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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 7 August 2013 Application Number: 2013-0805A Property Location: 539 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free Classic/1903/1.1ainniond & Whitcomb Property Owner: V Source Bank Landmark or District Designation: River Bend LIID Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The house is a Free Classic, four-square plan, two stories built in 1903 by real estate developers Hammond and Whitcomb that is situated raised above street level. The foundation is raised brick; the siding is asphalt shingle, possibly over brick. There is a flared string course. The roof is a hip with an asymmetrical gabled roof dormer and is covered with asphalt shingles. The windows are 1/1 and 3/1 double hung with aluminum some storms. A front porch has a hipped roof, square wood supports, and concrete decking and wing walls. There is a wood second storey deck in the rear with a small shed roofed addition underneath. ALTERATIONS: The asphalt siding is not original to the house. A complete tear-off and re-roof with asphalt shingles, ice shield, and gutters and downspouts with COA#2008- 0115. Front entry storm door is smaller than the original opening; modification has been made with plywood to account for the smaller storm door. The second storey wood deck structure and stairs in the rear was added to accommodate an upstairs rental unit. A small addition in the rear is closed with plywood. APPLICATION ITEMS: Remove existing siding. Install vinyl siding. Install 6 panel entry door. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: At a July 16, 2013 South Bend Code .Enforcement hearing, owner was directed to make repairs to the house by November. 29, 2013. Most of the repairs needed are routine maintenance, in which a Routine Maintenance Exclusion will be issued. In addition to the RIME, contractor proposes to remove the deteriorated non-original asphalt siding and install vinyl siding to match as closely to original siding, if it exists underneath. In an IIPC Inspection Report July 18, 2001, brick is noted as being present under the front (cast) siding, however, in recent photographs taken, wood clapboard appears to be underneath. Contractor also proposes to remove full light door inside front entry vestibule and install new solid 6 panel steel entry door. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: 11. EXISTING STRUCTURES A. BUILDING MATEMALS Original exterior wall materials in the District include brick, stucco, clapboard, wood shingles and masonry block. In sonic instances, vinyl or aluminum siding has been applied over the original material.