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r STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 28, 2010 Application Number: 2010 -0723 Property Location: 944 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Dutch Colonial Revival/1903 Property Owner: David Betson and Jennifer Warlick Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive LHD /Chapin Park NR Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The 2 %Z storey frame house has an irregular plan and is set upon a stone foundation. It has a gambrel roof with gabled returns and a gabled dormer projection covered in asphalt shingles. The walls are Aluminum sided. The windows appear to be original 3/1 on the second floor and multi -paned on the first floor all with aluminum storms. There is an open porch with stone pillars, piers and knee walls and wooden arches above the openings. ALTERATIONS: The house is aluminum sided. The Aluminum was removed from the porch and the wood porch features restored along with the addition of porch gutters with COA #2004 - 0702 -2. An Oak tree was removed with COA #2004 -0629. The house was re- roofed with a staff approval on 7/18/91. All 93 windows have aluminum storm windows. APPLICATION ITEMS: Remove non - original aluminum siding on 2nd floor this year (first floor at later time), repair and restore roof to original Dutch Colonial and completely tear off and re -roof with Landmark shingles on gables of dormers. Will use the existing wood shakes /clapboards if in good repair but if not will restore /replace with appropriate (similar) fiber cement product to match original siding. Remove hickory tree in side yard which has died. Will not replace because the area already has a significant number of trees. Remove dogwood in southeast corner of lot that is dead/dying and replace with other suitable tree or shrub. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. The homeowner wishes to remove the aluminum siding application on the second floor to restore the original Dutch Colonial roofline and the original wood siding features on the second floor walls. He proposes restoring the wood siding if it is possible or replacing it with a fiber cement board (Certainteed siding material and roofing materials) to match the original. He is also considering the possibility of using all wood siding replacements. He really won't be able to determine which route to take until the siding is removed and the original surface evaluated. He also proposed a complete tear off and re -roof with architectural shingles of the entire roofing system. The homeowners wish to remove dead and dying trees in the yard but replace only the dogwood with a tree or .shrub in the southeast corner of the yard. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. BUILDING SITE 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. _