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STAFFREPDXF CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPRO11RIATENESS .Date: October 7, 2013 Application Number: 2013-1007A .Property Location: 1033 Riverside Drive Areliffectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Bungalow/1920 Property Owner: Lorri Wright Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive Rating: Contributing DESCRI PTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE.: One and a half storey bungalow on tui irregular plan with side brick chimney set upon a concrete foundation. The walls are wood shingles. The gabled roof has exposed rafter tails and asphalt shingles. There is an open front porch with brick piers and walls,and a gabled roof.. All of the windows are original double hung'wood with a series of three fixed single -pane windows - on'the _Nvest side of the house. ALTERATIONS: -The survey card notes fiber shingled siding and aluminum storm - windows. There is an non -original deck with a hot tub attherear of the house. APPLICATION ITEMS: -Remove existing chain link fence and. install -new 6, tall wood privacy fence in back yard. DESCRI PTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Following the exact same footprint as the existing chain link fence, owner proposed to install a new wood dog car fence. Three new gates will match fence providing a seamless transition. RIVERSIDE DRIVE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: I. THE ENVIRONMENT 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 cin 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 home,, with a covered carport located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway mid sidewalk materials include concrete, asphalt mid 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 Plants, trees, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property's 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. Plant materials and trees inclose