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Third STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFIATE OF APPROPRIATENESS October 18, 2002 Application Number: 2002-0603--1230 Property Location: 411 West North Shore Drive, South Bend. Property Owner: Lucy & Bob Jones Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic District — West North Shore Drive Rating: Contributing -10 The homeowners, Lucy and Bob Jones, submitted an Application June 3, and the HPC granted it, as applied for, with certain conditions, June 18, 2002. In the process of construction, matters arose which made it advisable to replace all the existing aluminum siding on the house, and to simultaneously take the opportunity either to restore original detail, or to install new architectural detail that would resemble the original more closely than the existing. Much original detail was covered when the house was aluminum sided. Additionally, the owners sought to install more modern ventilation, which is needed to accommodate the modern heating and insulation now in the house. This third matter concerns an alteration to the roof, by the addition of a new skylight, the purpose of which is to provide more head room (as well as natural light) at the top of a stairway to the attic. Page 20 of the Guideline Booklet for the West North Shore Drive Local Historic District provides under the heading "Permitted: Keep the original shape of the roof. Retain the original roofing material...." and under the heading "Prohibited; Do not add, remove, or alter — _ - features which will change its character or the architectural character of the house." Since the proposed skylight is out of view of the front of the house, and mostly out of view from both sides of the house, and since the original profile and material of the roof are retained, staff recommends approval of this new request for a skylight.