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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 9, 2014 Application Number: 2014 — 0703 Property Location: 301 South Sunnyside Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/1930,11.R. Stapp Property Owner: Paul and Molly Buser Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Notable DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: A two storey frame house with ail irregular plan. A steep gabled roof has flared eaves and asphalt shingles. Faqade materials are brick, stucco, and half-timbering. Windows are 6 -light casements with fixed transom. ALTERATIONS: Slate roof replaced with asphalt shingles (COA10996-0703). APPLICATION ITEMS: Remove and extend rear yard pat io/garden area towards the north (per attached drawings). Ad . d new covered pergola structure linking house to garage, extend existing 6'-0" fence @ west property line. Add new 136"-48" tall fence from west property line to screen porch. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The rear yard patio/garden area is discreet from street view. The extension of the existing fence, of the same style, will make the entire rear yard private. A new cedar pergola with raised scam metal roof will be slightly visible from Sunnyside over an existing brick r arch entry to the rear yard but is designed in character with the property, incorporating architectural detail of the original structure. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES:, I. THE ENVIRONMENT A. THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT The district is characterized by its proximity to downtown South Bend. It encompasses several blocks of East Wayne Street, North and South, from Eddy Street east to Greenlawn and the south side of Jefferson Boulevard from Eddy Street east to Sunnyside Avenue. The district is bounded on the north by Jefferson Boulevard from Eddy Street to Sunnyside Avenue and then by the north property lines of the Wayne Street properties to Greenlawn. The south boundary is the southern right of way of the alley or the southern property lines of East Wayne Street, South. Unique features of the neighborhood include the island or homes between East Wayne Street North and East Wayne Street South, the parks at each end of the island, and the brick pillars at the entrance way (Eddy Street) to the subdivision with signage reading "Whitcomb and Keller's Sunnymede." Definition - the term "trees" in the following standards shall be defined as follows: shade trees - twelve (12) inches in diameter. ornamental trees - four (4) inches in diameter or fifteen (15) feet in height. evergreen trees - eight (8) inches in diameter or fifteen (15) flet in height*. Any removal or planting of trees which are of the sizes indicated above or larger shall be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission. *Definition of trees by David Barneord, ASLA, Indiana Certified I Landscape Architect, THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPANY, INC.