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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 2 September 2014 Application Number: 2014-0902A Property Location: 1340 East Wayne Street Architectural Style/Dateh Renaissance Revival/1929/Gibson House Property Owner: Laura Blair Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street LHD Rating: Contributing . DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The structure is a two storey frame construction with an irregular plan and brick fagade. The hip roof has a wide overhang, supported by large brackets and is covered in asphalt shingles. The first storey has grouped casement windows with concrete sills. The second storey has 6/1 double hung windows with brick header course sills and soldier brick. The entryway is a central brick arch with stone keystones and irregularly located quoins. ALTERATIONS: Original asbestos shingle roof replaced with asphalt architectural shingle with COA#2011-0803. APPLICATION ITEMS: Install wood privacy fence to replace chain link @ same location on property. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: A recent storm demolished two trees and the chain link fence. A new 6' treated wood Statesman privacy fence is proposed to be installed in the exact same footprint as the chain link existed. There will be a gate of the same material. 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 of 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." Required Distinctive existing features such as brick entry pillars, parks, gardens, streetlights, fences, signs, walkways, streets and building setbacks shall be retained. Major landscaping items, fencing, walkways, streetlights, signs and benches shall be compatible with the character of the neighborhood in size, scale, material and color. Street lighting should be maintained at levels recommended by the Illuminating Engineering Society. Light sources must have spectral distribution in all color ranges. Older light fixtures and supporting posts must be similar in proportion, scale, size, shape, style, and appearance to the existing historic lamps. Streetlights shall be placed so that adequate illumination is afforded all sections of public sidewalks. Recommended