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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF. APPROPRIATENESS Date: 10/05/04 Application Number: 2004-0929 Property Location: 521 South Saint Joseph Street Property Owner: Dismas House, Inc. Landmark or District Designations Taylor's Field LHD Rating: Significant/12 Free Classic Queen Anne, built 1898 APPLICATION ITEMS: Installation of yard light as specified in the City's Yard Light Program PRESERVATION STANDARDS IA. The District Environment. New plant materials, fencing, walkways, streetlights, signs, and benches shall be compatible with the . character of the neighborhood in size, scale, material, and color. Street lighting should be maintained at levels recommended by the Illumination Engineering Society. Sources and light posts should be uniform throughout the district. Lamp fixtures and supporting posts must be similar, in proportion, scale, and detail to existing historic lamps. Streetlights should be placed so that adequate illumination is afforded to all sections of the public sidewalks (Page 20). RECOMMENDATION Very few streetlights stand in the Taylor's field district, unless they are the cobra headed type. There are a few existing yard lights in the Town and Country style. They are about 4' to 5' tall and stand near the front walks. Generally, the lighting in the district is rather sparse. Based on the guidelines, lighting must be compatible to the district in character, scale, material, and color. The yard light the Dismas House has chosen would be the historical styled light. In scale and material, it is consistent with existing yard lights. Concerning character, the yard light is as historic as the Town and Country style lights. The yard light would not greatly impede the public's view of this very large and nicely detailed Queen Anne house. Staff recommends approval of the yard light for 521 South Saint Joseph Street.