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i CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT <br />APPLICATION , -- 19,98701305 <br />PROPERTY -- East Wayne Street <br />South Bend, IN <br />OWNER -- City of South' Bend Dept .' of Prtbl ic. Works <br />DES1'GNATION -- LHD-EWS <br />RATING -- ' <br />STATEMENT Or SIGNIFICANCE /HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />PROPOSED CHANGE, <br />Applicants are proposing to replace existing street lighting system with <br />complete new service-. ' The new poles• will be concrete to match the existing and the _1.i.ght (ixt:ures will be 8 lanterns with 9500 lt.anen /hi.gh pressure <br />sodium bulbs: The poles on Jefferson Street will be black fiberglass replicas <br />of cast-iron poles with the same l.ighi.ing fixtures. ; <br />STANDARDS <br />The Preservation' Guidelites for East Wayne Stre(--t: Historic District state: <br />b) ....The Guidelines for. the East Wayne StrPet District: .Follow the <br />Rehabilitation Model'.... <br />I: Environment <br />I.A.1. Required <br />Distinctive existing features such as the'-brick entry pillars, earl <s, gardens, <br />streetlights — shall be retained. Major landscaping items, fencing, wa'l.kways, <br />street ... shall be compat:ible.with't:he character of the neighborhood in., <br />size,. scale, • material, 'and color. Street l i- ghting ill nm.inat.ion s}tould be <br />maintained at level. rer_ommenf}ed by the Illuminating Frtg:Mieering Sor,i.et:y. <br />Light sources must, have spec t u :.1 d i st. ri but i oft in al l color • ratigps . Older <br />1•ight fixttit-es are preferred to new. Replacement .lamp fixtures and supporting <br />post:s must'.be.simi.lar in proportion, scale, sizP,'shape, style, and appearance <br />to the_ existing; Kist :oric lamps. ' Street li.ght.s shall be' placed so that: <br />adequate i,llumi.nation is afforded all sections of public sidewalks (r(;fpt t:o " <br />Appendix A). <br />I.A.2 Recommended <br />Whenever possible, original features should bp 'restored. If older light <br />fixtures are 'taken down "in the city,' they should be reserved for use in the`, <br />historic district. <br />I.A:3. Prohibited <br />Signs, street lights, henches..':which are out of,seale or inappropriate to the <br />'neighborhogd may not be ,used. <br />I.A.4: - Not Recommended <br />High itttensi ty overhead street: 1 ights should not bo tt<>ed. <br />