Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level I

12-F-05-HZ

Applicant Request

Level I. Standard repair

Site Info

N/A

The storage building was installed in the summer of 2000, and came before the KHZC for discussion in September (Certificate No. 829004&G). The Commission unanimously approved the staff recommendation, which approved the building, noting that the owner had suffered a stroke and the storage building was placed on the lot by his family in order to store his belongings and ready the house for his return home. The staff report comments noted that the approval was in the nature of a hardship certificate because the structure could eventually be removed if the owner moved or his heath issues were resolved. Discussion of the KHZC focused on the eventual removal of the storage building.

The applicant has made a careful attempt to disguise the storage building. Constructing a gable roof and obscuring the side elevations with lattice will do much to blend the building into the background, but there is still a large portion of the more shallow sloped lower mansard roof that is exposed. If the peak of the gable could be extended upward so the sides of the gable covered and obscured the mansard roof completely, the installation might be more acceptable.