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Zachary Payne
5619 P Street
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72207
(501)952-6387
zropayne@gmail.com
Letter of Intent
In Support of Request for Variance
5619 P Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72207
July 8th, 2022
This Letter of Intent is in support of my request for a variance to the rear setback requirement for a
proposed non -conforming plan. The intention is to build an addition to the south corner of an existing
house. The propsed addition was designed based on keeping the same setback as on the sides, which is
7 feet. As such based on the current code, the rear setback requirement for my particular —non-
complying lot of record is 25 feet. However, in an effort to preserve the existing house, which is built to
respect the natural landscape of a steep gradient and is angled to parallel with a waterway, I am
requesting a variance to permit the building of an addition that backs to the back setback by 7 feet.
My current home is built in Lot G, Matthews Replat of Lots 4 through 10, Block 28, Mountain Park
Addition. This is in located in the R2 district of the City of Little Rock. The current zoning effective for the
area, in particular the area provisions of Section 36254D3, calls for an 25 foot setback. As a result of the
proposed planned addition, it would require a variance on the south side of the house to allow for a 7
foot rear setback.
What is perhaps most relevant here, and what I would ask the board to consider, is (1) the fact that as
requested the new addition takes into account the existing property, which is built to account for a
sloped terrain and the waterway at its foot; (2) as a result of the terrain, the variance is for a corner of
the property and does not run along the significant proportion of the back yard property line, nor does
the total area take 30% of the rear setback area; (3) the fact that the southern side setback abuts the
neighboring back yard, which is split by waterway and thus creates no undue burden on any neighboring
residence; (4) the proposed style and structure of the house is in step with the existing neighborhood;
(5) the proposed project would be an improvement to the neighborhood and result in overall increase in
property value and tax base created by the improvement; and (6) there are numerous houses in the
neighborhood that must have had a variance for this code restriction due to houses with this code
visibly not kept.