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casement windows in pairs with transoms in segmented arches at the first level all with stone sills. The side and back entry have copper awnings. The site is formally landscaped in the front and terraced in the rear. The house is connected to a three car garage by a one storey enclosed breeze way with a steep hip roof and in the style of the house. ALTERATIONS: The breeze way was enclosed after 1943 and the door -window combination on the west side was added. The swimming pool was installed at a later date. APLICATION ITEMS: To build a 15 foot by 19.5 foot addition to the southeast corner of the existing house. The foundation will be concrete covered with stucco to match the existing house. The exterior walls will be 2'x6' with stucco painted white to match existing house. Corners will have stone quoins to match existing corners. The roof will have curved copper mansard to blend with existing roofs over east and south doors. The low sloped on top, not visible from the ground will have a membrane roof. The gutters will be half round copper to match existing. The east window will match the three sash arched casement kitchen window. The existing east kitchen window will be lowered 9-1/2", head height will more in line with the other windows. The window will be extended out 7" to provide a wider ledge on the interior. The extension will be white stucco with a curved copper roof blending with the roofs over the doors. Three existing windows that are on the south side of the kitchen and east side of the breezeway were added or changed at some time do not match the windows in the rest of the house. We will use two.new windows, one on the south side of the addition and one on the existing west side of the breezeway that a two sash wide ISI that match the windows on the east side. The new windows will be more like the rest of the windows. The existing south wall of the kitchen will be removed and supported by a steel beam and the east wall of the existing breezeway will be partly removed. This will open the kitchen and breezeway to the new breakfast area. Please see two sets of drawings submitted depicting before and after the proposed addition and the photographs. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner has engaged Martin Brothers Contracting of Goshen to construct an addition to the rear of the home and to add a bay -type feature to an east kitchen window. All of the exterior materials will duplicate the original Indiana limestone, smooth white stucco and copper features of the house. The windows will be custom made Marvin wood windows painted to match. The addition will be on the east side of the house and breezeway and will require the removal of the original slate roof on the east side and its replacement with a mansard roof with copper features that will resemble the copper awnings over the side and back doorways. The west side of the original breezeway will have an additional window installed to allow for natural lighting of the interior stairs. There will be no other changes to the west side of the breezeway. There will be a modification of the east kitchen window to be lowered 9.5 inches and extended out seven inches creating a bay feature that will have a stucco surface and a copper roof. The original window will be re -used. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Reading was waived by President Klusczinski. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of these application items. The projects proposed are in keeping with the standards adopted by the East Wayne Street District in both style and materials. The addition will not be noticeable from the street and will impact the east side of the breezeway which already has had modifications. The changes 19