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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3 ApplicationDEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435 APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 1. Application Date: 3' g v2-q i 3 2. Date of Public Hearing:• �� 3 at 5:00 p.m. 3. Address of Property: 1501 ;Q,iE— 4- Legal Description of Property: Zn 7 ov` L073 j L v C G -e P, o k• e ov Al T SS 5. Property Owner (Printed Name, Address, Phone, Email): ���. Z• 14rvCffg-Z 6. Owner's Agent: (Printed Name, Address, Phone, Email): do I*V 6e5loW 500 1'e6V-ID,�!7VT Ge/�Jod 9 • S0r � �S' L, 7- L '' oc-�! 7aaa 7. Brief Project Description: � 127,11 .: 4r .,Y ,,o2 %ta rl-d7t .Q 8- Estimated Cost of Improvements: 11ODO 9. Zoning Classification: Is the 10. Signature of Owner or Agent: (The owner will need to authc change a perm y Agent or person representing the owner at the public hearing) NOTE: Should there be changes during construction (design, matenais, size, etc.) from ine appruveu wH, applicant shall notify Commission staff and take appropriate actions. Approval by the Commission does not excuse applicant or property from compliance with other applicable codes, ordinances or policies of the city unless stated by the Commission or staff. Responsibility for identifying such codes, ordinances, or policies rests with the applicant, owner, or agent. ------------- ----------- ----------------------- - -- ----------------------- --------- (This section to be completed by staff): Little Rock Historic District Commission Action _ Denied _ Withdrawn _ Approved Approved with Conditions _See Attached Conditions Staff Signature: Date: `"f - D r Z(q 13 Revised 8/2012 f ; �� Emerson Poynter LLP Houston ston 'yr tAttorneys at Law John G. Emerson Phone: 501.907.2555 Fax: 501.907.2556 jemerson@emersonpoynter.com Mr. Brian Minyard City of Little Rock Planning and Development Department 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: 1301 Scott Street; Application for Certificate of Appropriateness Dear Mr. Minyard: Attached is our Application for Certificate of Appropriateness with certain Exhibits as attachments. Our Application pertains to the historical Rozelle-Murphy House in the Mansion district of the Quapaw. As you know the Rozelle-Murphy House ("RMH") was built in 1887 and is on the National Register. It was constructed in the American Queen Anne style with Colonial Revival and Craftsman style additions. The Rozelle family sold this house in 1900 to George W. Murphy, Attorney General of Arkansas. It has been used as commercial office space since 1953 and was most recently occupied by Kahler Communications. However, it has been vacant for the last three years and is in dire need of help now. The roof is in perilous shape and we want to rehabilitate this old jewel and save it. It is under a Historical Conservation Easement. I met with Ms. Theresa Russell and Mr. Tom Marr of AHPP regarding our plans and to obtain their guidance. My architect, Mr. Gene Levy, and I met with you, Ms. Christy Marvell, Mr. Mike Hood and Mr. Vince Floriani of the City of Little Rock to comply with our requirements for parking, fencing, and landscaping. Also, the offices of the Capital Zoning Commission, specifically, Mr. Boyd Maher and Mr. Brad Johnson, have provided invaluable guidance for our plans to save RMH and to make its preservation and use consistent with the neighborhood and historical requirements. My partner, Scott Poynter, and I are the owners of a small law firm, Emerson Poynter LLP. We currently office in approximately 5500+ square feet in the Museum Center Building on President Clinton Ave. We have 5 lawyers including ourselves and three staff people for a total of eight people. The three staff people car pool together every day. Our office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday. We are creating a company, Cascade Investments, LLC, that will own the premises and Cascade will lease 1301 Scott to our law firm. We have a contract in place with the current owner, Mr. Taibi Kahler of Hot Springs and are closing on the property this month. The Museum Center • 500 President Clinton Avenue + Suite 305 • Little Rock, AR 72201 www.emersonpoynter.com As I understand it, the issues presented in our application with the City of Little Rock are three items: Bike Racks, Fencing, and our Parking Plan. Documents related to all of these items are attached. Please let me know if there is any other documentary evidence that you require or would like to have and we will make sure it gets to your offices. Thank you again for all of the information and guidance that you and your colleagues at the City of Little Rock have kindly provided us. Very Truly Yours, John �GIE m"'e'grso cc: Mr. Boyd Maher, Capitol Zoning District Commission Ms. Theresa Russell, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Mr. Gene Levy, Cromwell Architects Engineers Mr. Scott E. Poynter, Cascade Investments, LLC Attachment to Application for Certificate of Appropriateness for 1301 Scott Street Bike Racks: Applicant proposes to install two black bike racks holding four bikes each. These bike racks are finished in black powder coat, manufactured by Global Industrial, Model Number T9A436701. See attached Exhibit "A" with description and photograph from Global Industrial's website. lj�t Aq �r-�'' � � UZ' 31� a/^e A" Q 1/ZSV3QL 13IM4. Fencing: Applicant proposes fencing around four air conditioner condensing units on a concrete pad at the rear of the