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s STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 4 May 2015 Application Number: COA#2015-0429 Property Location: 230 E. Navarre Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dutch Colonial Revival/1928 Property Owner: Jerid Wireman Landmark or District Designation: River Bend Rating: Omitted in the 2005 Survey DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a 2 storey house with a rectangular plan set upon a brick foundation. The original clapboards have been restored and painted. The gambrel roof has almost full length front and back shed dormers that are all covered with asphalt shingles. The windows are 6/1 double hung on the house and sunroom and multi pane quarter rounds in the attic storey. There is a small front porch that has a gable roof overhang with wood supports and railings. There is a two car jerkin head roof garage on a concrete foundation. ALTERATIONS: The front porch has been altered in that the brick wing walls noted in the 1995 survey card are missing. The windows are replacement windows (2014-0530). The roof is a replacement. APPLICATION ITEMS: Fence front and rear yard, replace sidewalks, replace driveway, landscape hill/slope; add trellis roof, landscape front with hedges, trees, etc. Also see attached proposal. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: #1. The removal of the sidewalk and steps on the East side were approved with COA 3014-0530. The homeowner proposes to terrace the slope in his front yard into two levels using brown brick pavers and infilling with grass or sod. He proposes to enclose the entire front yard with a 3 foot wire livestock fence in wood frames set between wood posts; install a solid wood gate across the front walkway constructed out of the same material as the back yard fence. #2. Replace concrete front walkway leading to porch and porch steps with brown brick pavers. In-kind replacement of city sidewalk and front curb. #3 Replace concrete driveway with grass, four sections of concrete strips leading from alley to garage and boarder with a single row of brown brick pavers with grass planted between the concrete strips. #4. Install a trellis (pergola style) roof between house and garage and install new white vinyl garage doors with windows to compliment the window treatment of the house. #5 Install a 6 foot privacy fence from the side of the sunroom to completely enclose the rear yard. The fence will be 3/4s wood with the remaining height composed of the livestock wire. A gate constructed of livestock wire in a wood frame would be installed in between the sun porch and the privacy fence. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. BUILDING SITES LANDSCAPING9 & ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located near the front of each lot, with a small lawn in front and a larger lawn to the rear of the property. Those properties facing the river on Riverside Drive generally have sloping front lawns and flat back yards. The majority of structures have been erected on a single lot. Many of the properties include a garage located at the rear of the property accessed from unpaved alleys running behind the property. Most properties have trees, shrubbery and/or hedges. All houses conform to the uniform set -back within each block. The district has a compact layout. Large homes are constructed on small lots while smaller homes, such as those on Hammond Place, are constructed on narrow, deep lots. Little of the backyard areas or rear first stories of these homes is visible from the thoroughfare. In recognition of this, greater latitude will be allowed in the application of the adopted standards in the rear of the properties, in order to accommodate the individual preferences of the property