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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1995-0905 PROPERTY -- 19109 Johnson Rd. South Bend, IN OWNER -- Peter & Syril Kline DESIGNATION -- Local Historic Landmark STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was constructed circa 1900 in the Queen Anne or Free Classic style. It is rated Outstanding (13) in the St. Joseph County Summary Report of the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory, noteworthy as an excellently preserved specimen of an well articulated expression of the period and style. The site is commonly known as the Hay Homestead. Other feature of the landmark site include a large bank -barn which probably predates the house. The site was established as a group B Local Landmark in 1989. PROPOSED CHANGE The applicant seeks to refinish sections of the exterior siding with an oversiding material. STANDARDS The Preservation Standards for a Group B Local Landmark state: C.3 Materials - Additions and improvements involving any new material in the landmark should be of the same material as the original. It should be the same size and texture. An alternative material may be allowed if it duplicates the original. C.3.b - Siding materials - the Commission discourages the covering or alteration of original materials with additional siding..... RECOMMENDATION Upon receipt of this application, Staff notified the applicant that the application did not contain sufficiently detailed information regarding the specification and intended location(s) of the intended siding placement for proper interpretation and requested additional information in this regard. Upon telephone conversation, Staff has subsequently informed the applicants of the legal requirement of a waiver of the requirement of a timely hearing and supplied them with a waiver form in the event that the specifications necessary for proper consideration of the merits of the proposal cannot be had before the hearing. In the absence of the executed waiver and/or sufficient specifications; Staff recommends denial of the application. DBD ].0/11/95