Recommendation from the December 18, 2014 HZC meeting:
Staff believes the conditions requiring that each of the 3 units vary from each other, and that sufficient modern elements are incorporated into the design to distinguish the housing units from authentic Craftsman houses, have been met. Approval is recommended for the new construction. Approval to renovate existing house (rather then demolish it.)
Construct a grouping of four 1-story, side-gabled duplexes in the Craftsman style. Integral garages are located in the rear of the units. The proposed driveway has been relocated to the rear of the units at the request of the Concord neighborhood. The submitted concept drawing is for one of the four duplexes and upon conditional approval will use that theme to ? design the other three buildings? so that they will vary in appearance in order to reduce the appearance of a multi-family housing complex. Proposal to demolish the existing Craftsman-style house in order to have enough space to build four units.
Following is a list of exterior materials proposed for the project:
1. Pro Stone from Boral Brick company
accent stone for pillars on front porch columns
2. Boral Brick. Foundation and brick for pillars on front porch columns
25 year painted finish "Recoat" is product name
Shown on brochure (color)
3. CertainTeed Lifetime asphalt shingles
Weatherwood (color).
4. Simulated divided light window and doors (include shadow bars)
White (color)
5. Royal Crest Premium Siding
Pebble Clay (color)
6. Gutters where applicable
Bronze (color)
818 Loop Road. Craftsman. (c.1915). One-story patterned concrete block with brick foundation. Three-over-one double-hung windows. Side-gable roof with lower front gables and asphalt shingle covering. Central, one-half front porch with block balustrade. Interior central brick chimney. Rectangular plan. (C).
806 Loop Road. (c.1930). Pole barn covered with tin sheathing. (Contributing)
1) The parcels for the proposed development contain a c. 1915 Craftsman house and a c.1930 pole barn that were deemed contributing at least as early as the design guidelines which were adopted in 2001.
2) The two contributing structures are highly deteriorated, but contain material that could be salvaged and reused. The pole barn would be a structure that could be easily located, but the house is of concrete block which would be difficult to dismantle and move without destroying the block.
3) The integral garages are located in the rear of the buildings so as not to be seen from the public right-of-way.
4) The fiber cement board is an acceptable synthetic material on new construction (noncontributing buildings) as long as the exposure is compatible with that of other Craftsman-era buildings in the district.
5) The proposed development site is not within a historic streetscape within Concord Village. It is within a vacant field that does not provide a pre-defined streetscape context; therfore, the consistent setback for the structures will create a new streetscape.
6) The proposed Craftsman design and materials meet the Concord Design Guidelines except for one standard in particular that is repeated several different ways throughout the new construction guidelines:
New buildings should be compatible with surrounding architecture, but their design should recognize
that they will function as a new building and will be built with new materials.
They should not be? ?imitations of buildings of the past; rather, they should respond to the present time . . .?
The styles and details of historic architecture should not be reproduced.
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