10-D-25-HZ

Level II: Old North Knoxville H

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Certificate 10-D-25-HZ, subject to one condition: 1) the window to be omitted or be made from wood, aluminum-clad wood, or fiberglass.

Applicant Request

Accessory structure

- New secondary structure. New shed will be placed behind the house, 21' from the rear lot line and relatively centered between the side lot lines. It will be 12' wide by 8' deep with a 4/12 pitch side-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles, an exterior of vertical wood composite ("Smartside") siding, and will feature a steel foundation that will not be visible. The southeast elevation features a door with perimeter trim and a small sliding window (materials unspecified).
- Condition of approval per 10/16/2025 HZC meeting: 1) the window be removed.

Old North Knoxville H

- Style: Queen Anne, c.1900
  - Two story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, asphalt shingle covering. Double hung one over one windows. One story wrap around front and side porch with round wood posts on brick piers and spindled wood balustrade. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Recessed sidelights and transom at front entry.

Applicable Guidelines

Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.

- Auxiliary or Outbuildings
- 2. The design of features like garage doors that face the street shall mimic carriage house doors from an era consistent with the primary building on the lot.
- 3. Garages shall be located to the rear of the primary building on the lot.
- 4. Materials used in constructing outbuildings or accessory buildings may only use materials and design characteristics selected from the following list: wood lap siding with a four inch lap or board and batten; a 12/12 roof pitch; overhanging eaves; exposed rafter tails; wood windows; masonry but not exposed concrete block or split-face block; garage doors appearing to be carriage doors or plank doors with x-bracing or perimeter reinforcing timbers.

See Guidelines

Meeting Date