HomeMy WebLinkAboutmmAUGUST 17, 2023
ITEM NO.: 4 Z-9809
File No.: Z-9809
Owners: Ante and Annemarie Dillard Jazic
Applicant: Rodney Parham / Polk Stanley Architects
Address: 4 Armistead Road
Legal Description: Lot 17, Edgehill, An Addition to the City of Little Rock
Zoned: R-2
Present Use: Single-family Residence
Proposed Use: Single-family Residence
Variance(s) Requested: A variance is requested from area regulations of Sec. 36-254
to allow a reduced side yard setback in the R-2 district.
Justification: The applicant's justification is presented as per the attached
letter.
STAFF REPORT
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Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
Buffering and Landscape Comments:
No Comments.
Building Codes Comments:
In October 2020 the City adopted the "Heights Landscape Design Overlay District,"
requiring installation of one (1) tree per forty (40) linear feet of street frontage within
the Heights District Boundary, applicable to [among other types] residential
construction in excess of 600 square feet.
Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property located at #4 Armstead Road is occupied by a two-story
single-family residence. The property is located along the south perimeter of
Armistead Road southeast of the Beechwood Street intersection within the Heights
Landscape Design Overlay District.
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AUGUST 17, 2023
ITEM NO.4 (CON'T.) Z-9809
The applicant is proposing several additions to the primary residence including a
two-story addition along the west facade and near the center of the residence.
Additional renovations include a new covered terrace along the rear (south) facade
of the residence and an extension to an existing pool house in the rear yard. The
proposed two-story addition along the west side of the residence will include new
living spaces, a garage, and a guest suite.
The site plan shows the proposed two-story addition on the west facade will extend
west 26.2-feet from the main house structure and connect to a larger 21-foot by 70-
foot two-story addition extending north and south along the west perimeter of the lot.
The site plan further indicates that this 1,470-square foot addition extends west into
the side yard setback 3-feet reducing the setback from 8-feet to 5-feet.
Section 36-254(d)(2) states "There shall be a side yard set -back on each side of
the building having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the average width
of the lot, not to exceed eight (8) feet". Therefore, the applicant requests a variance
to allow the extension of the primary structure into the side yard setback reducing
the setback to no less than 5-feet.
Staff finds the request to generally be in conformance with the development pattern
in the Heights neighborhood and nearby area. Based on the above assessment and
analysis, staff finds the requested variance to be reasonable.
E. Staff Recommendation.
Staff recommends approval of the requested side yard setback reduction from
8-feet to a minimum of 5-feet, with the following conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
2. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permitting, in
accordance with Heights Landscape Design Overlay District requirements.
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 side yard setback reduction
variance be approved as per the staff report with conditions. 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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