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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC2006-008 Letter From Sara Braswell To LRHDC and c/o Mr. Brian Minyard 05/16/2006Sara Braswell 609 Rock Street Little Rock, AR 72202 May 16, 2006 Little Rock Historic District Commission c/o Mr. Brian Minyard Department of Planning & Development 723 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 Re: 609 Rock Street Dear Brian: Accompanying this letter is a completed Application for Certificate of Appropriateness which outlines intended improvements at the above -referenced address. Included in the planned improvements are a double garage, a covered walkway, and a screened porch, all in the rear of 609 Rock Street. Please process the attached application and inform me of any other actions I am required to take in preparation for the Public Hearing, approval process, and Historic District Commission approval of the intended improvements. Thank you for all your assistance in this process. If you have questions, please contact me at 682-5903 or 944-5198. SiLre,"Y', Sara Braswell Attachment (1) May 22, 2006 RECEIVED MAY 2 4 2006 BY: To the Little Rock Historic District Commissi�: From: Dr and Ms Thomas Braswell ] 609 Rock St Little Rock, AR 72202 501-301-7836 trbras@swbell.net We are requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness from your Commission. We propose to build the following structures on our home lot at 609 Rock Street, Little Rock, AR, 72202: A. New 2-car garage with interior storage space. It shall be simple in design but reflective of the character of the primary building. The automobile access shall be from the alleyway behind the main house. It shall be two stories with a single interior stairway leading to an unfinished second floor which will be utilized for storage purposes only. The dimensions shall be 24'-0" x 39'-4". The exterior finish shall be in keeping with the finish of the existing house. It shall be 1 "x 4" Hardie Siding planks painted to match the existing house. The exterior ground level shall have 3 windows on the west wall and two on the south wall, spaced to preserve symmetry. They shall be 2'-6" x 5'-0" and be double hung clad wood with no shutters. The exterior surface of the gables shall be constructed of wood shingles or a similar artificial substance such as vinyl so as to be of lower maintenance. These shingles shall be of the fish -scale shape and design to match those of the existing house. There will be wood vents on both gables, and there will be one window in each gable, each 2'-6" x 5'-0" double hung clad wood with no shutters. The roofing shall be of architectural grade composition shingles over 30# asphalt paper to match the existing roof and the pitch of the roof will be similar to the existing roof as well (12/12). The garage's overhead door shall be approximately 20'-0" wide and shall be constructed of metal or wood, shall be without windows and shall be painted in a color compatible with the primary structure. The exterior door for occupants shall be a T-0" x 6-8" wood door with window pane in the upper half. It shall be painted to be compatible with the existing structure. The foundation shall be a smooth surface concrete slab. This will require removal of approximately 40'-0" of the existing wood fence along the alleyway and approximately 24'-0" of the existing picket fence running along the south lot -line. The remainder of the existing wood fence along the alleyway will remain unchanged and will adjoin the new garage. B. New screened porch to be added to the rear of the existing house. It will be 18'-0" x 14'-0". The existing porch slab will be extended by 9'-0" in length to the rear toward the new garage. The existing slab deck will have approximately 4" of new smooth - surface concrete poured atop it with a slope to the exterior at 1/8" per foot for drainage purposes. The porch will have brick around the exterior foundation base to match the existing foundation brick around the house. The porch walls and the door leading to the new garage shall be of damp-proof wood frame and the insect screening material will be of metal, either traditional anodized aluminum or bronze. The screening material shall fit within the window frames and will not overlap the frames. The door and the walls shall be of full view. The roof shall be built to intersect the existing roof and allow maximum drainage. The roofing materials will be architectural grade composition shingles and will match the existing roof material and color. This porch addition will require removal of approximately 18'-0" of the existing picket fence and gate on the south lot line. The existing wood deck will be removed from the rear of the house. The existing slab deck will be partially removed in order to construct a new footing 24" wide. C. New covered walk -way connecting the garage and porch. A new smooth surface concrete slab walkway 5'-0" wide x 24'-0" long shall be constructed. It shall be covered by a wood frame with a roof which shall be of a pitch similar to the existing structure and the new garage. The roofing shingles shall be architectural grade composition and shall match the existing roof material and color. 2 There will be columns for support built along either side of the walkway. These shall be finished and constructed in keeping with the character of the existing structure. The ceiling and eaves of this structure shall be finished with a vinyl material to allow low maintenance. The columns and the finish shall be in keeping with the design of the columns on the front porch of the existing house, and of a similar construction. A New sidewalk. A new sidewalk will be constructed to extend an existing sidewalk on the south side of the house to the gate in the picket fence that is being moved toward the new garage. It shall have a smooth concrete surface and be 3'-0" x—15'-0". E. New fencing. A new wood privacy fence will be constructed to replace the existing wire metal fence material on the north property line. This shall be from four to six feet tall and finished straight across the top. This will attach to the existing wood privacy fence at the northeast corner of the property. A new wood privacy fence will replace the existing wire metal fence material on the south property line. This shall also be from four to six feet tall and attach to the existing wood privacy fence at the southeast corner of the property. Both of these fences shall be of wood boards oriented vertically, left natural, stained or painted to blend with the existing structures. 3