premises off the alley. This fencing will be 6 foot tall plain western red cedar with a chain link security top that lays flat across the rectangular box shape of the fenced area. Gate to the air conditioner units fenced area will be western red cedar. Cedar will be unpainted and allowed to weather naturally. See attached Exhibit `B", the architectural site plan prepared by Mr. Gene Levy of Cromwell Architects Engineers based upon the Survey completed by Brooks Surveying, Inc. on March 1, 2013. Parking Plan: Applicant proposes reduced parking per the Capitol Zoning District Commission. This plan provides eight parking places and two bike racks on -site off the alley at the rear of the premises with five parking places off -site immediately next door to the premises at the Villa Marre at 1321 Scott Street. See attached Exhibit "C", a letter from Villa Marre. See attached Exhibit `B", the architectural site plan prepared by Mr. Gene Levy of Cromwell Architects Engineers. Also see attached Exhibit "D", the Application Form and Supplement thereto as submitted to the Capitol Zoning Commission. 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Comments: 1 of 2 3/5/2013 5:07 PM 1 J ll `�*�l LITTLE ROCK :- HISTORIC DISTRICT ' COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AUTHORIZATION OF REPRESENTATION STATEMENT I,7f,JI do hereby authorize Property owner (print) / O Ind �r�,s'D N to represent me and my interests in an Agent/representative name and business (print) Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness on the following property described below. I have reviewed the proposed application and I have indicated so by initialing a copy of the submittals that are attached. Street Address: Soon, L' eAezZ, AC 7,X;Lo itle Holder's Signature /CJ Agent's Signature Z dl,Z ate Date ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribed and sworn to me, a Notary Public on this �I day of i"n(A 01,lHPltilrlp���. �•���•81%,�" i A R�AU '�•, �.•'ZPF1Y PUB •.• +�= ARKANSAS - My Commission Expires' 7aPiREs�`�;�.••`��r``• :r"�a 2. a Notary Public Revised 6/2011 - I-? �� .• TZZ 71i,e� Little Rock's Premier Ezient Locotio. it March 4, 2013 Capital Zoning District Commission 410 South Battery Street Little Rock, AR 72201 T6 whom it may concern: After a recent meeting with Mr. John Emerson regarding his acquisition of the property located next to ours at 1321 Scott Street we, without reservation, enthusiastically endorse the plans he has for the property. It is our belief that it will acid greatly to the neighborhood and we look forward to having a new neighbor. As such and per a verbal understanding between all parties, we have agreed to let Mr. Emerson an'd.his company utilize the parking spaces they need at the Villa Marre between the business hours of 8:00am — 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. >hauld you have any questions. 1321 Scott Street Little Rock, AR'72202 501-244-0409 - info@theviilamarre.com - ww%v.TheVi111aMarre.com Emerson Poynter LLP Attorneys at Law John G. Emerson Phone: 501.907.2555 Fax: 501.907.2556 jemerson@emersonpoynter.com Mr. Boyd Maher Capitol Zoning District Commission 410 South Battery Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock Houston Re: Supplement to Emerson Application for 1301 Scott, The Rozelle-Murphy House Dear Mr. Maher: Enclosed as a part of our Supplement are a new Survey completed on March 1, 2013 and a revised Parking Plan as prepared by our architect, Mr. Gene Levy of Cromwell Architects and Engineers. Also, I enclose a March 4, 2013 letter from Mr. Ray Scott of the Villa Marre group. My partner, Scott Poynter, and I are the owners of a small law firm, Emerson Poynter LLP. We currently office in approximately 5500+ square feet in the Museum Center Building on President Clinton Ave. We have 5 lawyers including ourselves and three staff people for a total of eight people. The three staff people car pool together every day. Our office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday. We are creating an LLC, Cascade Investments, LLC, that will own the premises and Cascade will lease 1301 Scott to our law firm. As you know the Rozelle-Murphy House ("RMH") was built in 1887 and is on the National Register. It has been used as commercial office space since 1953. It has been vacant for the last three years and is in dire need of help now. The roof is in perilous shape and we want to rehabilitate this old jewel and save it. It is under a Historical Conservation Easement. I met with Theresa Russell and Tom Man of AHPP regarding our plans and to obtain their guidance. My architect, Gene Levy, and I met with Mr. Brian Minyard, Mr. Mike Hood, and Mr. Vince Floriani of the City of Little Rock Planning Department to comply with our requirements for parking and of the MacArthur Park Historic District. Also, the offices of the Capital Zoning Commission, specifically, you and Mr. Brad Johnson, have provided invaluable guidance for our plans to save RMH and to make its preservation and use consistent with the neighborhood and historical requirements. The following is a short narrative addressing various important criteria for your consideration: Our Parkin Needs: At most we need eight parking places. Because of the nature of our practice, we normally do not have clients visiting our offices. In a typical month, we might have one client come by. Some months we have no visitors. Some months we might have 3 or 4. We have FedEx, UPS, and the mail man daily, but we rarely have