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SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 235-9798 MEMORANDUM Tuesday, October 14, 2003 TO: Martha Choitz, Chairwoman Standards & Maintenance Committee FROM: Karen R. Hammond-NashXAW-k' RE: 721 Lincolnway East; Report of Committee Meeting and list of guideline citations The Standards & Maintenance Committee met at the home of Jim Burke, 721 Lincolnway East, Edgewater Place Local Historic District, to discuss and attempt to reach a decision regarding the proposed second story exterior hot tub, deck, and hand rail proposed for the Lincolnway side of that residence. After extensive discussion with the homeowner, and among the members of the committee, Mr. Burke requested that his application be amended to read as follows: To take trellis down; lower hot tub [to a point at which the bottom of the tub is about 5 to 6 feet above the level of the floor of the walled garden, and the top of the tub is about a foot below the level of the wall], and to install a second story deck around the hot tub, with a hand/guard rail that would extend three feet above the wall, and which would have 1 %2 by 1 %2 vertical rails between handrail and deck with 1" spaces between, following the octagonal outline of new deck and the rectangular - outline of the deck that was built in 2001. There would also be a step between the two second story decks, and a wooden stair up to them, in addition to the spiral stair approved in 2001. The Standards and Maintenance Committee, by a vote of four to zero, voted to return this matter back to the full Historic Preservation Commission for final decision, sending it back to the Commission with a favorable recommendation. Although the recommendation is favorable, committee members retained reservations regarding the project that led them to believe that the full HPC should reconsider it. Martha Choitz has asked me to list the sections of the Edgewater District Guidelines that - - are applicable to this case. First, of course, are the general provisions that guide the manner in which all other provisions ought to be interpreted. The preservation guidelines selected by the Edgewater Place Local Historic District are Rehabilitation. See the very bottom of page 24, in the 2003 edition of the guideline book. Rehabilitation is a stricter standard than conservation, but not as strict as restoration.