Level III:
12-I-25-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff is recommending approval of Certificate 12-I-25-HZ, including the side setbacks as shown on the site plan, subject to the following conditions:1) final site plan to meet City Engineering standards, with minor revisions to be approved by staff;
2) the retaining wall be made from poured concrete to match the existing retaining wall;
3) meeting all applicable standards of the Zoning code and building codes, with minor revisions to be approved by staff;
4) planting a shade tree in the front yard;
5) all siding is to be shake-style, as depicted on the exterior elevations; and
6) retaining details as depicted, including stucco foundation, window trim, door trim, roof trim, partial cornice returns, porch columns and architrave, brick chimney, and shake siding.
Applicant Request
- New primary structure fronting Clinch Avenue. The three-story single-family house with a basement level measures 34'-6" wide by 46'-11" deep (not including porches) and is proposed to be set 28'-4" from the front lot line (14'-7" to porch), 5' from the west interior lot line, and 8'-3" from the east interior lot line. The site plan contains 5' of a 15' wide driveway shared with 1616 Clinch Avenue that is split by the east lot line. There is a concrete walkway at the center of the lot leading to the porch, another concrete walkway and retaining wall (material unspecified) in the front yard near the west lot line, and a rear deck with a small access ramp.
- The building features a 9/12 pitch side-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles, with a front-gable massing flush with the plane of the façade and two shed-roof massings on the rear elevation; it is detailed with 1' eave overhangs and partial cornice returns on the gable fields. It will be clad in fiber cement shake siding with cornerboards and trim, and it will rest on a raised stuccoed block foundation. The design features a 9'-9" deep projecting front porch centered on the façade recessed under a flat roof with a Tuscan-order entablature and supported by two square columns clad in shakes and two pilasters that extend above the roof (size unspecified).
- The three bay façade features two bays of paired 9/1 windows flanking the quarter-lite paneled entrance on the first story, and the second story features two bays of 9/1 windows flanking three grouped 1/1 windows and a full-lite window in the gable field. The left (east) elevation features three 1/1 windows on the basement level, two and two pairs of 1/1 windows on the first story, three 9/1 windows on the second story, two 1/1 windows on the third story, and a brick chimney. The right (west) elevation features a single-light casement and two 9/1 windows on the basement level, one and a pair of 9/1 windows on the first story, two 9/1 and paired fixed windows on the second story, and one and a pair of 1/1 windows on the third story. The rear elevation features four 1/1 windows and a secondary entrance on the basement level, four grouped 1/1 windows and one 1/1 window on the first story, three 1/1 windows on the second story, and four 1/1 windows on the third story shed roof massing. All windows feature trim and projecting sills.
- Conditions of approval per 12/18/25 HZC meeting:
- 1) final site plan to meet City Engineering standards, with minor revisions to be approved by staff;
- 2) the retaining wall be made from poured concrete to match the existing retaining wall;
- 3) meeting all applicable standards of the Zoning code and building codes, with minor revisions to be approved by staff;
- 4) planting a shade tree in the front yard;
- 5) all siding is to be shake-style, as depicted on the exterior elevations;
- 6) retaining details as depicted, including stucco foundation, window trim, door trim, roof trim, partial cornice returns, porch columns and architrave, brick chimney, and shake siding; and
- 7) allowing the chimney to be clad in face brick.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- Style:
Meeting Date
December 18, 2025
COA Expires December 17, 2028
Applicant
Brian Dennison, Goss Design/Development
Owner Clinch Development Group LLC
