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f STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 4 August 2015 Application Number: 2015 -0803A Property Location: 815 Arch Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/1921/Ernest W. Young Property Owner: Jason Pfledderer Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Place LHD/Local Landmark Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The house sits on the corner of Arch and Edgewater. It is two storeys with a rectangular plan set upon a brick foundation. The main level is red brick laid in running bond. The upper level surmounts a continuous band is stucco with half timer expressions on the west end. The broad sweeping ashphalt shingled roof lines extend down from the central hip with a variety of intersecting dormers, narrow overhang lines with moulded wood frieze board. ALTERATIONS: All of the windows were replaced between 1985 and 1989. The roof is not original to the house. The doors are replacements. The surfaces of the front walk way, porch steps and porch stoop do not appear to be original to the house. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace driveway, extend entrance, widen driveway, replace entrance steps and walkway. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner proposes to remove the playset in the south side yard and pour a concrete pad in the same foot print which would widen the driveway. The landscaping along the east side of the yard would remain. He also proposes a 6 foot arc widening of the curb cut leading from the street to the driveway. He proposes to replace the deteriorating asphalt covered concrete driveway with poured concrete. He also would replace the concrete steps leading from the side walk to the front walkway with new concrete steps; eliminate the brick veneer and concrete walkway to the house, the painted concrete covered brick steps that are cracked, remove the current cracked porch with the veneer and replace with concrete porch, sidewalk and steps in the same footprint and dimensions. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: 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. Many properties have a straight driveway along one edge of the lot leading to a garage at the rear of the house. This driveway often has a sidewalk along one side leading to the front entrance either in the center or at the side of the house. Driveway and sidewalk materials include asphalt or concrete. All of the properties have trees; many have trimmed shrubbery and hedges. All of the houses conform to a uniform setback line within each block.