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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 6 June 2013 Application Number: 2013-0603 Property Location: 535 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free Classic/1910 Property Owner: Marika and Tom Anderson Landmark or District Designation: River Bend Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a 2 storey house with a rusticated concrete block foundation. The walls have clapboard style vinyl siding. The hipped roof with gabled dormers on the north and east sides is covered with asphalt shingles. The porch has a concrete foundation and steps with iron railing and supports with a hipped roof. The windows are 1/1 double hung with aluminum storms and an oval window on the front fagade and fixed single pane windows on the first storey north and south side of the house. There is a one storey hipped roof enclosed rear porch. ALTERATIONS: The porch railing and supports are replacements; the shutters, vinyl siding and aluminum storms are not original to the house. There are vinyl replacement windows. The roof was replaced in 2003 APPLICATION ITEMS: Addition to rear of house per paperwork submitted. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Remove the current enclosed back porch and construct a one storey 12'X 18' addition along the rear of the house. The siding will match the vinyl siding of the main body of the. house, the asphalt shingles will match those on the main house roof and the windows and doors will match those on the main body of the house. The homeowner also wishes to replace the current fencing, which is chain link and wood dog ear privacy, with 6' Lattice Top vinyl fencing along the rear north'side of the property. All per specifications, diagrams, drawings and photographs submitted. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING, & ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located near the front of each lot, with a small lawn in front and a larger lawn to the rear of the property. Those properties facing the river on Riverside Drive generally have sloping front lawns and flat back yards. The majority of structures have been erected on a single lot. Many of the properties include a garage located at the rear of the property accessed from unpaved alleys running behind the . property. Most properties have trees, shrubbery and/or hedges. All houses conform to the uniform set -back within each block. The district has a compact layout. Large homes are constructed on small lots while smaller homes, such as those on Hammond Place, are constructed on narrow, deep lots. Little of the backyard areas or rear first stories of these homes is visible from the thoroughfare. In recognition of this, greater latitude will be allowed in the application of the adopted standards in the rear of the properties, in order to accommodate the individual preferences of the property owners in the treatment of these backyard areas. No approval will be necessary for changes in lawn, shrubs, walkways or semi-permanent surface changes in the rear of houses. Staff approval would be required for semi-permanent structures such as gazebos, but not for play equipment such as swing sets, sand -boxes, etc. Required: Plants, trees, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the properties' history and development shall be retained. 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. Accessory structures such as decks, gazebos, fountains, or small outbuildings should be appropriate to surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant materials in close proximity to the