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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: August 29, 2011 <br />Application Number: 2011-0829 <br />Property Location: 818 Leland <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: 1899/Free Classic <br />Property Owner: John R. Hayden and Abigail L. Palko <br />Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park LHD <br />Rating: Omitted in 2005 Survey <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a two storey home with an irregular plan <br />set upon a brick foundation. The walls are wood clapboard on the first storey <br />with wood shingle on the second storey and in the gable. The roof is cross gable <br />with cornice returns and a dormer which breaks the roof line on wing. The roof is <br />covered with dimensional asphalt shingles. The windows are 1 /1 double hung <br />with moulded entablatures. There is a corner porch between the central gable <br />and wing with square wood supports on brick piers with a simple balustrade and <br />moulded cornice. <br />ALTERATIONS: The home was restored to a single family residence from three <br />apartments; and completely rehabbed inside and outside with the removal of all <br />non-contributing additions and alterations. There was 4x8 2008 addition to <br />create a new rear entry and a redesign of the back hip roof to accommodate <br />the addition. The east side windows were reconfigured to two shorter double <br />windows, the bathroom window was removed and replaced with a higher <br />window. Three square windows were installed in the north wall of the dining room <br />and the kitchen window on the north wall was shortened. Glass bock was <br />installed in the basement windows. <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: Fence in the back of the property. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner proposes a Freedom brand <br />Concord style black aluminum fence 4'-6" high to be installed in the rear of the <br />property along three sides of the house, attached to posts. Two 48" walk gates <br />to be installed, one in the rear and one on the alley side. The space between <br />pickets is open, including the view from the front. The fourth side of house shares <br />the chain link fence of the neighboring property. <br />STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />I. THE ENVIRONMENT <br />B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING L ACCESSORIES <br />This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to <br />be irregularly <br />shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. <br />Alleys are generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are <br />