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Design Review Board

Edgewood Park Infill Housing Overlay District

1-B-22-IH

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends denial without prejudice of the proposed second-story addition due to its not meeting design guidelines; alternately, the Design Review Board could choose to postpone the application to allow the applicant to submit a revised proposal for an addition which more clearly meets the design guidelines.

Location
1640 Edgewood Ave. 37917
Owner
Joshua Joshua Maddox JC Precision Homes JC Precision Homes
Applicant Request
Additions visible from the primary street
1. The house to receive an addition is a 1.5-story Craftsman bungalow with paired second-story windows in the side gable fields.

2. Guidelines recommend that additions be made to the rear or side of the house, with taller additions especially towards the rear of the house to maintain the original scale of the façade and consistency with other houses on the block. This block of Edgewood Avenue features a consistent streetscape pattern of historic one/1.5 story Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne cottages, and Minimal Traditionals. This addition is proposed for the front/roofline of the house.

3. Guidelines also encourage using a roofline which complements the original house. The proposed addition would significantly alter the original house's roofline, which is a simple side-gable roof characteristic of Craftsman designs.

4. Additional interior space is typically added to 1/1.5-story houses via the addition of a dormer on the existing roof slope. Alternately, the applicant could increase interior space by adding a rear addition.
Staff Comments
Second-story addition to a one/1.5-story Craftsman bungalow. Applicant proposes to remove the upper portion of the main roof, and install a side-gable second-story addition with a 4' stem wall visible from the exterior, including three new rectangular windows on the façade. The addition will be clad in fiber cement shake siding with a dimensional shingle roof.
Applicant

Joshua Joshua Maddox JC Precision Homes JC Precision Homes

Planning Staff
Lindsay Lanois
Phone: 865-215-3795
Email: lindsay.lanois@knoxplanning.org
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