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Primary Residence
The project will remodel a 430 North Tracy residence which is a structure that predates 1904
that has been ‘totally altered and enlarged’ throughout a variety of alterations and additions over
the past century, and is therefore regarded as a non-contributing building within the North Tracy
Avenue Historic District. The proposed changes to the building aim to improve the interface with
the street by expanding the porch, preserve the primary gable roof form facing the street,
reconstruct the back portion of the second level roof at the historic roof slope to replace several
dormer additions, and expand the second level over the existing footprint of the attached
garage. The second level will incorporate a deck over the existing attached garage.
The composition of the design aims to frame the historic gabled residential archetype with
contemporary forms made of vernacular materials of metal skin on conventional wood framing.
The original historic gable remains preserved as the predominant form facing the street, where
the reconstructed portion of the roof is in the back half of the primary residence to preserve the
original form and scale facing the street. The existing fireplace was a mid-century addition that
will be removed and a more historically scaled fireplace will be built where the existing roof
meets the new rear second level roof construction.
The remodel design aims to comply with the COA Design Objectives while creating a new,
unique design that fits within the existing fabric of the neighborhood. The height and scale of
the design is consistent with adjacent homes. Smaller varied masses were introduced into the
design to break up the larger massings of the existing non-contributing residence. Because the
adjacent buildings incorporate both vertical and horizontal siding, the design also utilizes a
balance of siding orientation to create a balanced composition that fits within the context of the
streetscape. The existing non-contributing residence has a front setback of approximately 17’-6’
with a relatively small porch, where the new design looks to enlarge the front porch and
strengthen the sense of entry in a way that is consistent with many of the adjacent porches on
the street that are open towards the south and enclosed on the north side. Like numerous other
porches on the street, including the home directly adjacent to the south, the new porch utilizes
the allowable encroachment into the first five feet of the front setback in order to meet the COA
design objective of creating a prominent visual feature in the street elevation of the building.
The design of the remodel also seeks to create a balance through the position of windows and
doors that are predominantly symmetrical without being too rigid.
Garage & ADU
Working within the existing footprint of the garage building, the project seeks to reconstruct the
garage with a second level ADU well within the sideyard angled setbacks. The existing single
story garage does encroach in the north side yard setback and is therefore non-conforming, so
this portion of the building will remain a single story, and the second level ADU will be positioned
to the South side of the existing footprint. The height of the ADU will be less than the structure
of the primary dwelling as required by the State of Montana Code Annotated 2023 (MCA
76-2-345).