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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 1334
DISTRICT Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435
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MEMORANDUM
To: Tony Bozynski, Director of Planning and Development
Chuck Givens, Building Codes Manager
Arnold Coleman, Building Inspector
From: Brian Minyard, HDC Staff
Subject: Inspection for CO at 1414 Rock Street
Date: October 20, 2011
I inspected the new residence at 1414 Rock Street today in light of the requirements set forth by the
Historic District Commission's review and approval of the action on April 25, 2011 and the
Certificate of Appropriateness singed by the applicant and Staff on Aril 29, 2011.
The following items are not in compliance with the Certificate of Appropriateness but are not
detrimental to the appropriateness of the house to the neighborhood:
1. Windows on the north side of the structure are further apart than shown on the plan.
2. The front window facing Rock Street is centered instead of being to one side.
3. The battens on the south wall bump -out are thinner than proposed.
4. The siding on the house is smaller that proposed.
The Certificate of Appropriateness states that the "Project is to be completed as submitted and
amended by Applicant and as approved by the Historic District Commission in the April 25, 2011
hearing with the following clarifications." This Certificate of Appropriateness was signed by the
applicant and Staff on April 29, 2011. It is attached to this memo. The following items will have to
be finished before a Certificate of Occupancy can be issued:
1. The walkway to the street from the house was described as "12. Walls to street sidewalk
will be permeable rocks with a 4x4" timber border." The current condition of the walk is
that there is a sand bed laid with no timber edging.
2. Pertaining to the public sidewalk, the Certificate of Appropriateness states "14.
Herringbone sidewalk on public sidewalk to remain." The plan submitted as part of the
application states, "Existing herring bone sidewalk @ Rock St to remain with new north
connection to existing concrete sidewalk to be concrete." Currently there is a trench
between the herringbone brick sidewalk and the new concrete sidewalk. The old and
new sidewalks do not line up either vertically or horizontally. This is, I believe, an ADA
issue and should be resolved with additional concrete or reworking the existing brick
pavers.