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File No.: Z-10149
Owners: Aaron & Elizabeth Clark
Applicant: Jim Yeary
Yeary Lindsey Architects
Address: 5716 Hawthorne Road
Legal Description: Lot 14 & 15 Forest Heights Place, 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 area regulations of Sec. 36-254
to allow a reduced rear yard setback 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:
Check variance for pool being placed within the setback, also note if pool requires a
retaining wall then you are to be 5ft away from the property line to the wall.
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.
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D. Staff Analysis:
The R-2 zoned property located at 5716/5714 Hawthorne Road is within the Heights
Design Overlay District and is currently vacant. The applicant purchased the
property; combined the lots and subsequently had the existing structures
demolished.
The applicant proposes to construct a new dwelling with an attached garage
adjacent to V Street, at the rear of the property. In order to provide an appropriate
depth for the garage the owner is requesting a 5-foot reduction to the rear yard
setback, allowing the north end of the garage to be twenty (20) feet away from the
rear property line.
Section 36-254(d)(3) states “There shall be a rear yard setback having a depth of
not less than twenty-five (25) feet. “Therefore, the applicant is requesting a variance
to allow the extension of the garage into the rear yard setback reducing the setback
to twenty (20) feet.
Staff is supportive of the requested variance. Staff views the request reasonable.
Staff believes that the requested variance will have no adverse impact on the
surrounding properties.
E. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested rear yard setback reduction from
twenty-five (25) feet to twenty feet (20 subject to the following conditions:
1. Obtain a building permit prior to construction.
2. Install trees, if deemed applicable at the time of building permit, in accordance
with the Heights Design Overlay District requirements.
Board of Adjustment (APRIL 17, 2025)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the application to
the Board and stated it recommended the front yard setback variance be approved as per staff
report. There was a consent motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded. The
application was approved on consent. The vote was 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 1 open position.