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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT <br />PROPOSED CHANGE . <br />Applicant proposes.to'erect a new three bedroom Ranch style home and a 30 X.40 <br />foot pole barn on the.newly created lot number 1 of Anthony Harmon's. <br />STANDARDS <br />Landmark guidelines do hot.-address new construction at a landmark sight other <br />than.additions existing structures. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />This Landmark.was• originally established as a farmstead with 22 associated <br />acres,- mostly in.farm field and approximating a.square site plan.- Around the <br />mid 1980s the Landmark buildings "were'sold on a reduced parcel of <br />approximately 5.2 acres leaving an "L." shaped•outlot.of approximately 16.8 <br />acres. This• "parcel has subsequently been purchased by the applicant and <br />established as a single loi�'subdivi_sion for proposes of constructing a single <br />family dwelling -as represented"by the plans submitted. <br />The and.accessory - pole barn °are to be located- toward the north <br />end of the *:: 6gtlot,. remote ;from the historical buildings and obscured from them <br />by fence. =row plantings,: ,The . proposed ..house is common -for ..such modern rural <br />house. lots with Ranch Style °layout - and Colonial Revival detailing. No <br />elevation views have been provided for the -pole barn.which is assumed to be.of <br />the'typical metal - siding type. <br />The. proposed.'.buildings' <br />- will,.have little affect on immediate context of the <br />- historical " - buildings . On - approach, -from the the• contour of the topography <br />will prevent seeing the new buildings until one_is nearly in front the <br />farmstead.,Nearly -400 feet of clear area- separates the proposed new buildings <br />from the ; extensive tree and shrub-growth which forms- th'e edge�.of the yard <br />surrounding the historical buildings'. An.issue does'arise as'to whether 'the <br />integrity of .the larger farm -field context will be undermined by. the <br />construction of the new buildings.,This impact should-be minimal so.long as <br />the- development limited- to.the.. single building lot under its present <br />zoning. <br />Staff approval of -the application as'submitted. <br />DBD , <br />4/14/98 <br />