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DATE: September 12,
2011
TO: Historic Landmark Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for a certificate of appropriateness to allow the
construction of a new house.
FILE: CA-2041
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
conditions:
1. The house will be built on a pier and beam foundation.
2. The body of the house will be painted A Mark Twain House
Peach @ (Valspar 2006-6A).
On August 8, 2011, the Southeast Texas Regional Planning
Commission (SETRPC) received approval from the Historic
Landmark Commission to demolish an existing house located at
2440 Rusk. This month, the Historic Landmark Commission is
to consider the construction of a replacement house. This
demolition and new construction is being done under the auspices
of SETRPC=s Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery Program.
The house, as proposed, would be a Craftsman style. The house
will contain two bedrooms and two baths and will be approximately
1,300 sq. ft. in area. The construction methods employed
currently would dictate the house to be constructed as a slab
on grade foundation, wood framing, with horizontal lap hardie
siding and 30 year Elk architectural roofing shingles in a
weathered wood gray color. With this particular house, the
finished floor elevation will be 2 feet. The windows will be
white frame vinyl windows with one over one appearance. The
roof will have 7/12 pitch and a front gable covered in siding
that matches the rest of the house. The house will have a front
covered porch with tapered square columns. The porch gable
will be covered in fiber cement shingle siding. The front door
has an upper glass light and there is a squared glass transom
above the door. Parking and a handicap ramp will be placed
behind the house.
Mr. Andrus has picked out paint colors. His first choice for
the body of the house is Valspar
A Woodlawn Marmalade @ (2003-6B).
His second choice is A Mark
Twain House Peach @ (2006-6A).
The choice for trim is A Woodlawn
Lace @ (3006-10C). The choice
for doors and shutters is A Mark
Twain Gray Brick @ (4005-2C) and
the choice for the shake gable,
insets and pin stripes is
A LaFonda Tile Red @ (2002-5B).
Exhibits are attached.