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ARC grants certificate for new house at 404 S. Oregon in Hyde Park, with conditions on plan details
Summary
The Architectural Review Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for new construction on a vacant Hyde Park lot at 404 South Oregon Avenue, citing consistency with an earlier PD and attaching conditions for site details, minor design refinements and final material lists.
The Tampa Architectural Review Commission granted a certificate of appropriateness for new construction at 404 South Oregon Avenue, a vacant lot in the Hyde Park Historic District, contingent on final site- and material-level details.
Planner Ron Vila told commissioners the application follows a previously approved planned development (PD) and that staff reviewed plans dated July 15, 2025. The proposal is for a new single-family residence of roughly 775 square feet of new construction on a lot that had no alley access; the plan calls for smooth-finish Hardie siding on walls, sand-finished stucco at the base, a 5V crimp metal roof to match nearby houses, half-round gutters and aluminum-clad wood windows.
Applicant Assad Shaikh and architect Andy Pina said the new house was designed with a low one-story street-facing mass and a recessed second story at the rear — a pattern the team said appears elsewhere in the neighborhood and matches the PD massing that City Council approved earlier this year. Pina described details for a solid-to-picket balcony guardrail above a rear door, a brick skirt on the foundation, and a covered front porch built with dimensional lumber posts rather than boxed columns.
Public commenters from the Spanish Town Creek Civic Association reiterated neighborhood opposition to increased density and to perceived cumulative impacts of multiple small-lot developments in the area. The association’s president, Dr. Michael Poebett, said the project felt “squeezed” and urged the commission to decline.
Commissioners discussed small refinements — the front porch trellis, planter/welcome-wall proportions and the rear patio depth — and asked the applicant to reconcile some drawing discrepancies (the site plan’s rear-patio depth and the location of mechanical equipment). The applicant agreed to update the site plan, to lower or reconfigure the front planter, to consider an extra window on the stairwell/rear wall to break up a large plane, and to submit clarified details for the roof overhang, AC mounting and trash/utility screening.
A motion to approve the certificate of appropriateness with the stated conditions passed by voice vote. Staff will verify the revised site plan and material palette prior to permit issuance.
