HomeMy WebLinkAboutmmAUGUST 17, 2023
ITEM NO. 1 Z-5694-A
File No.: Z-5694-A
Owners: Back Home BBQ, LLC
Applicant: Adam Murray — Back Home BBQ, LLC
Address: 801 West Markham Street
Legal Description: City of Little Rock East 50' of North 26 6' of 11 & East 50' of
12 140.
Zoned: UU - Urban Use District
Present Use: Vacant
Proposed Use: Restaurant
Variance(s) Requested: The sign regulations of Sec. 36-553 to allow a wall mounted
sign without street frontage.
The sign regulations of Sec. 36-553 to allow a wall mounted
sign to exceed the allowable area of a fagade.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented as per the
attached letter.
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comment
D. Staff Analysis.
The property at 801 West Markham Street is currently occupied by a vacant 2-
story masonry structure and is located in a predominantly Urban Use (UU)
zoned area at the southwest corner of State Street and West Markham Street
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ITEM NO. 1 (CON'T.) Z-5694-A
intersection. The structure faces West Markham Street and extends south
along State Street.
The applicant proposes to add new wall mounted projecting and painted signs
(images) upon the existing structure on the north, east, and west facades of
the building. The building has street frontage on West Markham Street to the
north and State Street to the east which allows signage in an Urban Use
zoning.
The applicant proposes that the painted signs (images) on the east facade and
the west non -street frontage facade of the structure will both be approximately
378-square foot in area and will occupy approximately 16-percent of the 2,349-
square foot total wall area without street frontage.
Section 36-553 (a) (3) "Where a building is on a corner or has more than one
(1) main street frontage, one (1) wall sign and one (1) additional freestanding
sign will be allowed on the additional frontage, not to exceed the size of the
other wall and freestanding signs." Therefore, the applicant is requesting an
additional wall mounted sign on the west non -street frontage facade of the
structure.
Section 36-553 (a) (2) (a), "Wall or Mansard signs not to exceed ten (10)
percent in aggregate sign area for that occupancy's facade area." Therefore,
the applicant is requesting painted wall signs (images) which exceed the
allowable area of the east and west facades aggregate square footage.
Staff is supportive of the requested variances. Staff views the requests as
reasonable. The proposed painted wall signs (images) on the east and
west building facades will be visible by traffic on West Markham Street and
will aid in identifying the business with no adverse impact on the adjacent
properties.
D. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested variance to allow a painted wall sign
without street frontage, subject to the descriptions and any conditions contained
in the "staff analysis" and the staff report.
Board of Adjustment
(AUGUST 17, 2023)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the
application to the Board and stated it recommended the painted wall sign without street
frontage variance be approved per conditions within the staff analysis report. There was
a consent motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded. The application
was approved on consent. The vote was 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 1 absent.
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