Level III: New Primary Structure (revised Design)
5-A-22-IH
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 5-A-22-IH, subject to the following conditions:1) Revisions to façade and side elevation window placement and design;
2) Final site plan to meet City Engineering standards.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- Revised design for new primary residence fronting Orlando Street. Initial submission was reviewed and approved by the Design Review Board in 2021 (12-A-21-IH). Revised proposal includes modifications to roofline; massings on front and rear elevations; and window placement and designs on front, rear, and side elevations.
- The site plan has not been modified from previous review, featuring a front setback of approximately 35'-5" on the left side of the façade, with the primary massing recessed and set 45'-1" from the front property line on the right side. The parking has not been modified, with a 26'-8.5" long by 21' wide concrete parking pad extending off Seymour Avenue.
- The two-story house features a 7/12 pitch, side-gable roof clad in dimensional shingles, with gable fields clad in lap siding; an exterior of brick veneer, and a brick foundation.
- On the façade, a one-story, front-gable roof massing projects from the left half of the façade (revised from a two-story massing in previous submission), featuring a pair of double-hung, one-over-one, windows. A 9' deep and 8' wide, shed-roof entry stoop supported by a 10" by 10" square column is centered over the door, with a single-light picture window flanked by two double-hung windows on the third bay. Window placement on the right side elevation has been revised. The rear elevation has been revised to feature a one-story, full-length, hipped-roof massing with a secondary entry, and the second story will be clad in lap siding. The left side foundation has been revised to include four differently-sized windows.
Applicable Guidelines
Heart of Knoxville Infill Housing Design Guidelines
See Guidelines- 1. Front Yards
- Consistent front yard space should be created along the street with the setback of a new house matching the older houses on the block.
- When several infill houses, porches and the habitable portion of each house should be about the same distance from the street as the original houses.
- A walkway should be provided from the sidewalk or street to the front door. Along grid streets, the walk should be perpendicular to the street.
- Healthy trees that are outside the building footprint should be preserved. The root area should be marked and protected during construction.
- Consistent front yard space should be created along the street with the setback of a new house matching the older houses on the block.
- 2. House Orientation and Side Yards
- New housing should be proportional to the dimensions of the lot and other houses on the block.
- Side yard setbacks should be similar to older houses on the block, keeping the rhythm of spacing between houses consistent.
- New housing should be proportional to the dimensions of the lot and other houses on the block.
- 3. Alleys, Parking, and Services
- Parking should not be in front yards.
- Alley access should be used for garage or parking pad locations.
- On streets without alleys, garages or parking pads should be at least 20' behind the front façade of the infill house with access limited to one lane between the street and the front façade.
- On those streets which have alleys, driveways should not be permitted from the front of the house.
- Alley oriented parking pads, garbage collection points, and utility boxes should be screened with a combination of landscaping and fencing.
- Parking should not be in front yards.
- 4. Scale, Mass, and Foundation Height
- The front elevation should be designed to be similar in scale to the other houses along the street.
- The front façade of new houses should be about the same width as original houses on the block.
- If extensions or bays were typically part of the neighborhood's historic house design, such elements should be incorporated into infill housing.
- New foundations should be about the same height as the original houses in the neighborhood.
- The front elevation should be designed to be similar in scale to the other houses along the street.
- 5. Porches and Stoops
- Porches should be part of the housing design in those neighborhoods where porches were commonplace.
- Porches should be proportional to original porches on the block, extending about 8-12' toward the street from the habitable portion of the house.
- Porches should extend into the front yard setback, if necessary, to maintain consistency with similarly sited porches along the street.
- Porch posts and railings should be like those used in the historic era of the neighborhood's development.
- Porches should be part of the housing design in those neighborhoods where porches were commonplace.
- 6. Windows and Doors
- When constructing new houses, the windows and door styles should be similar to the original or historic houses on the block.
- To respect the privacy of adjacent properties, consider the placement of side windows and doors.
- The windows and doors on the front façade of an infill house should be located in similar proportion and position as the original houses on the block.
- Attention should be paid to window placement and the ratio of solid (the wall) to void (the window and door openings).
- Contemporary windows such as "picture windows" should not be used in pre-World War II neighborhoods.
- When constructing new houses, the windows and door styles should be similar to the original or historic houses on the block.
- 7. Roof Shapes and Materials
- New roofs should be designed to have a similar pitch to original housing on the block.
- More complex roofs, such as hipped roofs and dormers, should be part of new housing designs when such forms were historically used on the block.
- Darker shades of shingle were often used and should be chosen in roofing houses in Infill neighborhoods.
- New roofs should be designed to have a similar pitch to original housing on the block.
- 8. Siding Materials
- Clapboard-like materials should be used in constructing new housing where painted wood siding was traditionally used.
- Brick, wood shingle, and other less common material may be appropriate in some older neighborhoods, particularly those with a mix of architectural styles.
- Faced stone, vertical siding, and other non-historic materials should not be used in building new houses.
- Clapboard-like materials should be used in constructing new housing where painted wood siding was traditionally used.
- 11. Landscape and Other Considerations
- One native or naturalized shade tree should be planted in the front and rear yards of infill lots with 25 feet or more in depth to front of house.
- 12. Small Lot 1930-1950 Era Houses
During this era, housing patterns began to change. Lots were occasionally platted in the Heart of Knoxville that were wider and were not typically served by alleys. Architectural styles were changing, too, with Dutch Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional, Colonial Revival, and Ranch styles being popular. Most of the guidelines on the previous pages are applicable to infill housing and house modifications in such areas. Additional considerations and exceptions that should be taken into account are outlined in this section.- Porches and Stoops: in blocks where entrances are dramatized by stoops, infill housing should feature a stoop (measuring 4 to 5 feet in depth) or a covered porch (6 to 8 feet in depth).
- 1. Front Yards
Meeting Date
May 18, 2022
Edgewood Park Infill Housing Overlay District
3300 Orlando St. 37917
RN-2 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood)
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