Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

8-K-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Installation of solar panels

LEVEL I
Repair and restore 15 original wood double-hung windows. Replace rotted siding between upper and lower levels of rear porches. Replace porch flooring with 1x4 wood tongue-and-groove. Replace plywood ceiling on lower rear porch with wood beadboard. Replace ashalt shingles in-kind on ear porch roof and entire house.

LEVEL ll
Installation of eighteen (18) ~39.5"x66" reflective solar panels on southeast face of side-gabled roof. Panels (in black) are to be flush-mounted to a metal rail system, also black, parallel at less than 6 inches above the roof shingles. They will have an anti-glare finish that will minimize their reflectivity. An inverter and second power meter will be installed on the side of the house alongside the existing power meter and above the power box.

Site Info

Two-story frame with weatherboard and imbricated shingle wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, side hipped roof dormer, rear shed roof dormer, raised panels, brackets, fishscale shingles and square vent in front and side gables, asphalt shingle roof covering. Queen Anne-over-one double-hung windows. One-story full front and side wrap-around porch with turned wood columns, checkered pediment over front steps with raised square applied motif and brackets forming segmental arches. Vertically corbelled stuccoed brick interior offset chimney. Brick foundation. Cut-away bay on north elevation with applied sunburst in central wall rather than window.

1) The solar equipment will be mounted parallel to the roof slope and not more than six inches high above the roof, as measured from the bottom of the equipment to the roof surface.

2) The solar equipment is proposed to be mounted closer than 1/3 the depth of the main body of the roof (see diagrams). The panels will be visible from Deery Street if placed on the side-gabled roof surface. If placed on the rear 2/3s of the side gabled roof, and on the back porch roof, the panels will be less noticeble. The street to the rear of the house, Morgan Street, is 50 feet away from the back of the house as shown on the accompanying map.

3) The framing equipment associated with the installation of solar technology, including brackets, edging around solar collectors, and other metal features, will be color clad with black to be made less obtrusive and to minimize contrast between the solar collectors and the roof shingles. The glass panels will be treated with an anti-reflective coating, but will still present a somewhat glossy surface.

4) No historic roofing materials or features, including the two chimneys, will be irrevocably altered or removed for the solar installation. No changes to the existing roof or siding of the house will be necessary to support the installation of the panels. No trees will be removed or pruned.