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Appendix B East Wayne Street Local Historic District Assessment Summary East Wayne Street Local Historic District possesG®Q a character that has endured for decades and has maintained the most intact historic landscape of any of the Local Historic Districts. The flavor and ambiance should be maintained to ensure historic continuity. The use of hedges, ground cover and ornamental trees are the most obvious landscape elements that create a visual -continuity throughout the district. Formal street tree plantings could enhance the district 'but are not necessary due to the presence of large trees in the front yards of most homes. The human scale of the neighborhood is a unifying factor that should be maintained through regulation if necessary. A grouping of Oak and Walnut trees is one element not as obvious as some but no less significant to the historical landscape. The large trees act as a back _drop for the historic homes and -also tie the neighborhood together. The use of hedges in combination with the architectural styles of the homes in East Wayne Street Local Historic District create a very formal atmosphere. In yards visible from the - street, fences as property dividers and privacy barrier should be prohibited and the use of hedges for these purposes should be encouraged. The large trees in the front yards in combination with those in the tree lawns create a canopy enclosure that enhances the intimate human scale of the neighborhood. The street trees do not seem to create a line or visual connection in the manner of the trees in -some districts, therefore, planting in the tree lawns is not imperative but would not be objectionable either. The use of one large tree in the front yard seems to be more characteristic of the neighborhood than formal street tree plantings. To preserve the character of the district, each residence should have either trees in the tree lawn or a large tree in the front yard. The use of ground cover rather than wood chips or decorative stone also adds to the formal design of the early 1920 homes. The use of Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) and English Ivy (Hedera helix) should be encouraged while wood chips and decorative stone should be used in a limited fashion. Ornamental trees, such as the Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) and Flowering Crabapples (Malus) are the elements that add to the symmetry and structure of the district. While the use of ornamental trees is desirable and adds to the formal • atmosphere throughout the district, each lot should use only two or three to eliminate disruption of visual continuity. All of the elements discussed above combined with the architectural styles of the homes along East Wayne create an environment that is scaled to the human. The character of the elements should be maintained to insure the integrity of the page #6