Staff recommends denial of proposed replacement fiber cement board siding, and approval of the second option proposed by applicant, wood clapboard siding. New wood clapboard siding to be used to repair where possible, and replacement as necessary.
Applicant is proposing replacement of existing wood clapboard siding with smooth-faced fiber cement boards, to match existing wood siding in board size, shape, overlap, and pattern. Applicant proposing exterior grade wood clapboard siding as second option if the fiber cement boards are not approved.
Repair and replacement of trim work as necessary, including roof gables and vertical corners of house.
One-story frame residence, resting on a brick foundation, clad in weatherboard siding. Cross-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles. One-story, one-bay front porch with square wood columns. Interior brick chimney centered on ridgeline. Rectangular plan. Two entry doors.
1. The house is a contributing resource to the Old North Knoxville Historic District.
2. Contractor submitted five photographs of deteriorated siding. The siding on northeast elevation appears in most significant need of repair/replacement. Photos do not show full extent of the existing siding's conditions.
3. There is no precedent for replacement of existing wood clapboard siding with fiber cement board in the Old North Knoxville neighborhood. In Old North Knoxville, use of fiber cement board has been approved in 2015 for a new garage and addition, and in 2018 for a rear addition.
4. Applicant has proposed wood clapboard siding as a replacement for the existing siding, as a second option if fiber cement boards are not approved by the Commission.
5. Treatment of chimney and roof are not addressed in this application and will have to be reviewed further by staff and/or the HZC.
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