2018-016 Amending Ordinances Creating Historical Overlay Districts to Incorporate Design Standards for the Historic Districts

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THE SET6Xdk OF THE HOUSE REINFORCES THE ENTRANCE AND ORIENTATION 7,A FA, THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES HAVE PORCHES THAT FACE THE STREET zdr The organization pattern established in ,each Historic District guides the development and proposed alteration of each site. Historic neighborhoods were designed to be pedestrian: friendly since walking was a major mode of transportation. Houses face the street with a logical, visible entrance and a sidewalk that leads from the street to this entrance. Sidewalks from the street to the front door help establish rhythm. There is an established distance from the street to the house, which is called a setback. This setback reinforces the importance of the entrance and orientation of the building. Building beyond this setback would change the visual continuity established. Driveway approaches in the front yard lead to garages and secondary outbuiildings, which are located behind the main house. Contemporary style houses have incorporated their garage or carports into their house plan, but typically they do not project beyond the established front wall of the house. While the construction of new garages and carports is sometimes necessary, their placement and approach needs to respect the original "front line" of the house. This would place them behind the existing setback. Locating them to the rear of the property is preferable. Front yards are defined by Sidewalks, yard curbs, short walls or boundary walls made of stone, brick, concrete or concrete bllock. These walls are low in profile and do not obscure the house. Front yard fences are not common to these neighborhoods, but there is evidence of historic fences and walls. Design Standards for the City of Paris, Texas 95 al .. FA, THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES HAVE PORCHES THAT FACE THE STREET zdr The organization pattern established in ,each Historic District guides the development and proposed alteration of each site. Historic neighborhoods were designed to be pedestrian: friendly since walking was a major mode of transportation. Houses face the street with a logical, visible entrance and a sidewalk that leads from the street to this entrance. Sidewalks from the street to the front door help establish rhythm. There is an established distance from the street to the house, which is called a setback. This setback reinforces the importance of the entrance and orientation of the building. Building beyond this setback would change the visual continuity established. Driveway approaches in the front yard lead to garages and secondary outbuiildings, which are located behind the main house. Contemporary style houses have incorporated their garage or carports into their house plan, but typically they do not project beyond the established front wall of the house. While the construction of new garages and carports is sometimes necessary, their placement and approach needs to respect the original "front line" of the house. This would place them behind the existing setback. Locating them to the rear of the property is preferable. Front yards are defined by Sidewalks, yard curbs, short walls or boundary walls made of stone, brick, concrete or concrete bllock. These walls are low in profile and do not obscure the house. Front yard fences are not common to these neighborhoods, but there is evidence of historic fences and walls. Design Standards for the City of Paris, Texas 95