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Design Review Board approves storefront renovation and canopy at 412 South K Street with engineering review condition
Summary
The board approved Certificate of Appropriateness 11A25DT for storefront renovations at 412 South K Street, including a new wooden door and an aluminum canopy, subject to conditions requiring signage to return as a separate application and that sight glass and sidelights be transparent; members also required structural details be submitted for staff review once engineered.
Samuel Hawk of Knoxville Knox County Planning presented Certificate of Appropriateness 11A25DT for 412 South K Street, describing a storefront reconfiguration, a new wooden door with circular stained glass and sidelights, and a painted aluminum canopy projecting roughly eight feet from the façade.
"Staff recommends approval of certificate 11A25DT subject to 2 conditions," Hawk said, noting staff initially posted one condition and later added a second to address additional wall area introduced by the proposed door. Architect Keith Schutz, joining remotely, said the design was "conceptual in nature" and that final structural connections would be designed by an engineer. "We haven't fully structurally engineered it. It's conceptual in nature right now," Schutz said.
Board members discussed how the canopy intersects the existing transom and asked that the final structural details be returned to staff to ensure the canopy does not damage historic fenestration. One member raised concern that an arched canopy detail might not suit future tenants; others said the scale was consistent with the streetscape. Members requested that signage and illumination be returned as a separate application. The board moved to approve the application contingent on staff conditions and an added condition that final structural design be submitted for staff review; the motion carried on a voice vote.
