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Existing Character Most of Pahoa's older commercial and residential buildings are characterized as "plantation style" and are typical of buildings commonly seen in small towns and villages throughout Hawai `i. Vernacular plantation -style building features vary, but generally share the following characteristics: • Building height: usually two stories in height, or some one -story structures with false- fronts nearly as high as two -story buildings. • Setback: no setback from property lines and the sidewalk. • Roof form: gable, shed, or flat roof, often behind a false front. • Roof materials: typically corrugated metal, sometimes tarpaper; later composition shingles were used. • Walls: single -wall construction primarily of vertical tongue- and - groove board, board and batten or horizontal boards. • Storefront: Small, irregular and varied. • Entries: Often flush with the front wall, occasionally recessed to provide shade and shelter for pedestrians. • Doors: Wood and wood - with -glass doors featuring multiple panels, raised panels, or glazing and panels. • Windows: Multiple -light and wood framed, with wood sashes and mullions, double -hung windows double hung windows featuring transoms. Character defining features of plantation -style commercial architecture: False front facade: Hawai `i's plantation -style commercial architecture typically featured a false front because building materials were quite expensive in relation to the labor costs. Architectural ornamentation was often limited to the building's facade and resulted in numerous variations of the false front. Canopy: Canopies across the main facade are a character - defining feature in plantation style commercial structures. Most canopies were shed roofs covered with corrugated metal. A few of Pahoa's canopies were hipped with shingles. Most canopies were supported by brackets underneath and /or rods above; posts were sometimes used to support canopies in turn -of -the- century structures. Historically, some of Pahoa's two - story edifices had wood - framed balconies, which also functioned as canopies. Canopies and balconies provide the shade and weather protection important in a pedestrian- friendly environment. Unfortunately, many canopies have been removed from Pahoa's historic buildings due to deterioration 1 or the requirements of modern building codes. Cornice: Often used in plantation -style commercial architecture, cornices were sometimes ornamented with rather elaborate brackets, while others were quite simple in 6 1 P a g e