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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: September 2, 2009 Application Number: 2009-0902B Property Location: 1307 East Wayne Street North Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/ 1 928/H.R.Stapp Property Owner: Pam and Jeff Bickel Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The home at 1307 E. Wayne North has a 2 storey frame construction that is faced with brick and stucco with a rectangular plan. The house has a flared gabled roof with asbestos shingles, there is also a one storey gabled side section and a one storey flat rood section at the rear. There is a large front shed roof dormer; and front and rear gabled formers through the cornice. The windows are 6/1 double hung sash windows, there is a arched entry door with arched diamond-shaped multi -paned leaded glass side windows. ALTERATIONS: The screened in front porch was noted as an addition on the August 1986 survey card. COA#2003-0109 Replaced 13 wood windows with Pella brand aluminum -clad wood windows: 3 double hung windows on the east side, 1 double casement and 3 double hung on the west side and 6 rectangular double hung windows on the back of the house. Casement was replaced by a Pella casement window. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace kitchen windows with Pella to match the rest of the home. Replace drive with solid concrete. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. The homeowners wish to remove the divided driveway which has a grass median and replace it with a solid poured concrete driveway. They also would like to replace their kitchen windows with the same Pella brand of replacement windows previously approved by the Commission. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: B. BUILDING SITES LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house 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 are accessed from straight driveways 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 benches 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