HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-9841 Staff ReportFile No.: Z-9841
Owners: Christopher Werner
Applicant: Tom Fennell / Fennell Purifoy Architects
Address: 624 North Spruce Street
Legal Description: Lot 11 and the North 5 of Lot 10, Block 37, Pulaski Heights Addition to the 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 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 624 North Spruce Street is occupied by a single-story wood and masonry single-family residence. The triangular shaped lot is located at the southwest corner
of “F” Street and North Spruce Street and contains an existing portable storage structure in the rear (west) yard area. The lot narrows from 55-feet
at the east perimeter along North Spruce Street to approximately 12-feet at the west perimeter adjacent to the alleyway and “F” Street.
The applicant is proposing to remove the existing accessory structure and construct a new twenty-eight (26) foot by fourteen (14) foot enclosed garage structure in the same location
along with a new paved driveway connecting to the existing alley to the west.
The proposed structure will be located in the far west corner of the lot and be located 2.6-feet from the south property line, 0-feet from the north property line, and approximately
28-feet from the existing residential structure.
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 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.
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 area coverage and side yard setback
variances, subject to the descriptions and any conditions in the “staff analysis,” and
the following conditions:
A building permit being obtained for all construction.