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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: August 4, 2008 Application Number: 2009 -0803 Property Location: 510 River Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Property Owner: Lynn Patrick Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Rating: Contributing Side -gable bungalow /1920/Whitcomb &Keller DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: One and half storey bungalow on a rectangular plan with central brick chimney. It has clipped/squared side gables and has an asphalt shingle roof. Exterior walls are wood shingles, large on bottom half of house and smaller on top half of house divided by wood sting course; bottom half of house front fagade has perma- stone. Front window is a single pane picture window, the rest are double hung 8/1; the gables have side by side single pane casements. ALTERATIONS: Roof replaced in 1996 COA #1996 -0415; installation of salvaged 1920s wood storm door in 2001; removal of 2 Norway Maples in 2003 per. City Forester; removal of louvered windows in porch and aluminum awning over front window after 1988 APPLICATION ITEMS: #1. Install metal handrail on front porch steps. #2. Remove infected/dying elm in tree lawn. Note tree is to be tested for `Elm Yellows" if test positive needs removal ASAP to avoid disease spread. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Many properties have a straight driveway along one edge of the lot leading to a garage at the rear of the house. This driveway often has a sidewalk along one side leading to the front entrance either in the center or at the side of the house. Driveway and sidewalk materials include asphalt or concrete. All of the properties have trees; many have trimmed shrubbery and hedges. All of the houses conform to a uniform setback line within each block. Required Existing plants, trees, fencing, walkways, streetlights, signs, and benches which reflect the properties' history and development shall be retained. Recommended New site work should be based upori actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the buildings that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing old plants, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings and other site elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced, with the exception of properties along Lincolnway, which may be fenced, but not with enclosed stockade - type fencing. - Not Recommended Telephone poles with high intensity overhead lights should not be used, with the exception of along Lincolnway.