11R – 6,373 square feet in area Lot 12R-1 – 4,853 square feet in area Lot 12R-2 – 2,786 square feet in area Each of the proposed lots will contain a concrete driveway and parking pad to serve each residence. The applicant is requesting several variances with the proposed replat as follows:  Variance to allow reduced lot width (Section 36-255) for Lot 12R-2. Minimum 60 foot width required, 42.96 foot lot width proposed.  Variance to allow reduced lot depth (Section 31-232) for Lots 12R-1 and 12R-2. Minimum 100 foot depth required, 97.33 lot depth proposed for Lot 12R-1 and 68.22 feet for Lot 12R-2. October 14, 2021 ITEM NO.: 10 (Cont.) FILE NO.: S-1906 5  Variance to allow reduced lot area (Section 36-255) for Lots 12R-1 and 12R-2. Minimum 5,000 square foot area required, 4,853 square feet proposed for Lot 12R-1 and 2,786 square feet for Lot 12R-2.  Variance to allow a reduced front building setback (Section 36-255) for Lot 12R-2. Minimum 25 feet required, 12.43 feet proposed (existing).  Variance to allow reduced rear building setbacks (Section 36-255) for Lots 12R-1 and 12R-2. Minimum 25 feet required, 15’-7” proposed for Lot 12R-1 and 19’-7” proposed for Lot 12R-2. To staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues related to this replat request. The applicant did a good job in addressing issues raised by staff during staff’s review of this replat. The replatting of this property to have a separate lot for each of the existing single family residences should have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties. I. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed replat and associated variances, subject to compliance with the conditions and comments outlined in paragraphs D and E, and the staff analysis, of the agenda staff report. 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