Historic Zoning Commission

Reynolds (Major) Drive Landmark H-1: Level III

4-F-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level III. Construction of new primary building

Construct one-story 7,600 square-foot restaurant/retail center with four articulated bays. The building is 65' x 123' with articulated bays with 22'-8" tall brick piers alternating with 21' and 19' tall sections of EIFS. The building has a flat membrane roof and aluminum storefront glazing.

Install 5 new trees in addition to the 3 trees already existing. The design has 3 ornamental trees clustered at the center of the site and two more flanking- for a total of 8 trees and represents an average on-center distance of less than 30 feet.

The rooftop HVAC units are to be obscured from view from the main roads.

Site Info

see attached designation report for the Major John Reynolds House a.k.a Knollwood.

1) The applicant has demonstrated with photos and drawings that the proposal for new construction siting meets the design guidelines adopted for the site.

2) The building site is foot or so above the Bravo! site which, with the addition of the landscaping will screen the parking to a larger degree than any of the other properties in the H-1 overlay.