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I don't understand this at all. Why add anything if you're going to add this? The shortest space is shorter than the entry door, so it can't be being used for anything. Just remake the interior to be a really awesome small space. Looks like it's gone to shit too.
Looks like a staircase to me and those requirements are very specific.
Oh yeah, I see it now here in OPs video. So it's not just the lap siding upper portion that was built, the entire lower portion is new also, that's even more terrible. Why isn't it all masonry, they must not have had enough money. I still think I would have left the original stairs and just focused on the interior.
Iirc the law there says additions must be distinctly different so it's not seen as original. Old stairs might not meet the rise/run requirements now, or many other things. Stairs are serious business, they are used for emergency egress and emergency access.
Yeah, so I'm from Jersey (New), and historic standards around here generally dictate the same thing, that new structures attached to or around historic structures should be distinct from the structure. The idea is to leave the past there and not try to emulate it, so that it stands out, kinda.
And yeah, I'm sure those old stairs were a death trap for some elderly visitors. But that's half the excitement.