HomeMy WebLinkAbout3 Z-10029 Staff ReportFile No.: Z-10029
Owners: New Neptune. LLC
Applicant: Michael Love – Love Construction
Address: 9001 West Markham
Southwest Corner of West Markham Street and W 4th Street
Legal Description: Tract of land in the SW1/4, NW1/4, Section 2, Township1, North Range, 13 West, of the City of Little Rock
Zoned: C-3
Present Use: Auto Service Station
Proposed Use: Auto Service Station
Variance(s)Requested: The area provisions of Section 36-301 (e)(3) to allow a reduced rear yard setback in the C-3 district.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the attached letter.
STAFF REPORT
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 C-3 zoned property located at 9001 West Markham Street is currently occupied
by a (Shell) Service Station. The 20,414 square feet lot is bordered to the south,
east and west by C-3 zoned retail center and R-2 zoned property across West
Markham Street.
The existing service station sits at the south-central portion of the site and
is bordered by an accessory car wash structure to the west with access
drives connecting to West Markham Street to the north and John Barrow Road to the
east.
The applicant proposes to construct a 447 square foot cooler and storage structure
on the west side of the existing service station structure with a reduced rear setback.
The site plan indicates a reduction of the rear (south) yard setback to be reduced
from 25’ to 10’-9” and to maintain an existing 10-foot drive along the south perimeter
of the property.
Section 36-301 (e)(3) states that in the C-3 zone, there shall be a rear yard setback
having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet to the rear line of a
building. Therefore, the applicant is seeking to reduce the rear setback from
25-feet to 10-feet, 9-inches.
Staff is supportive of the requested rear setback reduction from 25’ to 10’-9”. Staff
views the requests as reasonable. The existing structure currently sits within the
allowed distance to the rear lot line of 15-feet. Staff views these requests as minor
in nature and feels that the variances will have no adverse impact on the surrounding
properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested 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 other site development requirements for C-3 zoned properties.