Historic Zoning Commission
Fourth and Gill H-1 (postponed from 2/21/2019): Level II
2-J-19-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the carriage-house style garage door. (approved at February 21, 2019 HZC meeting).
Staff recommends approval of the handicap ramp with the following conditions:
1) guardrail is to be no higher than the minimum code requirement of 34 inches high;
2) every effort shall be made to utilize the original stones for the steps and retaining wall; and
3) pavers for garden walk and any new stones to be approved by staff when selected.
Location Knoxville
703 Luttrell St 37917
OwnerTeresa Teresa Matthews
Applicant Request
Level II. Handicap ramp and garage door
1) Install new overhead steel garage door with carriage door and hardware appearance in garage-opening which faces Third Street. (approved at Feb. 21, 2019 HZC meeting).
2) Install handicap ramp with wooden floor boards and simple black metal hand/guard rail on rear of house with a landing at the public sidewalk on the side street (N. 3rd Avenue) of the corner lot. The original stones at the existing retaining wall are uneven and the dimensions may need to be slightly altered to work with the height of relocated retaining wall.
Staff Comments
Queen Anne (c.1900)One-and-one-half-story frame with weatherboard wallcovering. Hip roof with lower cross gabled front dormer, sawn wood bargeboard with pendant, asphalt shingled roof covering. Nine-over-six-light windows in gables, 1/1 double-hung windows on remainder of house. One-story front and side wrap-around porch with bellcast porch roof, curved ornamental half-timbering in front gable, narrow wood porch columns, front-facing brackets with applied sunburst design with brackets creating segmental arches. Two interior offset brick chimeys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Designed by George Barber.
ENTRANCES
7. Missing doors should be replaced with new doors appropriate for the style and period of the building. In replacing missing original doors, replacement doors should mimic doors typical for that architectural style, including materials, glazing, and pane configuration.
NEW ADDITIONS:
Recommendations:
1. Locate attached exterior additions at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building, limiting the size and scale in relationship to the historic building. Proportion is very important.
2. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new.
3. Consider the attached exterior addition both in terms of the new use and the appearance of other buildings in the Historic district. Design for the new work may be contemporary or may reference design motifs from the historic buildings. In either case, it should always be clearly differentiated from the historic building and be compatible in terms of mass, materials, size, texture, scale, relationship of solids to voids, and color.
4. Place new additions, such as balconies or solar greenhouses, on non-character-defining elevations, and limit the size and scale in relationship to the historic building.
8. New additions should not cause a lessening or loss of historic character, including the historic building's design, materials, workmanship, location, or setting.
