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storm windows(Wayne's estimate was about $100.00 per storm window), be energy efficient. Scott Kopinski asserts that the cost of restoration would be almost the same as the cost for replacement windows. The 1985 survey card notes that the windows on the house were double hung 1/1. Currently there are several different styles and muntin patterns of wood windows in this house and perhaps the surveyor was looking at storm windows rather than the windows themselves. When the survey card was written the front porch was screened in so it is highly probable that the current windows on the front are the original one- third 3/3 lights over two-thirds 2 single lights. The four 12 pane windows also appear to be original to the house. The rest of the 1/1 double hung windows are probably original and the dormer windows certainly are original. The basement windows are replacement windows approved by the Commission in 2000. Staff recommends approval of replacing the replacement basement windows and the jalousie window with a double hung 1/1 window. The standards for Riverside Drive state that the windows can not be discarded if they can be restored in place. COA 2009-1204 was withdrawn by homeowner. Homeowner signed waiver to be heard on January's Agenda. STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 8, 2009 Application Number: 2009-1207 Property Location: 1055 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Prairie/1926/Gerber & Haley Property Owner: Charles Leone Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The house at 1055 Riverside Drive is a two and a half storey brick square structure set upon a brick foundation. The walls are brick in stretcher bond with herring bone brick panels in the main fagade. The hip roof is 12/12 with large stuccoed, hipped dormers on each side all with asphalt shingles. The gutters and downspouts are copper. There is a sunroom on the east end and a French door entry on the main fagade. The large French door style windows flank the entrance. The door is a single leaf wood frame, flanked by sidelights and a segmental transom in a recessed wood enclosure. The first floor windows are wood frame casements, the second floor has 6/1 double hung windows. There is a three car detached concrete block garage at the rear of the house. ALTERATIONS: The wooden exterior storms were installed over the leaded glass sidelights of the front entrance in 1986. The aluminum storm doors noted on the 1977 survey card were replaced in 2000 with COA 2000-0627-2. The surface of the driveway was replaced with concrete brick with COA#2006-0726. There have been various, approved changes to the landscaping over the course of the decades; dying front yard trees were removed in 1988. APPLICATION ITEMS: Placement of a new tree, a black gum (Nyssa Sylvatica) in the front yard of the property at the tree line, per the attached site plan. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner wishes to plant a black gum tree in the corner of the front yard by the drive way and sidewalk. RIVERSIDE DRIVE 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. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties 4