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'J STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 8 August 2012 Application Number: 20.12 -0807A Property Location: 723 Park Avenue Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Queen Anne /18891 Property Owner: Rita and J. Patrick Lyden Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark &Chapin Park LHDINR Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE / SITE: Hodson's Castle is an elaborate 2'l2 storey Queen Anne with an irregular floor plan set on a foundation built from "Notre Dame" yellow brick. The first storey if finished with narrow wood clapboards while the second storey has rounded and diamond shaped shingles. The two storeys are divided by a belt course of vertical siding and elaborately trimmed. The hip roof has gable dormers along with tower and bays with mansard wrapping around the rear corner. There are detailed carvings at roof edges and dormers. There is a comer tower with overhanging chamfered conger supported by two spindle columns. The window openings are simple double hung sashes with pilaster trim and carved corner blocks. The front door way are panel wood double leaf doors with single light and multi -pane over and below with a stained glass transom ALTERATIONS: The tower has been shortened. The verandah was been removed and replaced with two porches leading to the main entrance and the cast side entrance. Roof has been replaced. New K -style gutter were installed and the foundation repaired and reinforced (COA #2009- 0406C) Rear attic venting skylights were added with COA #2010- 0406). APPLICATION ITEMS. Please refer to attached description. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT:, The homeowner proposes the following: Demolish existing driveway apron in between street and existing sidewalk (note no driveway exists). Repair existing concrete curb and install new concrete cur where driveway apron was located. Install sod where driveway apron was located. Replacelrepair existing crumbling concrete step in front of house (second step up from ground level). Demolish and replace existing cracked sidewalk section (approx. 3'x3' section) and add new sidewalk section installed between the street and the existing sidewalk to correspond to walk -up sidewalk to front steps (see attached pictures). Remove all debris from the site. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES:, B. BUILDING SITE, LANWSCAPING & 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.