Historic Zoning Commission

Mechanicsville H-1: Level II

8-I-13-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Construct utility shed, to rear of house, with front gable roof with standing seam metal covering, four- paneled wood door, and lap siding. Proposed shed is 6'x8'x10'-6" tall with 5' setback on rear and 5' setback on side.

Site Info

New two-story house with hip roof with lower cross gables and front gable, standing seam metal roof covering, flat board painted detail in gable and gablet with applied half-timbering, hipped three-quarter roofed front porch with brackets, square porch posts with sawn wood brackets, t&g porch floor, 4" wood lap siding, tripled window square bay with inset bead board panels at top and bottom, paired one over one windows on front and side elevations, one over one windows throughout, one story hip roofed rear section with unroofed rear stoop, brick foundation, corbelled brick chimney with chimney pots.

The proposed garage and rear porch are consistent with the adopted Mechanicsville Design Guidelines.
Secondary Structures pg. 24.

Auxiliary or outbuildings were very common in Mechanicsville, although many of them have deteriorated and
have been demolished. They served a variety of purposes, including storage, and after the fi rst decade of the 20th-century, garages. It is acceptable to construct new outbuildings to the rear of Mechanicsville lots, but they should be simply designed as were the originals.

1. The design of outbuildings, such as garages,
shall acknowledge and suggest the function
of original outbuildings that would have been
located in the neighborhood.

3. Garages and outbuildings must be located
behind the primary building at the rear of the lot.

4. Design characteristics and materials used in
constructing accessorybuildings must be selected from:

• a roof pitch consistent with the primary
building on the lot

• overhanging eaves

• wood windows

• wood lap siding with a four inch lap