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File No.: Z-9704
Owners: Jario Irving Morales
Applicant: Jario Irving Morales
Address: 11 Bracey Circle
Legal Description: Lot 4, Block 2, Stagecoach Crossing, Phase 3, 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 the height and area provisions of Section 36-516 to allow an increased fence height from four (4) feet to six (6) feet between
a required building setback line and a street right-of-way.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached letter.
STAFF REPORT
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 in southwest Little Rock is east of Stagecoach Rd and north of Herndon Rd in the Stagecoach Crossing subdivision. The subject property resides on the interior
northwest corner of the ring road, Bracey Circle and is occupied by a single-family frame and masonry home that was built in 2016. The surrounding properties are either undeveloped
or also occupied by single-family
homes constructed in the same period. The front of the home faces southwest towards Bracey Circle with off-street parking and a two-car garage accessed from this same street.
The house is constructed within the building setback lines of the property. Additionally, a 10-foot utility easement is shown adjacent to the Bracey Circle right-of-way and adjacent
to the rear property line. The applicant is proposing to construct a privacy fence, 6-foot in height on the north, south, and west sides of the property stating it is their desire to
create a secure and private area adjacent to the side street right-of-way. The sketch provided indicates that the fence will run approximately 50-feet along the north (rear yard) property
line before turning south and traveling approximately 70-feet adjacent to the Bracey Circle right-of-way. The fence is shown to then turn towards east and traveling for 30-feet and
terminating at the side of the house. While the fence placed on the rear property line is proposed to be within the code height requirements the proposed fence height adjacent to the
street right-of-way will require a variance.
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.” Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow the extension of the fence
height to six (6) feet between the street right-of-way and the building line on the west and south sides of the property.
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. It is also noted that the existence of side yard fences exceeding four (4) feet in height adjacent to street rights-of-way are not uncommon within the
Little Rock City limits.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested fence height variance to allow a privacy fence to be constructed to a height of 6-feet between the required building setback and the street
right-of-way as per the staff analysis and attached survey / site plan.