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w <br />STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: 05.20.2013 <br />Application Number: 2013-0520 <br />Property Location: 557 River <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Craftsman Bungalow/1922 <br />Property Owner: Anita Whittman <br />Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Place <br />Rating: Outstanding <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: 1 V2 storey rectangular plan on concrete <br />foundation. Siding is 1/3 brick with projecting rocks, 1/3 clapboard and 1/3 wood <br />shingles. Roof is a steep side gable with gable dormer in front, covered in asphalt <br />shingles. Porch features an arch with stucco piers and a brick wall with projecting rocks. <br />Front door is a single leaf glazed wood panel door with multi light side lights. Windows <br />are 1/1 double hung with divided transom; there is a bay on southeast side and 2 wood <br />casement windows in the dormer. <br />ALTERATIONS: White aluminum storm windows. <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: 2 white slider windows vinyl. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner has retained Champion <br />Windows to replace two casement windows in the dormer with white vinyl slider <br />windows. The existing casement windows have no screens and nothing to prevent a <br />person from exiting onto the roof. When opened, the wind causes the sashes to swing. <br />The proposed Lite Slider windows will slide open and each will have a full screen. The <br />slider window will fit into the existing openings. A vinyl transition piece will be installed <br />between the new windows and the inside opening. According to Champion, the trim will <br />be wrapped in ivory color aluminum; however, homeowner reported that no trim will be <br />wrapped on the exterior. <br />EDGEWATER STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES:, <br />H. EXISTING STRUCTURES <br />C. WINDOWS AND DOORS <br />Window and door frames are in nearly all cases wood. Brick structures have stone sills <br />and brick lintels; masonry block structures have masonry sills and lintels. In some cases <br />where aluminum siding has been applied window trim has been covered. About half of <br />the structures in the district have aluminum storm windows, the other half wood storm <br />windows. <br />Required <br />Original windows and doors including sash, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass, <br />pediments, hoods, and hardware shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair, <br />replaced with duplicates of the existing or original. <br />Recommended <br />