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-- --- - - ---- - -- ---- -- - - ---- 1. Remove all siding from porch, repair fascia and repair and replace ceiling joists with---- rafter ith---rafter tails and paint. 2. Foundation will be inspected and new concrete support pads installed if needed. If necessary the knee walls will be rebuilt round the entire porch except for the south end which will be open in the center to allow for a staircase. 3. The stair case will be made out of treated lumber with decorative colonial newel posts and handrail. 4. Instead of taking the cedar slakes (smooth) shingles all the way to the roof system the way it was originally done there will be decorative composite columns installed that will span between the bottom of the roof system to the top of the knee wall. The outside corners of the knee wall will be designed so that they will support the weight of the roof system and distribute that load down to the foundation. 5. The knee wall will be covered with cedar shakes (smooth) shingles from the ground up to the bottom of the 2x12 that is resting on top of the knee wall. 6. There will be a'/4" decorative cove that will be installed where the cedar shakes terminate into the bottom of the 2 x 12 on the knee wall. The porch arill b3 paintedto mateh the existing house. 7. The porch will be clad with cedar shingles left natural, not painted. 8.. Also replace existing wood and glass front door with a new front door and replace the storm door with a full view storm door. The hardivare.on the current door will be removed and reused. The current door will be stored by homeowner. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner has engaged Donat's Construction to convert the enclosed porch back to an open air porch in a style sympathetic to the Dutch Colonial and with other open air porches in the neighborhood. They used a vintage postcard of the house as a reference for this project. (See Drawings 1 and 2 and Photographs 1-6.) Aside from the roof system and the foundation there appears to be no extant materials from the original porch. Donat's Construction proposes to use load bearing, composite smooth surfaced Doric Columns to support a reconstructed roof system with exposed rafter tails. The columns will rest upon a knee wall that will be coved with vinyl or wood cedar style shakes. The side stair with balustrade will be re -installed in treated lumber and stock Colonial balustrades. The current wood and rectangular glass front door (see Photograph A) is the original. This would be removed and replaced with another style of door (see Illustration A) with an oval glass. The non original storm door would be replaced with a full view storm door painted to match the trim. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: III. NEW CONSTRUCTION New construction includes any new building or structure constructed within the boundaries of the historic district, or any new addition to an existing building. New construction should be designed considering the appearance of the other buildings in the neighborhood. A. HEIGHT AND PROPORTION The majority of structures in the district are two stories high and are square, rectangular, or irregular in plan. There are a few story -and -a -half residences. The prevalent facade proportions are between a 1:1 and a 1:2 height -to -width ratio. Required The height of a new structure and its height -to -width proportions shall be consistent with adjacent buildings in the district. The building height shall be no greater than that of the tallest existing structure and no less than that of the lowest existing structure of the same type in the same block. Facade proportions shall be established by permitting no structure with a facade wider or narrower than those existing in the same block. Additions 4