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f Date: 4 May 2011 STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Number: 2011-0502A Property Location: 914 Leland Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Arrliitect or Builder: 1911/Prairie/Klapp&Taggert Buildiers Property Owner: Jennifer Dear and James Donahue Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Rating: Notable DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE Two storey rectangular plan home set upon a brick foundation. The exterior walls are stucco with a wood course band between the storeys and a frieze board at the eave. The Gable roof has asphalt shingles, there are two dormers both with pediments and wood shingles on the dormer walls with wide eaves. There is a frill %Adth font porch with square brick piers with fascia board and a small pediment above the entrance. The windows arc wood double hung with aluminum storms. The front windows have muntins in the form of geometric squares. The.garage is attached to the rear of the house and has a wood shed dormer above and an attached back porch with pergola. ALTERATIONS: Aluminum storm windows and doors. The garage was constructed before 1932, the shed dormer and back porch are more recent additions. The roof is not original to the house. APPIACATION ITEMS: Replacement of deteriorating wood privacy fence with wood shadow box style fence -that will closely resemble the newer fence not being replaced), and replacement of (long gone) gate over driveway off of alley. (Fence is behind house, off alley). DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT:. The homeowners wish to replace a dilapidated stockade fence with a wood fence resembling the shadow box style fence. The fence will be in the same location as the old along the side and enclosing the rear yard of the house. There will be a three foot wood swing gate at the side of the house. Also, there will be a 10 foot wood swing gate along the alley that will be installed between the brick pillars and additional fencing. All per photographs, diagram and Schuell Fence Proposal submitted. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Chanin Park: L TH.E ENVIRONMENT B. BUILDING SITF, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks %i-ith regard to plots. Alleys are generally behind houses. 1,andscape 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 stricture shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed. 04tecomnended 'Ntew 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 ro a building may cause structural damage. Owners are encoiicaged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) them at a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of C of A.