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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: September 3, 2008 Application Number: 2008-0827 Property Location: 304 Twyckenham Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Colonial Revival/1929/ H.R. Stapp/ Whitcomb & Keller Property Owner: Aimee and Kevin Buccellato Landmark or District Designation: E. Wayne Street LHD Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a two storey frame Colonial Revival home with a rectangular plan, flared gable asphalt shingle roof with three gable inset dormers at the front. The porch roof extended from the main roof supported by square box columns with mold trim as capital. There is a central entry with sidelights. There is a two car garage wing with two doors with molded trim cornice, wood balustrade on the flat roof. All of the windows and doors appear to be original. ALTERATIONS : Enclosed arched area at rear garage was noted on survey card. APPLICATION ITEMS: Removal of 4 non -conforming pine trees (3 Blue Spruce/1 Fir)[See Exhibit A&B] which obscure the view of the house from the street(Exhibit C) and impede the growth of lawn/grass (large portion of yard). Addition of (1 or 2) new deciduous trees within tree lawn along Twyckenham Drive (Exhibit D) DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowners wish to remove the four trees directly in front of their home and replace them with a maple tree in the tree lawn. The maple trees recommended for tree lawns for the East Wayne Street District are the Norway Maple and Sugar Maple. The spruce trees were less than 6 feet tall in March 1987 when the survey photograph of the home was taken for the original survey card. Brent Thompson, City Forester, submitted an e-mail after visiting the site (Exhibit E) stating that the spruce trees are healthy but could be trimmed up or replaced. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: I. THE ENVIRONMENT A. THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT The district is characterized by its proximity to downtown South Bend. It encompasses several blocks of East Wayne Street, North and South, from Eddy Street east to Greenlawn and the south side of Jefferson Boulevard from Eddy Street east to Sunnyside Avenue. The district is bounded on the north by Jefferson Boulevard from Eddy Street to Sunnyside Avenue and then by the north property lines of the Wayne Street properties to Greenlawn. The south boundary is the southern right of way of the alley or the southern property lines of East Wayne Street, South. Unique features of the neighborhood include the island of homes between East Wayne Street North and East Wayne Street South, the parks at each end of the island, and the brick pillars at the entrance way (Eddy Street) to the subdivision with signage reading "Whitcomb and Keller's Sunnymede." Definition - the term "trees" in the following standards shall be defined as follows: