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File No.: Z-9758-A
Owners: Chattanya Musham
Applicant: Markus Homes Inc – Melinda Markus
Address: 93 Orle Circle
Legal Description: Lot 43, Block 113, Chenal Valley, 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 the area provisions of 36-156 to allow a swimming pool (accessory structure) with reduced setbacks from side and front yard property
lines.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented in an attached letter.
STAFF REPORT:
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
Plans to be reviewed during building permit.
Landscape and Buffer Comments:
No Comments
C. Building Codes Comments:
No comments required.
D. Staff Analysis:
The site at 93 Orle Circle contains and recently constructed single-family dwelling with a paved access drive extending north to Orle Circle. The lot has been mostly cleared and slopes
downward from east to west.
The applicant proposes to construct a 512-square-foot swimming pool accessory structure in the northeast corner of the side yard area along the eastern perimeter of the lot.
The site plan indicates the proposed pool structure will be located approximately 35-feet from the north (front) property line, 5.1-feet of the east (side) property line, 65-feet from
the south (rear) property line, and 6-feet from the primary residence.
Section 36-156 (a)(2)(c) of the City’s Zoning Ordinance 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.” Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow an accessory swimming pool structure to have a front property line separation reduced from 60-feet
to 35-feet in an R-2 district.
Section 36-156 (a)(2)(f) requires, for accessory buildings, a minimum three-foot setback from any side or rear yard property line, except when abutting an alley, where no setback is
required. Therefore, the applicant is requesting variances to allow an accessory swimming pool structure with a reduced side yard setback from three (3) feet to two (2) feet from the
east property line.
The applicant provided responses and additional information to all issues raised during the staff’s review of the application. To the staff’s knowledge, there are no outstanding issues.
Staff is supportive of the reduced front and side setback variances. The pool
will be located along the eastern perimeter of the property adjacent to an existing
retaining wall, and believes the pool will have no adverse impact on the
surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested front property line setback variance,
subject to the descriptions and any conditions in the “staff analysis,” and the
following conditions:
A building permit being obtained for all construction.
Abide by all site development requirements for R-2 zoned properties.