HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOA Minute Record 070924JUNE 20, 2024
ITEM NO.: 3 Z-9989
File No.: Z-9989
Owners: Richard Griffiths
Applicant: Jeremiah Russell, Rogue Architects
Address: 11780 Rivercrest Drive
Legal Description: Lot 1, Block 56, Walton 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-
254 to allow a reduced front yard and in the R-2 district.
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 11780 Rivercrest Drive is in a predominantly R-2 zoned
neighborhood, within the Walton Heights Subdivision.
The subject property is centrally located on the north side of Rivercrest Drive. The
parcel was originally developed with a one and 1/2-story masonry home in
1965. The applicant has stated that the new addition to the existing home will
extend toward Rivercrest Drive to the south and will include a new one-story
expansion of the living space and a new 2-car carport. The survey indicates the lot
to be 200 feet in width and 200 feet in length. The applicant indicates that the
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JUNE 20, 2024
ITEM NO.: 3 (CON’T.) Z-9989
addition will expand the existing south structure perimeter approximately 10-feet
south into the setback.
Section 36-254(d)(1) states, “There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of
not less than twenty-five (25) feet.” “Therefore, the applicant requests variances to
allow the extension of the primary structure into the front yard setback to no more
than 510-feet reducing the front yard setback to 16-feet.
In Staff' s opinion, the proposed setback reductions will pose no negative effect upon
the health, safety, or welfare of the public, and will not detract from the value or
aesthetic of the neighborhood or surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested front yard setback reduction from 25
feet to a minimum to 10-feet, per the attached site plan.
Additionally, the variances are recommended for approval as per the submitted
survey / site plan sketch and are subject to the following conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
Board of Adjustment (MAY 16, 2024)
Staff recommends that the application be deferred to the June 20, 2024, agenda, as the
applicant failed to send notices to surrounding property owners as required. There was
no further discussion. The item remained on the consent agenda for deferral. The vote
was 5 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent.
Board of Adjustment (JUNE 20, 2024)
The applicant was present. There were no registered objectors. Staff presented the item
and a recommendation of approval as outlined in the “Staff Recommendation” above.
There was no further discussion. The item remained on the consent agenda for approval.
A motion was made and seconded. The vote was 4 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent.
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