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File No.: Z-10056
Owners: John and Julianne Satterfield
Applicant: Don Perrymore (Agent)
Address: 5412 Centerwood Road
Legal Description: The East 30 feet of Lot 91 and all of Lot 92, Prospect Terrace 2nd 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 provisions of Section 36-156 to permit more than 30% coverage of the rear yard for an accessory structure.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented as per the submitted letter.
STAFF REPORT:
Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
In October 2020 the City adopted the “Heights Landscape Design Overlay District,” requiring installation of one tree per 40 linear feet of street frontage within the Heights District
Boundary, applicable to [among other types] residential construction in excess of 600 square feet.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments.
D. Staff Analysis:
The property at 5412 Centerwood Road is in a predominantly R-2 zoned neighborhood, within the Heights Landscape Design Overlay District.
The applicant is proposing to remove the existing single-story carport structure and construct a new two-story accessory garage structure in the rear yard area of the property along
with an addition to the primary residence.
The site plan indicates that the proposed 1,125-square foot accessory garage structure is located in the rear yard area 3-feet from the north property line, 32-feet from the west property
line, 3-feet from the east property line, and 8-feet from the primary residence. The rear yard space is approximately 2,880 square feet in area. The proposed structure will yield approximately
39-percent coverage of the rear yard exceeding the maximum code allowance of 30-percent.
Section 36-156(2)(c) requires the accessory building not to occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard area. Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance to
allow the new accessory structure to exceed the coverage requirements to a maximum of fifty-seven percent (39%).
Staff is supportive of the requested variance to allow the accessory structure to occupy more than 30% of the rear yard area. Staff views the request as reasonable. The proposed garage
structure will not be out of character with other accessory structures throughout this neighborhood and believes and increased area coverage will have no adverse impact on the adjacent
properties or the general area.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard coverage to a maximum of 39% as per the above staff analysis and the submitted survey / site plan sketch subject to the following
conditions:
1. A building permit being obtained for all construction.
2. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permitting, in
accordance with Heights Landscape Design Overlay District requirements.