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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: February 11, 2009 Application Number: 2009-0211 Property Location: 612-614 Carroll Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Queen Anne/1901 Property Owner: Great Lake Property Landmark or District Designation: Taylor's Field LHD Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: 612-614 Carroll is a two and a half storey frame home with an irregular floor plan on a brick foundation. The roof has side gables with intersecting front hip and a front gable dormer. There are entry porches to either side of the front with Doric column supports and wood balustrades, stairs and floors. There is a four stall concrete block garage in rear of home with tile coping on parapet that appears to have been built at a later date. ALTERATIONS: The house was divided into two apartments in 1908. The windows are JenWeld replacement windows. There are no windows in the garage and only one garage stall has a door. APPLICATION ITEMS: Code Enforcement Demolition of garage ordered on February 26, 2009. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Demolish deteriorated and vandalised garage. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: V.GENERAL A.. Buildings in the district should not be demolished except where a building poses a threat to the public safety and demolition is the only alternative. Documentation of interior and exterior features of the original buildings, especially homes rated as historically significant, is encouraged. Measured drawings and photographs may be submitted to the Historic Preservation Commission for safekeeping and future reference. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval. The non -original and non- contributing garage is deteriorated with a failing roof system. It has been open to the elements for a number of years and used alternately as a dumping area and shelter for vagrants.