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retained or replaced with replicas....Porches and additions reflecting later architectural styles and which are important to the building's historical integrity shall be retained. RECOMMENDATION: The side porch at 805 Bronson is located less than four feet from the property line and —the neighbor's picket fence. The pipe railing is not original to the house. The owner proposes a solid concrete —ramp with railings along the entire side of the house to the sidewalk for handicapped accessibility along this narrow and difficult to maintain space. Exhibit B Staff recommends approval. Petitioner not present at meeting. Klusczinski Chair opens up questions for staff members if anyone has any. Riley: A stupid question maybe, but is the handicapped ramp necessary? Hostetler. Yes, Elizabeth Farr's parents live in the house. Her dad is 94 and they currently have a temporary ramp on the front of the house but it's at a very steep angle, and it's kind of flimsy. Both her parents are up there in years, her mother is 89 I think, and is having mobility issues as well. From what I was told by Mrs. Farr is that when her parents pass on, she and her husband will probably end up living there. Riley: Well, I was wondering, it looks like it was hard to get to anyway and I was wondering if they're using that as a reason to build it. Klusczinski: Any other questions for staff? Chase: When they put up that original ramp, you say it's quite steep? Hostetler: It's a temporary one that they've got from; they're renting it from Memorial Home Care. Chase: Ok, well, I think that Code is 1 R height for each... Hostetler: It's temporary. Chase: And they can do that for temporary? Hostetler: Yes. But it's not permanently attached to anything; it's just on the front steps of the house. This is going to be a permanent ramp on the side of the house, and it is going to meet all of those configurations. Chase: Did Wayne take a look at the space and it's workable? Because of that takes them right up to the edge... Hostetler: Yes, and I think that Doug Turnock is going to work on this; he's the contractor that poured the concrete for the pool at their house. Zeiger: Do you know how far out in front of the house the ramp is going to continue? Is it past the front face? Hostetler: It's on a very very very narrow, I mean shallow lot. So, it's going right to the sidewalk. Zeiger: So it's going to project all the way. past the front of the house all the way out the sidewalk? Hostetler: A little bit because the house sits practically right on the sidewalk. There's only like about... Zeiger: Do you have detail on what the railing is going to look like? Hostetler: Pretty much like that. It's going to be... Zeiger: Is it wood, is it metal? Square pickets...? Hostetler: Wood. Zeiger: I think that's the sort of details that it would be helpful to have when we review C of As. Patrick: Good point. Chase: Sound like it will be minimal. Zeiger: I'm not opposed to the ramp. I think though that it's going to have a pretty major visual impact when you get a 42" rail going out to the sidewalk on top of a ramp. I think that the details of what those railings are going to look like are important because it's really going to end up looking like a fence. Hostetler: I think that's its going to end right about here, where their little sidewalk starts. Zeiger: Well, that's different than what you said. You said it was going to come all the way out to the sidewalk. 10