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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 29 July 2011 Application Number: 2011 -0729A Property Location: 824 Forest Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Side- gabled/Free Classic /1895/Fred Keller, Builder Property Owner: Victoria Hyland Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Rating:Notable - DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: - The 21/2 storey frame house has an irregular plan set upon a brick foundation. It has a gable roof with dormers covered with three tab asphalt shingles. The dormers have wood shingles in the gables. The walls are wood clapboard with corner - boards, base trim and moulded cornice. There is a full -width front porch with wood Doric columns. The porch has a wooden porch floor and ceiling. The windows are 1/1 double hung on the first floor; small 4/1 casement windows on the southwest corner and 16/1 on the second floor. The windows have aluminum storms. ALTERATIONS: The aluminum storm windows and the asphalt roof are not original to the house. New Roof was approved with COA 2010 -0929. APPLICATION ITEMS: Remove and replace porch flooring. Install 2 "x8" floor joist. Add joist hangers as needed. Replace Apron. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Home Service proposes to remove porch flooring from the entire porch. Support beam to ground with temporary 4 "x4' posts. Install new 2 "x8" floor joist on southwest corner. Install 2"x8" joist hangers to existing floor joists. Remove and replace 7' apron on end and 8' apron on front. Provide new % tongue and groove fir porch flooring, pre- stained on all sides. Install, prime and paint surface. Build and install 6 pillar wood bases with weep holes, matching existing bases. Bases will be pre- stained, installed primed and painted. Re- install pillars, caulk and paint. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: D. ENTRANCES, PORCHES AND STEPS Most houses in the district have either an open or enclosed porch across the front. Most porches have either hip or gabled roofs or are covered by the main roof of the house. Required When deteriorated beyond repair, existing or original porches, stoops, patios and steps, including handrails, balusters, columns, brackets, tiles and roof decorations, shall be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design or by a design more in keeping with the historic period of the structure. Porches and additions reflecting later architectural styles and which are important to the building's historical integrity shall be retained. Recommended When enclosing porches for heat conservation or for other reasons, it should be done in a manner that does not alter the architectural or historical character of the building. Prohibited Front porches, stoops, patios and steps that are important to the building's style and development shall not be altered or removed; if in need of replacement, see above Required section. See also Section IV B. Access for Handicapped or Disabled Persons. Not Recommended Original porch details should not be replaced with materials representing a different period or style from the original. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the repairs to the porch deck and replacement of the wood floor boards with tongue and groove fir. The deteriorating floor boards have been nailed to the joists and the nail heads are popping up; there have been repairs with patches of wolmanized wood nailed to the joists. The southwest corner is deteriorated to the point that it is no longer weight bearing. The replacement of the deteriorated column bases with wood is in -kind but Staff recommends that the bases have weep holes to prevent wood rot.