Historic Zoning Commission
Village of Concord HZ: Level III
12-H-14-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Approval with condition that a design for the balustrade be submitted to staff that reduces the apparent height of the balusters from the 36-inch height required by Building Code.
Location Knox County
11029 Lake Ridge Dr 37934
OwnerGary and Nancy Gary and Nancy Tucker
Applicant Request
Level III. Construction of new primary building
Construct new one-and-a-half-story frame house and garage on vacant lot. Primary exterior materials are to be smooth fiber cement board siding and shingles, a five-V groove metal roof over porches, and brick foundation. The shingles are to be 6- inch with no wood grain. The windows are to be double-hung, one-over-one with a separate fixed transom. Front door is to be wood with a 1/2 light above recessed panels, and with a white-framed full-light storm door. The front steps are to be brick and the porch floors are to be tongue-and-groove. The driveway will be gravel.
Staff Comments
new construction
ROOFS
1. The shape and pitch of roofs on new construction shall imitate the shape and pitch of roofs on
neighboring existing houses or other houses of the same architectural style.
2. The eaves on additions or new buildings shall have an overhang that mimics the original eaves. A
minimum overhang of at least eight inches shall be used on new buildings or additions to existing
buildings.
3. Repair or replace roof details (chimneys, roof cresting, finials, attic vent windows, molding and
other unique roof features). Use some of these details in designing new buildings.
4. Materials used in roofing existing buildings or new construction shall duplicate the original.
PORCHES
3. New buildings constructed in the Village of Concord shall contain front porches large enough to
provide seating. The proportion of the porches to the front facades shall be consistent with the
historic porches in the neighborhood. Details such as columns, posts, piers, balustrades and porch
flooring and ceilings shall be built with materials that are consistent in appearance with historic
materials. The appropriate size for turned wood columns or newel posts is at least 4"on each side.
Craftsman style porch columns and posts are usually 8" to 10" in depth and width.
WALLCOVERINGS
12.New construction or additions to non-historic buildings shall use materials that duplicate the appearance
of neighboring historic buildings, so that the new buildings blend with the fabric of the area. This
includes the use of corner and trim boards, and appropriate door and window trim. If artificial siding used on
new or non-historic construction, it must be vented every twelve inches, and should look like
4-inch lap siding, with appropriate duplicates of shingles or other decorative features that would have been
found originally, unless otherwise approved by the Historic Zoning Commission.
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.
The placement of door and window openings should be imitated.
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 to the foundation height of adjacent buildings.
8. In new buildings, the height of roofs and eaves, stories, windows and doors shall mimic adjacent
historic buildings.
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.
12. New additions shall be located at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building,
limiting the size and scale in relation to the historic building.
13. New additions shall be designed so that it is clear what is new and what is old, but should be
compatible with existing buildings.
14. New additions shall not alter the basic character of the building, or cause a lessening of historic
character.
15. Garages and other outbuildings shall resemble outbuildings that have been historically constructed
in the Village of Concord. Their size and construction shall use materials that correspond to the
original primary buildings on the lot.