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Type: LRNOT
Party: RESOLUTION NO. 16,682
County: Pulaski
Attorney/Contact: Allison Segars

RESOLUTION NO. 16,682

A RESOLUTION TO SET MAY 20, 2025, AS THE DATE OF HEARING ON THE APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S ACTION IN APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TITLED TINNIN GROUP HOME 1 – SPECIAL USE PERMIT, LOCATED AT 205 NORTH WOODROW STREET (Z-9891-B) IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, several residents living on North Woodrow Street, represented by Barber Law Firm, are appealing against the Planning Commission’s action on February 13, 2025 in approving a Special Use Permit, by a vote of seven (7) ayes, zero (0) nays, two (2) recusals, one (1) absent, and one (1) open position, to allow a group home on the R-3 zoned property at 205 N. Woodrow Street; and, WHEREAS, a notice of appeal has been filed as a result of the action of the Little Rock Planning Commission’s action in approving a Special Use Permit titled Tinnin Group Home 1 – Special Use Permit, located at 205 N. Woodrow Street (Z-9891-B), in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and, WHEREAS, the applicant requested a special use permit to allow for a group home to be operated in an existing four thousand six hundred and fifty (4,650) square-foot two-story single-family residence with a maximum of eleven (11) residents in an area with a mixture of zoning in all directions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
Section 1. The hearing on the notice of appeal of the action approving a Special Use Permit titled Tinnin Group Home 1 – Special Use Permit, located at 205 N. Woodrow Street (Z-9891-B) in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, shall be held at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas in the Board of Directors Chambers, Second Floor of City Hall, 500 West Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas at six o’clock on the 20th day of May 2025, or as it is called to be heard on the agenda.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of such hearing in the manner prescribed by law by publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and having a general circulation in the City of Little Rock.
Section 3. Certified mail notice of appeal hearing shall be provided by the appellants not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing and the affidavit and other supporting evidence of notice shall be filed not less than five (5) days prior to the date of review. This notice shall be given to all record parties in interest whether for or against the request. The Cost of this notice shall be borne by the appellant.
Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the resolution.
Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: May 6, 2025
ATTEST: Allison Segars, City Clerk
APPROVED: Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney. DR2T 5/13, 5/20/2025