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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 29 May 2012 Application Number: 2012-0524 Property Location: 344 Sunnyside Architectural Style✓Date/Architect or Builder: Colonial revival/1948/Whitcomb&Keller Property Owner:. Emee and Robert Miller Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Non -Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The Colonial Revival house is situated on a corner lot. There is a second two storey addition to the south and a one storey addition that remodeled the garage area to create additional living space. The gabled roofs are covered in asphalt shingles and the windows are 8/8 double hung on the original house and 6/6 double hung on the additions double hung. There is wood siding on the house and wood and synthetic siding on the additions. There is a porch at the main entrance with an architectural pediment and pilasters the front door entrance has side lights and a central fan light. ALTERATIONS: The original 2 storey Colonial Revival house was built in 1948 with a breezeway connecting the house to the garage. The exterior walls had wood siding and the gabled roof had asphalt shingles. The foundation is concrete. The two storey addition that enclosed the breezeway was built prior to 1986, The 2007 one storey 1600 foot addition to the south and east of the house along with the reorienting of the driveway was approved with COA 2007-0214. The front entrances architectural enhancements were approved with same COA. The roof is a replacement and the storm windows and doors as well. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replacing existing stone patio with brick; adding a pergola over the patio as well as over the gate entrance on Sunnyside adding a raised bed on the east side of patio DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowners are going to replace the concrete patio with brick pavers. There will be a flat topped pergola covering the patio with a raised brick bed to the east for plantings. There will also be a flat topped pergola over the side entrance. The rest of the items in the renderings are not going to be done at this time. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties include a double garage, usually located at the rear of the property. The majority of garages are accessed from straight driveways leading from the main thoroughfare, while a few are accessed from the alley. There are also a few homes with a covered carport located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway and sidewalk materials include concrete, asphalt and brick. All of the properties have trees and most have trimmed shrubbery and/or hedges. Most of the houses conform to a uniform setback line within each block. Required Major landscaping items, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. Dominant land contours shall be retained. Structures such as gazebos, patio decks, fixed barbecue pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from a public walkway. Recommended New 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 be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type