Historic Zoning Commission

Edgewood-Park City H-1: Level II

12-D-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major replacement of materials or architectural elements

Remove existing slider windows and replace with picture windows with no dividers. Replace installed knee walls beneath the existing windows with tempered glass windows. Remove sliding glass door and replace with full-view glass door with sidelights on each side. Wood panels would be installed above brick piers to appear as support posts. A wooden balustrade with 2x2 pickets would be installed in location that former balustrade existed. See Exhibit One accompanying this application for a full description of work.

Site Info

One-story frame with aluminum siding. Front-gable roof with asphalt shingle covering, kingposts. One-story three-quarter porch with altered front porch with brick columns and sawn wood balustrade. Exterior end brick chimney. Brick foundation. Rectangular plan. Transom over entry. (Contributing)

1) The porch enclosure was reported to Building Inspections on August 6, 2014. The work was completed without a Building Permit or a Certificate of Appropriateness for the H-1 Overlay District.

2) The former porch balustrade and support posts were removed, and a glass panel system and sliding doors were installed to enclose the porch just prior to being reported to Building Inspections.

3) The glass porch enclosure is not appropriate for the Craftsman-style house or any house with the H-1 zoning overlay because it obscures and destroys early or original features, and because this type of enclosure was not utilized during the period of architectural significance for the historic district.

4) The proposed revisions to the enclosure will not replicate an earlier or the original appearance of the front porch because the glass panel system and doors will remain highly visible.