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Department of Planning and Development
723 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334
Phone: (501)371-4790 Fax: (501)371-4546
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Ms. Lora Rand ________________ File No: Z-3168-J
8525 Distribution Drive _____ ____ Location: 420 Napa Valley Drive
Little Rock AR 72209___________________ Issue: Sign Variance
Date: October 20, 2023____
Dear _Ms. Rand .
This is to advise you that in connection with your application, File No. _Z-3168-J_, the following action
was taken by the Board of Adjustment at its meeting on October 19, 2023_:
(a) ___ X __ Approved the application as filed.
(b) Approved the application with conditions.
(c) ________ Denied the application.
(d) ____ ___ Deferred the application to the __ _ meeting.
(e) ________ Withdrew the application.
(f) ________ See attached Board of Adjustment minute record for conditions.
(g) ________ Other: ______________________________________________________________
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If a variance application is approved by the Board of Adjustment, all permits necessary for the initiation of
work shall be obtained within two (2) years from the date of approval, unless an extension of time is granted
by the Board. Otherwise, the Board’s approval of the application shall be considered void.
According to the City’s Zoning Ordinance Section 36-70:
“Appeals from the decision of the Board of Adjustment shall be filed with the appropriate court of
jurisdiction. This filing must occur within thirty (30) calendar days of the action by the Board of
Adjustment.”
If you have questions, please call me at (501) 371-6821.
Sincerely,
_____________________________________________
Romie G. Price, Plans Development Administrator
RGP/aa
OCTOBER 19, 2023
ITEM NO.: 1 Z-3168-J
1
File No.: Z-3168-J
Owners: Rock Creek Housing. LLC
Applicant: Lora Rand, Arkansas Sign and Neon
Address: 420 Napa Valley Drive
Legal Description: PT NW NW BEG 50’S OF NW COR E1345’ 5610’ TO WLN NW
TH N520’ TO POB EXC 3.20 AC MOL FOR R/W (DEED 95-
04128) SECTION 4-1N-13W.
Zoned: MF18 – Multi-Family
Variance(s)Requested: The sign provisions of Sec.36-552 permit a ground mounted
monument sign to exceed the allowable square footage.
Present Use: Apartment Development
Proposed Use: Apartment Development
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 Comments
D. Staff Analysis:
The property at 420 Napa Valley Drive is currently occupied by a 9-structure
apartment complex with paved parking and a paved access drive connecting to Napa
Valley Drive to the north.
The applicant is requesting a variance to allow the existing ground-mounted
monument sign to be increased in height and area. The proposed sign is to be twelve
(12) foot high, four (4) foot long, and twenty (20) inches wide, at approximately forty-
eight (48) square foot. The new sign will include a twenty-two (22) square foot stone
base structure.
OCTOBER 19, 2023
ITEM NO.: 1 (CON’T.) Z-3168-J
2
Section 36-552(a)(3) “Signs permitted in Multi-Family Zones” of the City’s Zoning
Ordinance requires that all apartment or condominium identification signs are not to
exceed twenty-four (24) feet in sign area. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a
variance to allow a ground mounted apartment identification sign to increase in
square footage from twenty-four (24) square feet to seventy (70) square feet in area.
Section 36-552(b) “All allowed freestanding signs shall have a maximum height limit
of six (6) feet”. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow a ground-
mounted apartment identification sign to increase in height from six (6) feet to twelve
(12) feet.
Staff supports the request to allow the increase in the area and height of a ground-
mounted sign along Napa Valley Drive. Staff believes that the requested variance is
appropriate for the vehicular-oriented area surrounding the site.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommend approval of the requested ground-mounted sign variance.
Board of Adjustment (OCTOBER 19, 2023)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the
application to the Board and stated it recommended approval of the requested sign
regulations variance to allow an on-premises ground-mounted sign to exceed the
allowable height and square footage per conditions within the staff analysis and report.
There was a consent motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded. The
application was approved on consent. The vote was 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 absent.