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The staff will address the issues one at a time starting with the garage. The existing garage is in severe disrepair; it has major rotting problems in the sills. The owner has had to install plywood sheets on the interior to hold the garage together. The garage does not resemble the house stylistic and sits too close to the house to allow use of the second stall. Demolishing this structure and erecting a slightly larger garage to the far rear of the property will allow the owners full view and use of their backyard as well as full use of the garage. The new garage would match the house in style and material and would be an asset to the property. The staff recommends approval of the demolition of the degraded garage, construction of a new 24x28, 2 -1/2 stall garage to the rear line of the property so long as it does not affect the large pine trees located to the rear of the yard and the continuation of the existing driveway to accommodate the new garage. The owner is also requesting the replacement of the existing, 2 °a story, cedar shake siding, with 8" cedar siding. The existing shakes appear to be buckling, warping and rotting in numerous areas. A major concern is the amount of rotting and separation of the shakes on the corners of the house and the first floor brick line. The guidelines for the East Wayne Street Local Historic District state that original exterior building materials shall be retained. Whenever possible, the original building material should be restored. Metal or vinyl siding may be used when it is the only alternative to maintaining or replacing the original surface material. The staff has questions regarding the seriousness of the deterioration and the cost to replace the siding with cedar shakes rather then cedar siding. Due to the shortened time frame for this meeting staff was unable to contact the owner regarding these issues and thus would recommend that the portion of the application regarding the cedar siding be placed into standards and maintenance committee unless Mr. Smith can answer these questions at the April 9 meeting. 2