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City of Little Rock
Planning & Development Office
Attn: Torrence Thrower, Development Specialist
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501.371.4764
Mr. Thrower,
300 S Spring Street, Suite 720
Little Rock, AR 72201
T 501.260.7506
jeremiah@roguearch.com
www.roguearch.com
RE:
Residential Zoning Variance Application
523 E 18th Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72206
Our client, Mr. Haddock, recently engaged our firm to help design a single story single-family residence located of
approximately 1,100 square feet at 523 E 18th Street in Little Rock. The property is currently a vacant corner lot with an
existing retaining wall and stair from a previous residence likely destroyed by the tornado that struck downtown in the 1990s.
The property is currently zoned at R-4 and is bordered by a vacant lot to the West and a single family residence to the south.
There is no bill of assurance tied to the property. The property is non -conforming to the current adopted local zoning
ordinance by being less than 7,000 square feet in area. The variances we ask you to consider are as follows:
1. The deeded lot area is 2,944 square feet, well below the required 7,000 square feet for a lot designated in the R-4 District
and also below the required lot size for an R-1 District as well. We propose to reduce the required lot size to the legal
bounds of the property;
2. The required front yard setback for an R-4 zone is 25'. The prevailing setbacks of 18th Street between Commerce and
Park Lane average approximately 17'. We propose to reduce the required front yard setback to 15' which is
approximately 10% less than the average front yard setback on the block but is in keeping with the prevailing average
setback of similar historic properties within the vicinity;
3. The required rear yard setback for an R-4 zone is 25'. We propose to reduce the required rear yard setback to 15' to
increase the buildable area of the site to a more manageable and reasonable size;
4. For single-family homes the zoning ordinance requires a minimum of one off-street parking space to be provided. We
request a variance to allow for zero off-street parking due to the greatly reduced site area and the fact that there is ample
on -street parking immediately surrounding the property on two sides along 18th Street and Park Lane.
We humbly request these variances due to the non -conforming nature of the site with the currently adopted zoning ordinance.
If the currently adopted zoning ordinance were to be applied to this property a maximum footprint of 915 square feet is all that
would be allowed, and that assumes building to the limits of thE., buildable area without consideration for parking or fencing.
Please refer to our attached site plan for additional information.
If there are any questions or additional clarifications needed for the rezoning please contact our office anytime.
you.
h Russell, AIA, NCARB
PV al Architect
Rogue Architecture
www.roauearch.com