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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPI.,ICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: I August 2011 Application Number: 2011-0727B Property Location: 424 LaMonte Terrace Architectural Style /Date /Architect or .Builder: Gabled- ell/1899/ Property Oivner: Marilyn Slieree I.,aPorte landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park —_ Rating:_ _ _ __ _Contributing; DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The house has two storeys and is set oil an irregular brick foundation. The exterior walls are covered with asphalt shingles the gabled is covered with asphalt shingles. There is a bay oil the west side with wood pilasters and decorative mouldings and pendills. The windows are 1/1 double hung with moulded entablatures. There is a small corner porch oil the west side of the central gable with stone .floor laid over concrete block foundation. There is a central chimney. AILTERATIONS: The siding and roofing are not original to the house. The concrete and stone porch materials are later additions. The landscaping is recent. APPLICATION ITEMS; Fence back side and .front yard with 4' French Gothic picket and two (2) S' privacy sections (in back) DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner proposed to enclose her yard with a four foot French Gothic fence to match the fencing that is already installed. She also proposes to install 16 feet of dog car privacy fence between her back yard and 420 Lalvlonte to match the current privacy fence. Per diagram and photographs provided. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin Place presents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have property lines on Chapin Place will be considered on a case -by -case basis. Required 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 opens (See above for information regarding fences.) Trees in close proximity to a building may cause structural