Level III: Concord Village HZ
3-G-16-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Approval of new residential construction with the condition that 1) another window be added to the "right" or east side elevation, and 2) that any synthetic siding be smooth and without the faux wood grain because it does not adeqeuately replicate real wood, and 3) that the applicant /owner work with the Old Concord Residents Association to allow them to relocate, renovate or screen the wellhouse structure.Applicant Request
Other: new construction/demolition- Construct contemporary one-story frame house on vacant lot in historic district transition area. Overall dimensions are 44 feet wide x 56 feet deep.
- Finished area is 1915 sq.ft. including the 484 sq.ft. garage. The low hipped roof has a smaller front gable and a larger front gable over the projecting garage to the right of the front elevation. The house is to proposed to have brick facing on the front elevation and vinyl siding on the remaining elevations. Vinyl shakes are proposed for the front gable. Projecting front gabled garage on the east side. The double-hung windows on the side elevations are to have shutters. Additionally, there is a request to demolish early wellhouse on the property.
- Construct contemporary one-story frame house on vacant lot in historic district transition area. Overall dimensions are 44 feet wide x 56 feet deep.
Concord Village HZ
- Style: vacant lot
- HZ Overlay buffer area
- Style: vacant lot
Applicable Guidelines
Village of Concord Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knox County Commission on October 22, 2001.
See Guidelines- INFILL AND NEW DEVELOPMENT: RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS - RECOMMENDATIONS:
- 1. Maintain the facade lines of streetscapes. Never violate the existing setback pattern by placing new buildings in front
- of or behind the historic setback line, or at odd angles.
- 2. Relate the size and proportions of new structures to the scale of adjacent buildings.
- 3. Break up boxlike forms into smaller masses like historic buildings. New buildings should be
- designed with a mix of door and window elements in the facade mimicking nearby historic houses.
- 4. Relate the vertical, horizontal or non-directional facade character of new buildings to the directional alignment of nearby buildings.
- A new building should reinforce the horizontal and vertical connection between historic houses present on the street.
- 5. Relate the roof forms of the new buildings to those found in the area, duplicating existing roof shapes and pitches.
- 6. New buildings shall equal the average height of existing adjacent buildings.
- 7. New housing shall be built with raised foundations or designed to suggest that there is a raised foundation equal in height to that of adjacent buildings.
- 8. In new buildings, the height of roofs and eaves, stories, windows and doors shall mimic adjacent
- 9. The materials used for new buildings shall be consistent with existing historic building materials along the street.
- 10. Front elevations shall have a strong sense of entry.
- 11. The styles and details of historic architecture should not be reproduced.
Meeting Date
March 17, 2016
COA Expires February 25, 2019
Concord Village HZ
10913 Gilian Ln
Applicant
Matthew Matthew Sturgill
Owner Elizabeth H. Elizabeth H. Sturgill