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place. New windows or door openings that would alter the scale and proportion of the building may not be introduced. RECOMMENDATIONS The HPC staff was informed by Riverside Drive Historic District liaison committee members of work being done at 1071 Riverside Drive without posted permits. A letter was sent to the property co-owners on 12/30/91 stating C. of A. application requirements as cited by local ordinance. The HPC staff received correspondence from the owners at the beginning of the new year, stating that they were not aware of HPC requirements prior to receipt of the 12/30/91 correspondence, that a fence surrounding the backyard was nearly complete, and that "no further exterior work of any consequence" was being planned. The HPC staff sent a letter on 1/8/92 reiterating C. of A. application procedures and requested a completed application and specific documentation of the newly installed fence. Shortly afterward the HPC staff was informed by liaison committee members that gutters and downspouts were being installed. The HPC staff contacted one of the co-owners on 1/13/92 and restated C. of A. requirements, including the need to document existing conditions before a project commences.; The co-owner said she would add the gutters to the application and submit photographs of both projects. She mentioned that there were plans to alter a window opening in a "non -historic porch" which she didn't think would need a C. of A. The HPC staff stressed that such a project would indeed need a C. of A. On 1/14/92, the other co-owner submitted the C. of A. application in person along with the photographs required and an additional interior photograph of the window opening in the process of being altered. The HPC staff made a site visit the same day, documented the changes with photographs and consulted with the commission's legal council, who advised that contact with the owners be made, with the request that they stop work on theprojectand file a C. of A. for the altered window. On 1/15/92, the HPC staff informed the Building Department of the work being done at the property. Upon discovering that no permit had been filed with their office, the Building Department issued a stop work order that same day. The HPC staff had contact with one of the co-owners the same day and requested that all work requiring an approved C. of A. be halted, and that the commission's review of the project may result in a request that the altered window be returned to its original state. Project Analysis: 1) Fence: B & C Home Improvement Co. was instructed to replace a deteriorated metal fence surrounding the backyard with a stockade -type wood fence, for which no manufacturer's brochure is available since it was custom built. This portion of the project is not in keeping with standard I.A(3) as sited above; the HPC staff was unable to document or determine the historic value of the previously existing fence.