visitors. Therefore, our parking needs are small. The Museum Center • 500 President Clinton Avenue • Suite 305 • Little Rock, AR 72201 www.emersonpoynter.com Joint Use of Common Area Par[d : We have an agreement with the owner, John Lazenby, of Villa Marre that allows us to park in the Villa Mane parking lot next door. A letter from Mr. Ray Scott of his office is attached and incorporated by reference in our Application. The reality is that we do not anticipate using the Villa Mane parking lot, but we have the ability to park there if needed. We will place signage at our on -site parking indicating that it is parking for Villa Marre and Emerson Poynter only. This will assist Villa Mane as most of their events are in the evenings and on the weekends when we will not be using our on -site parking. In exchange for this and as a part of being a good neighbor, Villa Marre has agreed to let us park cars in their lot whenever we want. Clearly another benefit of the preservation of RMH is that having another historic property improved helps Villa Mane and the neighborhood. Nobody wants a huge old house to deteriorate next door. Proposal for Alternate Nlodes of Transportation: We encourage employee car pools and three of our employees car pool together every day. We intend to install two bike racks that will be appropriate in appearance to RMH. RMH is well served by bus transport with the South Main bus, Route 2. A copy of the Route 2 map is attached and one can see that Route 2 passes along South Main, one short block from 1301 Scott. Use is Intended to Attract People to Use Alternative Modes of Trans ort: We will landscape attractively around our two bike racks and place signage advising everyone that the racks are for anyone to use. We will encourage all employees, residents, clients, and neighbors to utilize alternative transport through the use of bicycles, buses, and car pools. We will seek to accomplish this goal through appropriate signage and discussions with staff, neighbors, and visitors. Pattern and Character of Development Consistent with Re nest for Reduced Parkin : Our premises are next to the Villa Mane. We seek to improve our premises, have it not be an eyesore, and preserve it for the future and the history of Little Rock's Quapaw and Mansion District. Our reduced parking will be consistent with what is being done by our immediate neighbors, The Robinson Law Firm and the Villa Marre. We will landscape appropriately to screen the reduced parking and we will create reduced parking only at the rear of the premises off of the alley that meets East 13a' Street. We believe concrete or cement for reduced parking is not consistent with the historical nature of the property and most certainly was not used in 1887. We believe that SB2 gravel with finer chat are the parking materials that are historically correct and consistent with the use of these historical premises. We consulted with the representatives of the City of Little Rock on this issue. We do not believe that our plan would detract from the nature and character of the neighborhood, but rather would beautify and enhance the character of the neighborhood. The Right to Use Proposed Off -Site Parking is Established bj Agreement- Villa Marre has agreed by letter form agreement to allow us to use their parking area as our off -site parking so that we may request reduced parking at the rear of RMH. Villa Marre currently has 16 parking places in their lot with an additional three places at the rear off the alley for a total of 19 parking places. They do not use all of their available parking and can provide us with six or more parking places immediately next door to 1301 Scott. Proposed Off -Site. Parkine is Accessible by Public Sidewalk or Public ARE: In review of our architect's site plan based upon the March 1, 2013 Survey, which is attached hereto, one can see that anyone parking at the proposed Villa Mane off -site parking can access RMH by walking down the Villa Mane driveway to the public sidewalk on Scott Street and proceed directly to the walkway on our premises that leads to the front door. Conclusion: We believe that our request for reduced on -site parking that includes off -site parking at Villa Mane will not cause any hazard to pedestrian or vehicular traffic in the vicinity. Thank you for consideration of our Application and our request for reduced parking. Very Truly Yours, John G. Emerson cc: Mr. Brian Minyard City of Little Rock Ms. Theresa Russell Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Mr. Gene Levy Cromwell Architects Engineers Mr. Scott E. Poynter Cascade Investments, LLC nnnnr CAPITOL ZONING DISTRICT COMMISSION PROPERTY ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER APPLICATION FORM 1301 6 I Y A-1f' PERSON FILING APPLICATION if other than owner APPLICANT PHONE AND EMAIL APPLICANT SIGNATURE J 1 LLC AND DATE 5i k r, that a, ph4,nI it awthai�ed to mpmmi thispr*eny, and that all h7fonr wiov pm w*d in this qop atron, ar well as in any sNpporting makrials, is #we and cotmtt to the bent ofthe rignatory's knawkdge. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK AND / OR USE 1jttach as many pages or supporting material& as necessary. The Commission and its staff cannot make a determination on your applicatiar, without a complete descriptran of the pmpeuYy's proposed appearance, material&, and/or function. An app&anon is not enmpkte until Lit aghrahk rrrppartivg materials have been smbmwed to staff. 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