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s w: STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: June 6, 2008 Application Number: 2008-0605A Property Location: 818 Leland Property Owner: Peg and Steve Luecke Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park NR/LHD - - Rating: -- -- - No Rating- STATEMENT ating STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: Built prior to 1899, maybe 1894, this house was an investment property. Dennis (Dewey) Shoemaker, a tea salesman, rented the house for a short time and resided here with his wife, Agnes, and son, Ellsworth. George H. Leslie, an engineer, purchased the house by 1906. He and his wife, Florence, raised four daughters: Florence, Consuela, Blanche and Rita. The house had a 6'x8' addition on the second floor in 1942 and an outside entrance to the basement created in 1946. The house was not included in the 2005 Survey of the City of South Bend. APPLICATION ITEMS: Convert from a 3 -unit apartment house to single-family dwelling. Scope of work - Exterior: 1.4'x8' addition to create new rear entry, reuse existing door and redo back hip roof to accommodate addition and replace flat roof section (See Sheet A). 2. Remove two kitchen windows, E side, replace with shorter double window and remove one bathroom window, E side, replace with skylight or high horizontal window (See sheet A). 3. Install three square windows in dining room N wall (See Sheet B). 4. Remove on kitchen window N side; replace with shorter window (See Sheet C). 5. Repair foundation as needed- install glass blocks at window (See Sheet D). 6. Remove side door, N side of house; install window (See Sheet D). 7. Remove entry door to 2°a floor apt., S side of house; install small window (See Sheet D). 8. Relocate fir tree on south side (See sheet D). CHAPIN PARK STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Please refer to pages 68-78 for this COA. RECOMMENDATION: 1. The Staff recommends approval because it conforms to the guidelines for new construction and is improving the roofline at the rear of the house and the changes will not be visible from the street. 2. Staff recommends approval of the 2 kitchen windows and the changes for the bathroom window in this later addition to the house. 3. Staff recommends approval of the removal of the non -original door and its replacement with three fixed windows to accommodate a dining room. Change will also not be noticeable from the street. 5. Staff recommends approval of the repairs in the foundation. The use of glass block is not recommended (page 78) however, its use in this case will be in the basement window and not visible from the street because of landscaping and can be allowed if a suitable substitute such as LEXAN is not feasible for this application. 6. Staff recommends approval of the removal of the non-original/non-contributing entrance (0) and the modification of the window in the later addition to the house. 7. Staff recommends approval of the non-contributing door with the option to install a window or replace with siding. 8. Staff recommends approval of the relocation of the tree that is too close to the house and compromising its foundation. The staff has already approved the removal of the siding materials and the restoration and painting of the original clapboards, shingles and trim. Included in the staff approvals were: in-kind re -roof, porch and step restoration, sidewalk and curb restoration and removal of old garage concrete pad and a concrete platform in the rear of the house.