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STAFF REPORT - CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFIATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Number: 2002-0513 Property Location: 1430 East Wayne Street, South Bend Property Owner: Nancy Ickler & Gary M. Hamberg Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic District — East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing -10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT H. Russell Stapp, architect, designed and built this house for Whitcomb & Keller in 1929. Nora and Ernest Kizer purchased it in 1932. Mr. Kizer was secretary -treasurer for the Gafill Oil Company at the time. Winfred Sparks, a manager for JC Penny, came to South Bend in 1937, and purchased this home from the Kizers in 1939. In 1955, he sold it to Dr. Charles & Audrey Baran. In 1959, the Barans sold to Dorothy (Wiedlin) and Thomas R. Grimes, of Chicago. Mr. Grimes was a product manager for Uniroyal for 37 years. He died in 1982, and Mrs., Grimes in 1986, leaving the house to their son, Thomas Grimes Jr. He sold to the present owners in 1987. RECOMMENDATION 1. The proposed new garage doors appear to be almost identical to the existing (except for the muntons down the middle of each existing pane. Staff recommends approval. 2. Driveway widening. Page 39 of the Wayne Street District Guidebook, under "Required" states "Dominant land contours shall be retained." Under "Prohibited" on the same page, it states "Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking areas, nor paved nor blacktopped." The existing driveway is adequate for accessing the garage; widing it would only give more parking space. Staff recommends that this part of the application be denied. 3. Repave area between driveway, front walk, and service door. Staff recommends approval. 4. Remove cement slab and adjacent overgrown brick area in back yard, and repave with 16x24 -foot patio, having a border of stamped concrete looking like brick, around the perimeter, and a basketball hoop at the end furthest from the house. Staff recommends approval, conditional upon the previous paving material being removed, pursuant to good construction practices. 5. Repour curbs. This is an in-kind renovation, and should be approved. 6. Move existing hedge back from the corner of the yard and driveway, and replace the existing wire fence with a similar style. This proposal is motivated by safety concerns for entering Twyckenham from the driveway. Staff recommends approval. 7. Other landscaping, to be designed by a local landscape designer. Staff understands that the landscaping in view involves adding or moving flora, and not removing any trees or shrubbery. Staff recommends approval.