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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: May 5, 2009 <br />Application Number: 2009-0504 <br />Property Location: 311 W. Navarre aka 313 W. Navarre <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free ClassicBeitner House/1903/ <br />Remodeled in 1938 as a two family <br />Property Owner: Justin Christensen <br />Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park LHD <br />Rating: Contributing <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The home is a 2 storey Free Classic style <br />house with Colonial Features with an irregular plan set upon a brick foundation. There <br />are two brick chimneys located on the side and in the rear. The original wood shingles <br />are covered with aluminum siding and there is a projecting bay on the east side of the <br />first storey. The roof is gabled with a cornice extension on front to form a pediment and . <br />is covered with asphalt shingles. There are two small concrete entrance platforms with <br />metal handrails. The windows are double hung six over six the front doorway has a <br />segmental pediment above supported by fluted pilasters. There is a one storey three car <br />garage with hipped roof and stucco on the walls. <br />ALTERATIONS: Original home remodeled as a duplex in 1938 per Assessor Card; <br />front porch removed, replacement concrete steps and entrance with metal handrail; <br />aluminum siding, strom windows, exterior shutters and storm door added per survey card. <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: Install a new left privacy fence facing alley. We would like <br />to build a 6 ft privacy fence (facing the alley) made of treated lumber, dog-eared, <br />approximately 12 feet long using 4x4 posts. <br />DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Per site plan provided (See attached A), <br />the homeowners wish to install a wooden dog-ear style privacy fence (See attached B) at <br />the rear of their home between the house and the garage (See Photographs attached Q. <br />STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />B. BUILDING SITES LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES <br />This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly <br />shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are <br />generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin <br />Place presents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have <br />property lines on Chapin Place will be considered on a case-by-case basis. <br />Required <br />Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches <br />(visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's <br />history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if <br />