Historic Zoning Commission

Village of Concord HZ: Level II

8-E-23-HZ

Applicant Request

Revision to previously approved COA (3-F-23-HZ) as part of a broad exterior rehabilitation project. The applicants received approval for a wood lap siding or a wood board-and-batten siding, pending evidence of original siding uncovered when vinyl was removed. The applicants now propose to install a fiber cement (Hardie Plank) lap siding instead of wood.

CONDITION OF APPROVAL PER 8.17.2023 HZC MEETING: 1) new fiber cement lap siding be smooth-finished, 4-5" in exposure, with cornerboards and window trim to reflect historic designs.

Site Info

One-story frame residence with a side-gable roof with intersecting front-gable massing. Non-historic rear additions.

1. 1000 Olive Road is a contributing resource to the Village of Concord National Register Historic District and local overlay. The house has been significantly modified, including mid-century decorative brick veneer on the façade, the installation of vinyl siding, and a large, two-story garage addition on the rear dating to approximately 1990. The proposed siding change is part of a broader exterior rehabilitation project approved by the Knox County HZC in March 2023.

2. The applicant had initially proposed to remove the existing vinyl siding and replace with new wood or repair the existing wood. The guidelines first speak to repairing or replacing existing wood siding; there was not extant wood siding below the vinyl.

3. The Concord design guidelines contain provisions for the use of fiber cement siding, including that the siding match the dimensions of the original wood siding as closely as possible and must not result in the concealment or removal of original decorative detailing or trim, including window surrounds. Typically, fiber cement siding is approved in the City's historic districts as 4" lap, smooth-finished, with associated cornerboards and window trim (including sills, instead of flat panel trim).

4. Synthetic siding, including fiber cement and vinyl, have been approved for new construction and secondary structures in Concord, along with one approval for removal of aluminum siding and replacement with fiber cement board siding in 2012 (2-J-12-HZ). The 2012 approval noted that the guidelines for synthetic siding were written to consider aluminum and vinyl siding, and the neighborhood supported the 2012 installation.

5. The new HardiePlank siding should be smooth-finished, 4-5" in exposure, with cornerboards and window trim to reflect historic designs.