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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 6 June 2016 Application Number: 2016-0606 Property Location: 1732 East Wayne Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/1929/Keller House/H. Russell Stapp, Architect Property Owner: Chris and Jen Cronin Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Local Historic District Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This 2 -story wood -frame irregular plan Tudor Revival house has a gabled roof with asphalt shingles. It has clapboard siding, stucco and half-timbering detail in the side gable end, and front brick corbelled chimney. Windows are 6/6 double hung. There is a detached 2 -car, 2 door garage with gabled roof, and chain-link fence in rear. ALTERATIONS: COA 2012-0517 approved installation of vinyl siding to match existing siding, and new soffit and fascia. COA 2000-0331 approved tear -off and reroof of house and garage. COA 1993- 0524 approved in-kind replacement of two garage doors. APPLICATION ITEMS: Removal of chain-link fence and installation of black aluminum fence. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner has contracted Mike's Fencing to remove existing chain-link fence and install new aluminum fence from rear of house north 21' to garage, and extending east from rear of house 37', then south 45', and west 34'. The owners have selected residential grade Hamilton "Pressed Spear" style black aluminum fencing with two matching gates, one in the current location by the garage, and another added just east of the house. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: n/a STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: EAST WAYNE STREET 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." Reauired 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, walk- ways, 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.