Level II: Old North Knoxville H
10-K-20-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the work as proposed, with the following conditions:1) additional windows to be incorporated on west elevation;
2) final door and garage door specifications, and awning design and placement, to be submitted to staff for approval.
Applicant Request
Accessory structure; Deck- Demolition of non-contributing, concrete masonry unit garage in rear.
- ADU:
- Construction of accessory dwelling unit. ADU will be constructed at the rear of the lot, set 10' off the rear (northwest) property line and 5' off the left (southwest) property line. ADU to measure 21' wide by 30' long, one-and-one-half stories. Height (as measured per City of Knoxville Zoning Code) to be 18' tall.
- Rectangular ADU to feature a side-gable roof with a 9/12 pitch, with two 3/12 shed-roof dormers on each roof slope. Shed-roof dormers to be offset 2' from left and right of roofline. Roof will be clad in asphalt shingles and feature white 6" gutters. Exterior to be clad in smooth-finished, fiber cement board with a 4.5" reveal and painted to match house. House will rest on a concrete slab foundation. Windows are 1/1 double-hung wood windows, featuring two 30" by 48" egress windows on both dormers.
- Northwest elevation (fronting alley) has no windows on lower level. Right (northeast) elevation to feature 9' wide by 7' tall garage door on the right side, one double-hung window in upper story, and one 36" x 36" double-hung window on the left side. Southeast elevation (fronting rear yard of primary residence) to feature one centrally-located Craftsman-style door, flanked by two one-over-one, double-hung windows on first story. Left side (southwest) elevation features one centrally-located Craftsman door and one 36" x 36" double-hung window.
- A small rectangular deck, with Trex Enhance brand composite decking, extends off the southeast elevation, fronting the rear yard.
- Modification to deck on primary residence:
- In May 2018 (5-H-18-HZ), a new rear deck measuring 10' by 20' was approved on the primary residence at 401 E. Oklahoma. Deck flooring was approved as 5/4 by 6 treated pine decking. Applicant requests modification to this deck to utilize Trex Enhance Naturals composite decking. Trex decking will be .94 by 5.5" in profile, tongue-and-groove, with hidden fasteners.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Queen Anne cottage, c.1910
- One-story frame with hipped roof with cross gables. Wood weatherboard wallcovering. Asphalt shingle roof covering and wood shingles in gable ends. Double-hung one-over-one windows with cottage window on front façade. One-story one-half front porch with turned wood posts. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Projecting bay on north elevation.
- Style: Queen Anne cottage, c.1910
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- M. Auxiliary or Outbuildings
- 1. The design of outbuildings such as garages shall acknowledge and suggest the function of original outbuildings that would have been located in the neighborhood.
- 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.
- New Building Construction
- H. Scale and Massing
- 1. Relate the size and proportions of new structures to the scale of adjacent buildings.
- 4. New buildings must reinforce the scale of the neighborhood by their height, width, and massing.
- 6. Roof shapes must relate to the existing buildings, as must roof coverage.
- SOI Standards:
- 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
- 10. New additions and adjacent or telated new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
Meeting Date
November 19, 2020
Old North Knoxville H
401 E. Oklahoma Ave. 37917
Applicant / Owner
