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%.)t Arrf(VrK1AXrUUS66 bTArr KISeUKE. PROPERTY -- 1081 Riverside Drive South Bend, IN OWNER -- J. E. Talley & J. A. Geisel 14, DESIGNATION -- RSD-LHD STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT. This two story American Foursquare residence was constructed in 1920. It is rated C/9 in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Survey. The major exterior finish is stucco. The first resident was Ellar Newland, secretary and manager of the Builder's Supply and.Specialty Company. PROPOSED CHANGE Addendum to C of A 1994-0927-1 The owners received a Certificate of Appropriateness for an in-kind replacement of the front driveway approach on September 27, 1994. Due to a property line dispute with neighbors, they did not pour a triangular section of the approach with the main pouring of the driveway approach. After the dispute was settled the owners consulted the Concrete Contractor and an Architect who advised the small triangular piece would not be structurally sound if pourednowdue to its narrow width. This left the owners with two options: 1.) to remove the newly poured concrete approach and repour the large piece of concretes, or 2.) to lay the small triangular piece of the approach in paving brick. The owners are proposing to install paving bricks laid on a two-inch sand base enclosed by treated two-by-four wood. The top of the bricked area would be level with the existing driveway approach. The wood would be drilled through for the acceptance of rebar rods to be inserted and pounded into the earth for support. The rods would be cut off at the level of the top of the two-by-four. STANDARDS I.B. (2) --New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type, and appearance. RECOMMENDATION Driveway material in the -Riverside -Drive District is known to be asphalt, concrete, or brick. The proposed material would be congruent with site elements in the district and will match the brick of the house. Staff also appreciates the financial burden and time burden of removing the newly poured driveway approach and repouring it as one piece. Staff is aware of the property dispute between the owners and neighbors. It is the Staff's understanding that the ownership and removal of several bushes and shrubs is unresolved. The owners of 1081 Riverside Drive have asked the owners of 1077 Riverside Drive to remove the shrubs within 30 days. The owners of 1077 Riverside Drive contend the shrubs in question are on the property line and are commonly owned, therefore agreement must be reached between the two parties before changes can be made to them. The material change in the driveway is not affected by the dispute,,nor will any landscape changes other than the brick paving of the small section of driveway be involved i . n this Certificate of Appropriateness. Staff recommends approval.