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South Bend and St. Joseph County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Office Address - 125 S. Lafayette Mailing Address - 227 WEST JEFFERSON BLVD. SOUTH BEND, IN 46601-1830 Phone: 219-235-9798 Fax: 219-235-9578 e-mail: historic@michiana.org John Oxian, President A Certified Local Government Rhonda Saunders, Director December 14, 2001 Equity Funding Corp 1326 Miami South Bend IN 46601 Dear Property Owner, The Historic Preservation Commission has recently been informed that you have purchased a property located at 612-614 Carroll, South Bend Indiana. This property is located in the Taylor's Field Local Historic District and therefore falls under the minimum maintenance standards and guidelines (see attachments). These stan- dards deal with, among other issues, the required maintenance of historic properties as well as the does and M�on'ts for exterior work on all structures as well as landscaping. This district is realitively new and as such you may have been unaware of the historical status of this building. A quick summerization: all exterior work requires a permit from HPC including out buildings and landscaping; in-kind work i.e. replacing same for same can be immediately staff approved; all non -in-kind work must be reviewed by the Commission which meets once a month. The Commission has some concerns regarding the condition of this property. Our inspector has indicated that the structure at 612-614 Carroll has a substandard roof, water damage at the eaves, missing rear steps, water damaged porch, missing windows and roof steps.. All of these issues can seriously jeopardize the stability of the house as well as leaves the structure vulnerable to vagrants and vandals. If these issues are not addressed soon such deterioration will lead to very expensive problems in the near future. ,The staff realizes that winter is setting in and out door work is harder to accomplish, nonetheless, you will need to submit a written time table for the completion of the needed repairs no later then February 2, 2002. Simple repair and maintenance items such as the replacement of missing pieces of wood with wood in the same fashion as original does not require a permit.. Replacement of windows, large areas of wood replace- ment, step replacement and new roof will require a permit, as will any repairs that alter materials or style of what is existing. As such I have enclosed an application for the needed work. If you have any questions regarding this notice or would like to talk with our new inspector please contact the staff at 235-9798. �i ely,5-et� Rhonda Saunders Director HPC