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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1995.05.04 PROPERTY -- 1077 Riverside Drive South Bend OWNER -- Mary Hendriksen & Dwight King DESIGNATION -- RSD-LHD STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE HISTORIC CONTEXT This Colonial Revival style home was built c. 1925 for Harriette and Dora Keller, sisters of Fred W. Keller partner in the prominent real estate company of Whitcomb and Keller. Harriette Keller was the resident of this house. The property has a one car garage whose west side is almost even with the west side of the house. Between the two structures on the west property line is a row of lilac bushes and.virbinium. This house is rated Significant 11 in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Survey. PROPOSED CHANGE The owners propose to install 29'-32' of 6' high privacy fencing using 1X6X6 Western Red Cedar dog-ear style boards, 2X4X8 West Red Cedar backrails and 4X4X8 treated pine posts to be set in cement. The fence is to be 4-8" from the property .line between 1081 and 1077 Riverside Drive. The Southernmost lilac is to remain. The owner already has received approval to transplant the other lilacs and virbinium from along the property line, and is asking for a COA for their removal if they cannot be transplanted. If they to have to be removed, they would be replaced with other flora. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Riverside Drive Local Historic District state that: I.B Building Site and Landscaping 1.) Required - Plants... which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. 2.) Recommended - New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings, and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. ...Tree and landscaping material that must be removed shall be immediately replaced by suitable flora. 3.) Prohibited - No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing old plants... before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be fenced and fences shall not extend forward beyond the setback line of the property. RECOMMENDATION The proposed fencing meets the guidelines as to appropriate scale, type and appearance and would not extending forward of the setback. Staff recommends approval.