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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION WRITTEN DESCRIPTION The proposed work will repair the detached garage at 1043 Riverside Drive addressing the code violations cited by the Office of Code Enforcement (see enclosed document) while proceeding in a manner deemed appropriate by the Historic Preservation Commission. The existing dimensions of the garage will be maintained, in that the current footprint, 17'x20' will not be affected. While the profile of the roof will be altered (restored to a hip roof) the height of the new ridge beam will not exceed that of the current roof peak. REPLACE ROOF SYSTEM The roof system that now exists is wholly inadequate, structurally unsound, and needs to be replaced wholesale. It includes a structurally subversive and architecturally questionable vented gable in the center of what was previously a straightforward hip roof (see pictures A, A2, B, C, D). We propose to remove and dispose of the entire roof and rafter system. While the roof is off we will straighten and shore up the walls as the situation allows, rework inadequate wall framing, improve headers over the garage doors, and add a double top plate to all the walls (currently only single top plates exist). Abandoning the vented gable we will build a simple hip roof, as one sees on many of the neighboring garages. It will be built to a 4/12 pitch with 2x6 nominal lumber for 24" o.c. rafters. The sheathing will be of 1/2" OSB. Weatherproofing will include 15 lb.felt paper, and metal drip edge. The roof will be shingled with 3 in 1 tab shingles, matching as best as possible the current sandy brown color. The builder, Amanda Cragen, has proposed a closed, vented soffit to replace the existing open-ended rafter tails to help prevent the kind of weather damage that has occurred in the existing roof (see "Soffitt Detail" and photo E). There are several neighboring garages that have the same or similar soffits with fascia boards. REPLACE SIDING AND WOODEN DOOR The siding on the east side of the garage is severely weathered and wom and will be replaced with wooden dutch lap siding with a profile matching the existing siding (see photo F). The wooden, sliding, barn -style door will be replaced with a copy made of bead board and 2x nominal lumber (see photo A). The existing hardware will be saved and reused to the extent possible (see photo G). PAINT FINISH All exterior wooden surfaces will be finished to match the house: brown body and white trim (see photo H). As needed the surfaces will be scraped and sanded, then primed and painted with exterior grade latex primers and paints, satin finish for the body, semi- gloss for the trim.