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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 3 July 2013 Application Number: COA#2013-0701A Property Location: 1615 East Wayne Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/I929/II.R. Stapp for Whitcomb and Keller Property Owner: Dr. Laurie Littlepage Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The brickhouse is a 2'13 storeys with a rectangular plan and steep gable roof with thin wood rake trim. The roof is slate and the shed roof dormer is also covered in slate. There is a series of 5 diamond paned lead glass windows across the front. There are 8 light casement windows in the lower and upper Ievels. There are brick chimneys at each end and half-timbering and stucco on the west side toward the rear and the back gable. ALTERATIONS: Fifteen windows were replaced with Eagle brand casement windows with COA#1997-0825. The house slate roof was replaced Grand Manor CertainTeed with COA#2011-0404 APPLICATION ITEMS: We would like to fence in our yard for our two dogs and four year old son. We want a privacy fence in the front. This will improve the view_ of our house from the street, since the back porch isn't that attractive. We want to maintain our interactions with our neighbors, so we would like to have the black vinyl chain link fence surrounding the yard on the other sides. Along the side of our house, we have two trees (apparently they are elm trecs0 that the landscaping company suggests should be removed. The leaves are all chewed up, and the trees are very close to our house, making a potential fire hazard with the roof line. If we remove these trees, then we will be able to set the fence back farther from our neighbors' driveway. In the fence design, we have included a gate between us and our neighbors, a gate in the back near al.l of the utility poles, and a gate near our back door. Catherine Hostetler from the Historic Preservation Commission has visited our property, taken pictures and discussed the project with me. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowners are proposing to erect a 6' Western Picket wooden privacy fence at the set back of the house to extend toward the west property line to obscure a screened in porch towards the side rear yard. They would like to remove two deteriorating trees that are close to the house and erect a 5' black vinyl coated chain link fence around the perimeter of the back yard to join up with existing fencing. There will be a gate at the northwest corner. An additional chain link fence with a gate will be added behind the rear set back of house and extend to the corner of the garage. Posts will be set in concrete. All per diagram and materials submitted. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: 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 vmlkway. 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 and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. However, trees and plant materials that must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable flora. All highintensity security lights should be approved by the historic Preservation Commission. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, _ walkways, outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced and fences shall not extend forward beyond the setback line of the house. The installation