Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
4-E-17-HZ
Approved As Modified
Recommendation
At the time of the writing of this staff report, staff has been unable to identify any previous HZC approvals for ribbed metal roofing within the nearby historic districts an an actual sample of the roofing is not yet available to staff. Based on the information available in HZC files, the example photo submitted by the applicant, and staff's survey of roofs in the H-1 east of Broadway as a context, staff recommends that asphalt shingles or a simulated standing seam metal roof are more appropriate for the house, the streetscape, and the district. The applicant will provide additional information on the ribbed metal roofing product and its prior use in the district at the 4/20/17 HZC public hearing.Applicant Request
Roofing- Replace asphalt shingles on 9/12 hipped roof on main house, porch and porte cochere with galvanized "Classic Rib" metal roof in a bronze color referred to as "Bunished Slate." All ridges will finished with trim, and the roof will be ventilated through soffit vents.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Four-square Craftsman eclectic (2005)
- Two-story frame with hip roof with lower cross gables and composition shingle roof. Paired and tripled two over one windows. Vinyl siding to emulate weatherboard on first story, vinyl shakes on second. Corner boards. Paired cornice brackets under overhanging eaves. One-story front and side wrap- around porch with extending porte cochere, square 10" to 12" columns, sawn wood balustrade with 2x2 balusters on 4-1/2" centers. Split-face block foundation. Minimum foundation height - 24". Height of first story - 9'-1". Height of second story - 8'-1". Slope of roof 9/12.
- Style: Four-square Craftsman eclectic (2005)
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- ROOFS
- The roofs in Old North Knoxville are now nearly all modern asphalt shingles. There were a variety of original roofing materials, such as standing seam metal or metal shingles, wood or slate shingles, large patterned asphalt or asbestos shingles, or shaped roof tiles of terra cotta or concrete. The historic roof colors would have been darker shades of brown, gray, red, green or black. . . . When building new structures, roof materials should be carefully chosen to suggest the colors, patterns and materials that would have been found in the neighborhood originally.
- 4.) Materials used in roofing existing buildings or new construction shall duplicate the roofing materials originally found in the neighborhood. Asphalt or fiberglass shingles can be appropriate, as are wood, slate, standing seam metal, or metal shingle or tile roof coverings. The color of roofing materials should be a dark green, charcoal gray, black or dark reddish brown to simulate the original roof colors.
