Recommendation
Staff recommends postponement of 6-F-25-HZ to allow the applicant to propose a rooftop addition that is recessed further towards the rear of the building (aiming to be less visible or not visible at all from the right-of-way), with a roofline and overall design that is more compatible with the character of the buildings and the district.
Applicant Request
Additions; Architectural feature; Deck- Rooftop addition to 32 and 34 Market Square. The project includes the removal of the existing roof deck on 32 Market Square, and the construction of a new rooftop deck that extends across 32 and 34 Market Square.
- The addition features three levels of decks with multiple stair levels, stepping upwards in height toward the rear (east) of the building). There are various rooflines in different heights and roof forms, including a large flat-roof wood pergola massing with horizontal steel cables extending towards the front of the 34 Market Square section, with a quarter-round and then a half-round roof vault extending towards the rear of the building. A 1.5- to 2-story addition on the 32 Market Square massing will be enclosed with glass.
- The application includes an additional story of space on the rear elevation of 32 Market Square. An additional roof deck will extend across 32 and 34 Market Square.
Market Square H
- Style: Vernacular Commercial, c.1890
- 32 Market Square: two-story brick building with double-hung windows, and multi-light transom. Corbelled cornice with limestone band and section of brick arches and front parapet, stone stringcourse and sills with brick dentil molding. Altered storefront.
- Style: Vernacular Commercial, c.1890
Applicable Guidelines
Market Square Design Guidelines and Designation Report, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 24, 2001.
See Guidelines- Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation: referenced by the Market Square Design Guidelines, and the principles are utilized as a basis for those guidelines. The below Standards have been referenced in previous HZC reviews of rooftop additions. See additional guidelines enclosed in agenda packet.
- 1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, site and its environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
- 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
- 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will 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.
