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Planning commission backs Habitat plan to split Gaines Avenue lot for two affordable homes, subject to Board approval

3823609 · June 13, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission on June 12 recommended that the Board of Directors approve a planned development overlay and approved a replat that would split 514 Gaines Avenue into two 4,221-square-foot lots for Garland County Habitat for Humanity to build two affordable single-family homes.

The Hot Springs Planning Commission on June 12 recommended that the Board of Directors approve a planned development overlay (PD) and approved a minor subdivision that would replat Lot 4, Block 10 of the Gaines Addition at 514 Gaines Avenue into two separate lots for construction of two affordable single-family houses by Garland County Habitat for Humanity.

Planning staff presented the PD application (PD 25-055) and explained that the subject parcel measures 8,442 square feet and that the proposal would divide it into two lots of 4,221 square feet each. Under the RN5 zoning district the minimum lot size for detached single-family lots is larger than 4,221 square feet; the PD request therefore seeks a minimum-lot-size exception and a reduced north-side yard setback of 4 feet (the RN5 side setback is…

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