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APPLICATION ITEMS: Patio, seat wall, adjust slope of yard to drain away from the house, pergola. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. The homeowners are installing a wooden cedar pergola at the kitchen entry at the rear of the house. The pergola is inset between 4x4 pillars which are set in concrete and is attached to the house under the slope of the roof. The pergola is not visible from the street. The home owners arc also adding landscaping features in the backyard. They are changing the grade to slope away from the house and creating a patio with an outdoor living space that includes raised stone seating and it fire pit per drawing submitted. The patio and stone seating and fire pit are being created using UNILOCK Riverstone product line. The rest of the backyard lawn is landscaped with trees, shrubbery and boulders. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: 13. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a 11OUSC 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 include a double garage, usually located at the rear of the property. The majority of garages arc accessed from straight drivexvays leading from the main thoroughfare, while a few are accessed from the alley. There are also a few homes with a covered carport located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway and sidewalk materials include concrete, asphalt and brick. All of the properties have trees and most have trimmed shrubbery and/or hedges. Most of the houses conform to a uniform setback line within each block. Required Major landscaping items, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benclles which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. Dominant land contours shall be retained. Structures such as gazebos, patio decks, fixed barbecue pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from a public walkway. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. However, trees and plant materials that must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable flora. All high-intensity security lights should be approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced and fences shall not extend forward beyond the setback line of the house. The installation of unsightly devices such as television reception dishes and solar collectors shall not be permitted in areas where they can be viewed from the public thoroughfare. Not Recommended ® Telephone or utility poles with high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen from the thoroughfare. 7