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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 4 October 2011 Application Number: 2011-0929 Property Location: 1321East Wayne Street South Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Colonial Revival/1930/H.R. Stapp Property Owner: Bridget and Tom Keller Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Notable DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The home at 1321 E. Wayne South has a 2 storey frame construction that is faced with brick on "L" plan. The house has a gable roof with gable returns, simple entablature and dentil row with asphalt shingles. The windows on the main body of the house are 6/1 double hung sashes with flat arch lintels with keystone and cast concrete sill. The windows have wood paneled and louvered shutters with cut-out tree motif The house has a gable entry with an arch under, entablature and dentil row in gable rake supported by square box columns. The porch is brick and the entryway has a paneled door with sidelights and a wood sunburst pattern fanlight. There is an aluminum sided shed roof addition on the one storey wing at the rear. There is a 2 car 2 door brick gable roof garage with asphalt shingles. `j - ALTERATIONS: The rear shed addition was constructed in 1987. A 6' privacy fence was installed in 1998 with COA 1998-0316. APPLICATION ITEMS: Remodel of existing attic into new living spaces. Exterior work included the addition of (3) new dormers on the South (street) side of the house. Also included is the removal and replacement of roof shingles on the South side of the house for dormer installation. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. The Kellers propose to install three new dormer windows into the attic space. The new dormers will allow daylight and fresh air into the attic spaces and will create areas of flat ceiling 7' high to relieve the otherwise sloped surfaces. Each dormer is sized to accommodate a casement window that meets emergency egress requirements while remaining stylistically sympathetic to a home designed in the 1920s. The dormers will be rough frames with standard 2x4 construction and will be clad with painted cedar siding and trim. The dormer roof shingles as well as new shingles for the south side of the house will match existing asphalt shingle roof See attached documentation and elevations. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: III. NEW CONSTRUCTION New construction includes any new building or structure constructed within the boundaries of the historic district, or any new addition to an existing building. New construction should be designed considering the appearance of the other buildings in the neighborhood. A. HEIGHT AND PROPORTION The majority of structures in the district are two stories high and are square, rectangular, or irregular in plan. There are a few story -and -a -half residences. The prevalent facade proportions are between a 1:1 and a 1:2 height -to -width ratio. Required The height of new structure and its height -to -width proportions shall be consistent with adjacent buildings in the district. The building height shall be no greater than that of the tallest existing structure and no less than that of the lowest existing structure of the same type in the same block. Facade proportions shall be established by permitting no structure with a facade wider or narrower than those existing in the same block. Additions to existing buildings shall be related in height and proportion to the existing structure..