MISLABELED STYLE WILL CAUSE HEADACHES

It might seem like an honor to be categorized as Tudor, but the City staff will be confused. Your house is Tudoresque style and is beautiful, but when the City pulls out its forms and starts checking boxes, you are bound to run into trouble, as shown in the chart below.

Your Home

No

(1) Roof

Roof Construction

Is your roof hipped rather than gabled?

Roof Pitch

Is your roof pitch shallow (4:12 to 7:12) like the illustration below? Or more like the illustration to the right showing the typical 12:12 to 20:12 roof pitch?


Maximum Roof Eave Overhang

Are your eaves wider than 12 inches?

Windows and Doors.

Do your windows qualify?

Do you have fixed (non-opening) windows that are not stained or leaded glass?

Are your windows divided?

Do you have windows typical of Tudor houses, like a casement window (see below), diamond or rectangular patterns, leaded, hand-blown glass windows? Windows joined by metal strips in a grid?

  • e.g. Casement with diamond pattern


Chimneys

Is your chimney at least six feet wide? Is it within the wrap-around (your front facade or front 50% of the sides of your homeP?

Required Elements –
Tudor / Tudor Revival

(1) Roof.

Roof Construction
(A) Except as provided in this paragraph, Tudor structures must have a

side-gabled, cross-gabled, or front facing gable with intersecting hip,




Above: front-facing gable with intersecting hip

Roof Pitch

with a roof pitch between 12/12 and 20/12, or match existing roof pitch.

Maximum Roof Eave Overhang

(B) The maximum roof eave overhang allowed is 12 inches.


Front Gables
(C) Tudor structures must have at least one front facing gable (not including gabled dormers or wall dormers), but not more than four front facing gables.


(E) Copper roofing accents are allowed.


(2) Windows and doors.

(2) Windows and doors.
(A) Windows must be casement, single or double hung.


(B) Fixed windows are only permitted for stained or leaded glass windows.


(C) Windows must have multiple lights.


(D) Windows and doors must be typical of the Tudor style of the structure.

AI Says:

Tudor windows are often casement windows with diamond or rectangular patterns, and are usually made of wood or metal. They are often grouped in rows of three or more, and are placed symmetrically in the main gable. 

Features

  • Casement windows: These windows are a common feature of Tudor-style houses. 
  • Diamond or rectangular patterns: These patterns are traditional for Tudor casement windows. 
  • Leaded windows: These windows are often a good indicator of a Tudor building. 
  • Hand-blown glass: Traditional Tudor windows were made with smaller pieces of hand-blown glass. 
  • Metal strips: These strips, called leading, joined the glass pieces together in a grid. 

(3) Chimneys.

What’s the Impact of the Ordinance?

Increased Time for Construction and Remodeling

Another layer in Permitting for home Improvements and construction:

  1. First, you must apply for a Building Permit, like anyone in the City.
  2. But then your project needs approval that it complies with the CD regulations from the Department of Planning and Urban Development (PUD)
    • Does Review from the PUD take 7-10 Days?
      • No, City data shows applications spend an average of over 7 weeks in PUD
      • PUD may approve. But they can also deny: See Cost of an Appeal below.

Increased Costs

Fines

Cost of an Appeal

  • Plus, attorneys fees.
  • Plus, the cost of construction delays

Delays Created by Neighbors

  1. Neighborhood Hall Monitors can — and will — report a Code Violation to the City,
  2. Regardless of the merit of their claim, the City then issues a  STOP WORK ORDER on your improvements (See Letter from a Frustrated Homeowner in a CD).