F.
7300 Valley View Road
New House
Submitted by Nestor Papageorge, ArtHAUS Building Company
a) Staff notes there is an existing house on the parcel, constructed in 1966.
The proposed home would be constructed behind the existing house. The
existing house would be demolished once the new home construction is
complete.
b) Based on the complexity of the request, the board may wish to receive an
orientation from the applicant and provide initial comments at the
September 11th meeting and continue discussion to the September 25th
meeting.
c) The Architectural Design Standards state “the front setback shall not
differ by more than ten percent from the average of the front yard setbacks
existing on the two properties immediately adjoining the subject property,
unless approved by the Architectural and Historic Board of Review. If one
or more of the adjoining properties is vacant, the front yard setback shall
be fifty feet.” Staff notes the house is proposed at a setback of two
hundred sixty feet, while the adjacent houses one hundred twenty feet;
however, the property has a size of approximately 5 ½ acres. The property
is also surrounded by large acre lots in the District 2 Rural Residential
Zoning District.
d) The proposed home would be classified as a “Two Story Wing Type”. The
type is described as follows: “ This type has a main body and subordinate
wings. The main body is two stories tall and centrally located in the
structure and the front door is located in the main body. There are one or
two wings which are smaller in size. Wings may be one or two stories. In
most cases, there are no significant recesses in the masses of the main
body or wings, but there can be projections from these masses.”
e) The Architectural Design Standards state “Wings may not be larger or
taller than the main body of the structure, but they may be the same
height.” Staff notes the right garage wing and the left great
room/kitchen/dining/ wing would be larger than the central mass. Submit
a roof plan to help evaluate this requirement.
f) Suggest a more prominent front entryway be designed.
g) Question if the exposed stone foundation and stone wall material would be
consistently applied around each mass.
h) Staff notes the site plan depicts a future outbuilding located in front of the
proposed house. The Land Development Code (zoning) prohibits
accessory buildings form being located in the front yard.
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