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STAFF :REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: March 31, 2014 Application Number: 2010-0326. Property Location: 1033 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or.Builder: Bungalow /1920 Property Owner: Lorri J. NVright Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive LHD Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: One and half storey bungalow on an irregular plan with side brick chimney set upon a concrete foundation. The walls are wood shingling. The gabled roof has exposed rafter tails and asphalt shingles. There is an open front porch with brick piers and walls and a gabled roof. All of the windows are original double hung with a series of three fixed single pane windows on the west side of the house. ALTERATIONS: The survey card notes fiber shingled siding and aluminum storm windows. There is a non - original deck with a hot tub at the rear of the house. The storm doors are also replacements, APPLICATION ITEMS: Wheelchair ramp off of back deck to run along side of house. Current resident has no means to enter or exit the house at this time without assistance. (Proposed ramp to front sidewalk will not be done at this time.) Please see attached letter 26 March from homeowner and Governor Daniels (.Exhibits A &B). DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROTECT: The homeowner has included a site plan from a previous bid on this project (Diagram 1) that accurately reflects the location and modified scope of the ramp. The ramp will be located behind the bay widow at the east side of the house towards the rear. The proposed ramp, platform and balusters will be complaint with ADA Standards. It will be constructed from stock treated lumber: 2 "xS" and 2 "x 6" planking for the deck, 3"xl" railings, I "x 1" for the balusters and 4 "x4" for the posts. The ramp will attach to the deck and will be supported by posts that will be set into the ground with concrete. It will compliment the Craftsman like style of the deck. See Photographs # #1 & #2. Mr. Richard Simers will not be at the meeting as he lives 250 miles from South Bend. He has faxed copies of ramps that he has installed but they did not reproduce clearly and are available in the Office for inspection prior to the meeting. They will be circulated at the meeting as well. 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 stricture 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 to existing buildings shall be related in height and proportion to the existing structure. Recommended Contemporary designs should be compatible in character and mood to the building or neighborhood.