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Date: August 25, 2025____
Jonathan Nunn File No: Z-10176
14217 Westbury Drive Location: 511 Pepper Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72223_ ______ ____ Issue: parking requirements/materials
Dear Mr. Nunn,
This is to advise you that in connection with your application, File No. _Z-10176_, the following action
was taken by the Board of Adjustment at its meeting on August 21, 2025_:
(a) X Approved the application as filed.
(b) _ _ Approved the application with conditions.
(c) _______ Denied the application.
(d) ____ ___ Deferred the application to the _____ meeting.
(e) _____ __ Withdrew the application.
(f) _______ See attached Board of Adjustment minute record for conditions.
(g) ________ Other:____________________
If you have questions, please call me at (501) 371-6821.
Sincerely,
______ Romie G Price _
Romie G. Price, Plans Development Administrator
RGP/ds
AUGUST 21, 2025
ITEM NO. 4 Z-10176
File No.: Z-10176
Owners: Tract 1: Haybar Properties, LLC
Tract 2: Haybar Legacy, LLC
Applicant: Jonathan Nunn (Agent)
Address: Northwest Corner of Pepper Avenue and 5th Street
Tract 1: 511 Pepper Avenue
Tract 2: 1603 East 5th Street
Legal Description: Tract 1: Lot 1, Block 18, Garlands Subdivision, City of Little
Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Tract 2: Lot 2, Block 18, Garlands Subdivision, City of Little
Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Zoned: UU Urban Use District
Present Use: Tract 1: Vacant
Tract 2: Vacant
Proposed Use: (2)-Unit, Office, Showroom and Warehouse Development
Variance(s) Requested: The building materials provisions of Sec. 36-342.1 to allow
Corrugated on all side walls not directly exposed to the street.
The street-level floor provisions orientation provisions of Sec.
36-342.1 to allow the ground level floor of a structure without
the minimum surface area of 60% transparent or window
display.
The parking lot provisions provisions of Sec. 36-342.1 to allow
off-street parking between the building and the abutting street.
Justification: The applicant’s justification is presented in an attached letter.
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ITEM NO. 4 Z-10176
STAFF REPORT
A. Planning and Development Civil Engineering Comments:
No Comments.
B. Buffering and Landscape Comments:
1. Site plan must comply with the Little Rock Zoning Ordinance, Sec. 36-342.1. UU
Urban Use District and the City’s minimal landscape and buffer ordinance
requirements.
2. Signage is to be reviewed and permitted separately.
3. A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that
abuts adjoining property or the right-of-way of any street. This strip shall be at
least nine (9) feet wide. The property is located in the City’s designated mature
area. A twenty-five (25%) percent reduction of the buffer requirements is
acceptable. The minimum dimension of the perimeter planting strip shall be six
(6) feet nine (9) inches. One (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines shall be
planted for every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip.
4. Screening requirements will need to be met for the vehicular use areas adjacent
to street rights-of-way. Provide screening shrubs with an average linear spacing
of not less at three (3) feet within the required landscape area. Provide trees with
an average linear spacing of not less than thirty (30) feet.
5. For parking areas with twelve or more spaces eight percent (8%) of the vehicular
use area must be designated for green space; this green space needs to be
evenly distributed throughout the parking area(s). The minimum size of an
interior landscape area shall be one hundred fifty (150) square feet for
developments with one hundred fifty (150) or fewer parking spaces.
6. Building landscape areas shall be provided between the vehicular use area used
for public parking and the general vicinity of the building. These shall be provided
at the rate equivalent to planter strip three (3) feet wide along the vehicular use
area. One (1) tree and four (4) shrubs shall be planted in the building landscape
areas for each forty (40) linear feet of vehicular use area abutting the building .
7. An irrigation system shall be required for developments of one (1) acre or larger.
For developments of less than one (1) acre a there shall be a water source within
seventy-five (75) feet of all plant material if an automatic irrigation system is not
provided.
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8. All landscape areas shall be protected as per City of Little Rock Landscape
Ordinance (Sec. 15-100). Provide notes on plan specifying type and location of
mulch, edging, wheel stops, and/or concrete curb and gutter.
9. All ground or roof mounted mechanical systems shall be screened from abutting
properties and streets. Any trash receptacles or pickup shall be oriented away
from a primary street side of the property and screened from the public right-of-
way. Screen shall exceed the height of the dumpster or trash containment areas
by at least two (2) feet no to exceed eight (8) feet total height.
10. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees
as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance
requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger.
11. Any Chapter 15, landscape code requirements that cannot be met may require a
variance from the City Beautiful Commission.
C. Building Codes Comments:
No Comments
D. Staff Analysis:
The UU zoned properties located at 511 Pepper Avenue and 1603 East 5th Street
are currently vacant. The survey indicates that Tract 1 has a width of 49.9 feet
along Pepper Avenue, and an average depth of 100 feet. Tract 2 has a width of
50 feet along East 5th Street and an average depth of 100 feet.
The applicant is proposing to construct a new 4,400 square foot multi-use
structure on the Urban Use (UU) zoned properties with street access from both
Pepper Avenue and East 5th Street. The applicant has stated that the property will
be developed with separate two-lane access drives with parking for each street
facing the business front entry.
The proposed development consists of two separate tracts of land. The first tract
located at 511 Pepper Avenue, is currently vacant and lies from West to East.
The second tract of land is located at the northeast corner of Tract 1 and
connects to East 5th Street. This parcel is vacant with heavy vegetation.
The applicant is requesting several variances from the UU district development
criteria established in Section 36-342.1 (c). The variances are as follow:
1. Section 36-342.1. (c)(4) [Building Materials.] states, “Façade materials may be
any standard material, except corrugated or fubbed materials.” (Pepper
Avenue and East 5th Street). Brick will be used on the street facing (front)
facades and
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all other facades will be of corrugated metal and will be visible from both 5th
Street and Pepper Avenue.
2. Section 342.1 (c)(8) Street-level floor, states, “The ground-level (street fronting)
floor of nonresidential structures shall have a minimum surface area of sixty (60)
percent transparent or window display.” Transparency requirements are
requested to be less than 60% due to the design of interior spaces and limited
street access.
3. Section 342.1 (c)(10)(b) Parking Lots, states, “Surface parking is to be located
behind or adjacent to a structure, never between the building and abutting
street.” The interior connection of the lots at the rear influences both the location
and feasibility of new structure construction. The situation prohibits the parking
area from being located in the rear of the lots to gain street access.
The applicant proposes to develop a (2)-Unit, Office, Showroom and Warehouse
Development. Similar variances have been granted in the area.
Staff believes that each of the requested variances is appropriate
and will have no negative impact on the surrounding area.
D. Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested variances, subject to compliance with
the Staff comments outlined in the staff report.
Board of Adjustment (August 21, 2025)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the application to the Board and stated it recommended approval as per the staff
report.
There was a consent motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded. The
application was approved on consent. The vote was 3 ayes, 0 nays, and 2 absent. The motion
passed.
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