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Design Review Board approves rooftop deck options and acts on several infill housing cases; some projects postponed for revision
Summary
The board delegated final review of a rooftop pergola design at 120 S. Gay Street to planning staff, approved two infill housing certificates with conditions, and postponed one single‑family application for redesign and additional site information.
At its Aug. 20 meeting the Downtown Design Review Board took action on a rooftop-deck revision for the Commerce Building at 120 South Gay Street and on multiple infill housing applications across Knoxville, approving several certificates of appropriateness with conditions and postponing one application for redesign.
Rooftop pergola for 120 South Gay Street
Staff described a revised rooftop-deck application for the Commerce Building (a contributing resource in the Southern Terminal and Warehouse District). The revised proposal reduces the pergola/pergola height to 10 feet 1 inch, sets the structure back 4 feet 4 inches from the roof edge and surrounds it with 42‑inch guard rails. Applicant Logan Higgins (133 South Gate Street) described two alternative overhead options — a structural trellis/pergola and a fabric solar‑shade option — and said neither option is visible from the public…
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