8-H-26-HZ

Level II: Old North Knoxville H

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Certificate 8-H-26-HZ, subject to one condition: 1) final specs for garage doors to be submitted to staff for approval.

Applicant Request

Accessory structure

- New secondary structure (garage and accessory dwelling unit). Structure measures 31'-7" wide by 23-9" deep and will be located at the rear of the property, set 5' from the rear property line. The structure will feature a side-gable roof with a 10/12 pitch and two 3/12 pitch shed dormers centered on each roof slope, all clad in asphalt shingles. The exterior will be clad in smooth-finished fiber cement lap siding with a 4" exposure to match the main house, including window trim, projecting sills, and cornerboards. Windows are fiberglass-clad wood.Conditions of approval per HZC 8/20/2026: 1) final specs for garage doors to be submitted to staff for approval.

Old North Knoxville H

- Style: Queen Anne, c.1895
  - Two-story frame residence with a hipped roof clad in asphalt shingles and gable-roof dormers projecting towards the façade. Two-story porch on the right half of the façade.

Applicable Guidelines

Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.

- 1. The design of outbuildings such as garages shall acknowledge and suggest the function of original outbuildings that would have been located in the neighborhood.2. The design of features like garage doors that face the street shall mimic carriage house doors from an era consistent with the primary building on the lot.3. Garages shall be located to the rear of the primary building on the lot.4. Materials used in constructing outbuildings or accessory buildings may only usematerials and design characteristics selected from the following list: wood lap siding with a four inch lap or board and batten; a 12/12 roof pitch; overhanging eaves; exposed rafter tails; wood windows; masonry but not exposed concrete block or split-face block; garage doors appearing to be carriage doors or plank doors with x-bracing or perimeter reinforcing timbers.

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