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Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches (visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a structure or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Storm damaged or diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved species at the same or approximate location wherever possible. Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed. 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 also be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Front yard areas should remain open. (See above for information regarding fences.) Trees in close proximity to a building may _ cause structural damage. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) them at a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of a C of A. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing 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, nor enclosed by solid fences, chain link, nor industrial/commercial style fences. The installation of unsightly large devices, such as television satellite dishes, skylights or solar panels, shall not be permitted in areas where they detract from the architecture of a building, are intrusive to the public view of the building or are highly visibly from a public street, or ruled inappropriate after Commission review. Utility poles with high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen from a street. The Commission will evaluate all installations as well as any potential exceptions resulting from special circumstances, before granting a C of A. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval. The low reveal of skylight will correspond with the slope of the roof line and will not be noticeable from the street. It will not detract from any of the architectural features of the roof or the house. On a motion by Jerry Niezgodski with a second by Dave Steinhauer Vote: 4-0 COA 2010-0406 was approved with a unanimous vote STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: April 12, 2010 Application Number: 2010-0412 Property Location: 345 S. Sunnyside Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Neoclassical/1953 Property Owner: Richard Cullar & Sandra Weides Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Non -Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: 2 storey frame house with rectangular plan. 1 storey gable wing with window and roof skylight. Attached 2 car, single door garage. Side gable roof with asphalt shingles. Double and triple casement windows, triple casement has central stationary window; wood trim around windows with ornamental louvered shutters. Large wood siding on second storey over vertical wood siding on first. Central pediment entry with concrete stoop, flanked by wood columns. Flat roof canopy rear entry with concrete stoop and metal railing and supports. Simple brick corbelled chimney. ALTERATIONS: Replacement siding. APPLICATION ITEMS: Take down 3 pear trees next to driveway in southeast front yard. These trees were stuck there by prior owner as left over inventory (he was a landscaper), and they dump 100's of pears on the ground each fall and are inconveniently located right next to the driveway, making it awkward to get in the car. 2