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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 7, 2010 Application Number: 2010-0706A Property Location: 803 Ashland Architectural Style/Date/Arcliite-etorBuilder: Free Classic/1906 Property Owner: Chris Chockley Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The 2 storey frame house has a square plan set upon a concrete block foundation. It has a hipped roof with cross gables covered in asphalt shingles. The walls are wood clapboard and covered with replacement siding. There is a large porch with round fluted columns and a front bay. There was lattice below the porch. The windows are 1/1 replacement double hung; there a several original 1/1 double hung windows that are in die front that are deteriorated. There is no trim around the windows. The survey card on this house was dated 2005. ALTERATIONS: The original fabric of the house has been covered with replacement siding. The front porch columns are aluminum replacements. Most of the windows are replacements. All of the doors are replacements. The wood rear deck is not original to the house and was replaced in-kind along with a rear door and storm and a basement window with COA#2010-0618 APPLICATION ITEMS: New Porch railing, replace porch decking. New Roof from 3 -Tab to Architectural. See attached documents. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The porch decking will be removed and new -footings will be poured so that the porch deck will drain away from the house. The porch deck will be replaced with tongue and grove material of pressure treated pine, cedar and Douglas fir. A new balustrade of pressure treated pine, cedar and Douglas fir will be installed and the porch steps reconfigured from the side to the front per illustration provided. The steps will be concrete. A complete tear off of the 3 -tab asphalt shingles and decking with re -roof with 30 year architectural asphalt shingles by Owens Coming is proposed. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. ROOFS AND ROOFING Roof shapes in the district encompass all the various designs found in residential structures: hipped, gabled, gambrel, flat and combinations of these. Roofs are coveredwith a variety of materials such as asphalt, asbestos, wood and slate shingles as well as clay tiles. Residences in most cases have wood fascias with gutters and downspouts. The fascias of some vinyl- and aluminum -sided houses are covered with the same materials. Required The existing shape and type of materials of the roof shall be retained. All architectural features, which give the roof its essential character, shall be retained, including dormer windows, cupolas, cornices, brackets, chimneys, cresting and weather vanes. Recommended The original shape and materials of the roof should be restored. Particular effort should be made to retain materials such as slate, tile and other unique materials not commonly found in new construction. Roof covering which is deteriorated beyond repair should be replaced with new material that matches as closely as possible the original in composition, size, shape, color and texture. Gutters and downspouts are often a necessary adjunct in order to prevent deterioration of the structure; they should be maintained whenever possible or replaced with a style comparable and suitable to the architectural period. Prohibited Nothing shall be done to change the essential character of the roof as viewed from a street by adding architectural features or large unsightly fixtures, or by using materials inappropriate to the style of the house. The roof shall not be stripped of architectural features important to its character.