HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-9779 - Staff ReportFile No.: Z-9779
Owners: Casey Dillard, Ellen Hoppe
Applicant: Casey Dillard
Address: 331 Rosetta Street
Legal Description: The West 90 feet of Lot 13, Block 6, C.S. Stifft’s Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Zoned: R-3
Present Use: Single-family Residence
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from area regulations of Sec. 36-156 to allow an accessory structure to be less than six (6) feet from a residence.
Request from the area regulations of Sec. 36-156 to allow an accessory structure to occupy more than 30% coverage of the rear yard.
A variance is requested from area regulations of Sec. 36-156 to allow an accessory structure with a reduced side and rear yard setback.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached letter.
STAFF REPORT
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
1. A building permit be obtained for all construction.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments.
D. Staff Analysis:
The property located at 331 Rosetta Street is occupied by a single-story wood and masonry single-family residence. A one-car wide driveway extends north from West Capitol Avenue along
the east border of the lot connecting to an existing one-story carport structure.
The applicant is proposing to remove the existing carport structure and construct a new twenty-six (26) foot by fourteen (14) foot enclosed garage structure in the same location connecting
to the existing driveway. The proposed structure will be located in the northeast corner of the lot and be located 0.3-feet from the east property line, 1.8-feet from the north property
line, and approximately two-feet from the existing residential structure.
Section 36-156 (2)(b) of the City of Little Rock Zoning Ordinance requires an accessory structure be separated from a single-family residence by a distance of not less than six (6) feet.
Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow an accessory structure with a reduced separation from a single-family residence.
Section 36-156(2)(f) states “Accessory buildings shall maintain at least a three-foot setback from any side or rear yard property line except where said rear yard abuts on a dedicated
alley”. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow an accessory structure to have a reduced side and rear yard setback of less than three (3) feet.
Sec. 36-156(a)(2)(c) states, “Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1 through R-4A districts shall not be located closer than sixty (60) feet to the front property line, fifteen
(15) feet from a street side line and may not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the required rear yard area...” Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow the
proposed accessory building to exceed the coverage requirements to a maximum of 44%.
Staff is supportive of the requested variances. Staff views the request as reasonable. The proposed variance requested is generally in conformance with the development pattern in the
area. Staff believes the proposed accessory structure will have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested separation variance, subject
to the descriptions and any conditions in the “staff analysis,” and the following
conditions:
A building permit being obtained for all construction.