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File No.: Z-9793
Owners: Lesley Byram
Applicant: Jason Duncan / Dogwood Homes
Address: 2 South Road Terrace
Legal Description: The East 10 Feet of Lot7, All of Lot 8, and the West 30 feet of Lot 9, 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 compliance regulations of
Sec. 36-11 to allow the encroachment of a proposed structure into an easement.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached letter dated April 13, 2023.
STAFF REPORT
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
Building Codes Comments:
No Comments.
D. Staff Analysis:
The property located at 2 South Road Terrace is in a predominantly R-2 zoned neighborhood and is occupied by a one-story single-family residence. A two-car wide driveway extends north
from an existing carport structure and connects with 2 South Road Terrace.
The property is located in an area with lots that extend south from Pine Valley Road and bordered by Kavanaugh Place to the east. South Road Terrace (easement)
extends west from “S” Road across the lots with a thirty-two (32) foot access easement.
The applicant is proposing to remove the existing carport structure, construct a new enclosed garage structure in the same location and widen the existing driveway towards the north
perimeter of the property. The north perimeter of the dwelling borders a sixteen (16) foot Ingress and Egress Easement which is within the thirty-two (32) foot South Road Terrace Driveway
Easement.
The new garage structure will extend north from the existing dwelling and extend into the driveway easement approximately five (5) feet with the new driveway widening to the north within
the driveway easement.
Section 36-11 (f) states, “No building or structure as defined in this chapter shall be erected, converted, reconstructed, or structurally altered that encroaches on, over or into any
easement. This includes drainage, utility access or use easements within the boundary of any lot of record, platted or otherwise established. Therefore, the applicant is requesting
a variance to construct the building 5-feet into the driveway easement.
Staff is supportive of the requested encroachment variance. Staff views the request as reasonable. The proposed garage expansion is compatible with the general development of the immediate
area given the sloping of the site and location of the access drive in the area. Staff believes the proposed addition to the front of the dwelling will have no adverse impact on the
adjacent properties or the general area.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested easement encroachment variance
subject to the comments and conditions as outlined in the “staff analysis” of the
agenda staff report and the submitted site plan.