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File No.: Z-9916
Owners: Mark and Elaine Hinson
Applicant: Mark Hinson
Address: 407 East Daisy L Gaston Bates Drive
Legal Description: The east 65 feet of Lots 1 and 2, Block 54, Original City of Little Rock
Zoned: R-4A
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 setback from the front yard property
line.
A variance is requested from the area regulations of Section
36-156 to allow an accessory structure to occupy more than
thirty percent (30%) coverage of the rear yard.
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 R-4A zoned property located at 407 East Daisy L Gaston Bates Drive is occupied by a two-story single-family residence with an accessory garage structure containing a living area
in the southeast portion of the rear yard area. The property is located on the south side of Bates Drive between South Rock Street and South Commerce Street with an alleyway along the
east perimeter of the site.
The applicant proposes to construct a 231-square-foot swimming pool accessory structure in the east portion of the rear side yard area along the perimeter of the alleyway.
The site plan indicates the proposed pool structure will be located approximately 50-feet from the north (front) property line, 7.8-feet of the east (side) property line adjacent to
the alleyway, 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(2)(c) requires the accessory building not to occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard area. The proposed accessory pool structure in conjunction
with the existing accessory garage structure will occupy approximately sixty percent (60%) of the area. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to allow the accessory structures
to occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the rear yard area.
Staff is supportive of the reduced front setback and area coverage variances. The accessory pool structure will be located along the eastern perimeter of the property adjacent to an
existing alleyway within a fenced yard area. Staff believes the pool structure will have no adverse impact on the surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested front property line setback variance and area coverage variance for an accessory pool structure, 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.