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1) Required Existing or original porches and steps ... shall be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design and materials when deteriorated beyond repair. Porches and additions reflecting later architectural styles, and which are important to the building's historic integrity shall be retained. 3) Prohibited Porches and steps that are important to the building's style and development may not be altered or removed. RECOMMENDATIONS The building at 621 Lincolnway East was recently -sited by the City Building Department for violation of maintenance and safety codes. The owner has applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness to begin the repairs necessary to bring the building to city code requirements. The HPC staff makes the following recommendations regarding the submitted renovation proposal: 1) The building's brick foundation is in need of tuckpointing a loose and inappropriate mortar repair is present. The staff suggests that,the commission allow this repair as per standards II.A.(1,2,4). 2) The ,existing enclosed entry porch at the rear of the building has foundation/settling problems and is in an overall deteriorated.condition. In that the porch is of minor significance:to the buildings historic integrity (see standards II:D.(1,3) and cannot be seen from the street, the staff recommends that it be removed. The staff suggests that the commission make some kind of recommendation regarding the finishing of the newly exposed portion of the rear facade. 3) The staff recommends that the owner be permitted to replace the existing copper lok pattern asphalt shingle with 3 in 1 tab asphalt shingle. I 4) The existing gutters are metal or aluminum half -round hanging gutters with aluminum downspouts. There is nothing specifically addressing gutters in the standards; replacing the existing with a contemporary aluminum gutter system will have a negligible effect on the building's roof profile and detailing. 5) The existing chimney is in deteriorated condition. The original brick has spalled heavily and cannot be reused in a reconstruction and the top portion of the existing has been rebuilt in the last twenty years in such a way as to be incompatible with the original. The staff recommends that the owner be permitted to rebuild the chimney with brick that matches the original in texture and color and in such a way as to replicate the height and proportion of the original chimney.