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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: June 1, 2009 Application Number: 2009-00526A Property Location: 1013 East Jefferson Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free Classic Cottage/1907/Ennis Austin Property Owner: Serena Howley Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark/ Howard Park National Register District Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The Studebaker/Johnson House is a two storey frame with a clapboard first storey and shingle second storey with an irregular plan set upon a brick foundation. There is a prominent front gable with deep return and shed roof side extensions. There is a porch across the front of the house with double fluted columns and a mosaic floor and a front entry vestibule with pilasters and narrow diamond pane sidelights. There is a three sided bay projection on the west side. The some of the windows feature diamond panes in the transoms with one over one double hung windows ALTERATIONS: The original shingles in the second storey had been removed and replaced with clapboard vinyl siding. This feature has been restored using modern materials. The first storey clapboards are covered with vinyl siding. The diamond paned windows in the transoms are original but the double hung windows appear to be replacement windows. The porch details have been restored but the balustrades have been removed and the owner has located replacements. The rear of the house appears to have been altered to accommodate multi family use and has been modified to eliminate a back entrance. APPLICATION ITEMS: Add grass in the backyard. Add privacy fence in the back yard next to alley for safety and security and for parking safety (many items have been stolen out of the back yard) and landscaping per attached. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The home owner wishes to install a privacy fence with gates per attached diagram on site plan using 5 %2" wide -6' high pressure treated dog-eared picket fence with matching gates along the sides and back of the house. The fencing will be installed behind the set back and will enclose the back yead along the alley. The home owner also proposes to remove the current landscaping features that are not original to the house and replace them with Cedar or Holly, Serena prefers Holly, bushes along the sides of the house and the front of the porch per the diagram and set topiary style arbor vitae at the east and west corners of the porch.