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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 5, 2006 Application Number: 2006-1113 Property Location: 1515 East Wayne Street Property Owner: Peggy and Bill Soderberg Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Local Historic District Rating: Contributing STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: Whitcomb and Keller built this H.R. Stapp -designed house in 1926 as a rental property. It remained a rental until its purchase by Geraldine and Dr.*George Green in 1937. The house remained in the Green family until 1991 when its current owners; Peggy and Bill Soderberg, purchased the house. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace the 8 South facing windows and 1 east second floor bedroom window with Crestline's Crestfit vinyl clad wood pocket replacement windows. The windows will be wood double hung with 6 over 1 replicating the current windows. The current windows are warped, sagging and will not hold paint either on the interior or the exterior. East Wayne Street Standards: II Existing Structures, C Windows and Doors. Window and doorframes are of wood or steel (some casements) or in the case of brick structures, stone sills and brick lintels.Where metal or vinyl siding has been applied, window trim has been covered. Storm windows are of wood or aluminum. Reouired: Original windows and doors shall be retained including sashes, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass, pediments, hoods, and hardware. When deteriorated beyond repair, they shall be replaced with units and trim resembling the original. Recommended: Wood frame storm windows and doors painted to match the original should be used but should not damage existing frames. If new sashes or doors are installed, the existing or original materials, design and hardware should be used. When metal storm doors are used, they should be painted, anodized or coated to match the existing. When awnings are used they should be of canvas material. Prohibited: Original doors, windows and hardware shall not be discarded when they can be restored and reused in place. New window and door openings which would alter the scale and proportion of the building shall not be introduced. Inappropriate new window and door features such as aluminum insulating glass combinations that require removal of the original windows and doors shall not be installed. Not Recommended: Awnings, hoods, and fake shutters made of metal, vinyl, or fiberglass should not be used if they would detract from the existing character or appearance of the building. RECOMMENDATION: The 1932 Portage Township Assessor Card notes additions and modifications throughout the 1930s and 1940s including a second storey room over the back porch addition that has since been removed. The 1987 survey card of 1515 E. Wayne Street notes the building integrity of this house as altered -major. The entire exterior is aluminum sided with aluminum storm windows and there are very few visible original architectural features on this house. Staff recommends approval of the replacement windows for the deteriorated windows with the stipulation that the original windows be stored.