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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: October 19, 2016 Application Number: 2016-1019B Property Location: 812 Golden Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: American Foursquare/1911 Property Owner: Tim & Leticia Morris Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive LHD Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The 2 story frame house has a square plan and is set upon a concrete block foundation. It has a high hip roof with a gable projection on the main fagade and it is covered in asphalt shingles. The walls are aluminum sided. Some of the upper floor windows and the front fagade windows appear to be original 1/1 wood double -hung. All the windows have aluminum storms. There is an open porch with concrete block pillars and piers with wood Doric columns. The front door appears to be original. The house is situated on a very small wedge-shaped lot with a narrow front and side yard; the garage completely dominates the rear yard. ALTERATIONS: The house is aluminum sided and all windows have aluminum storms. COA 2010- 0802A for vinyl replacement windows was denied with the exception of the front third floor window, as it was determined by the Preservation Specialist that existing windows could be repaired and/or rehabilitated. The roof was replaced with COA 2007-0316. The storm door is not original and the front porch decking and balustrade are treated wood replacements. The lattice under the porch appears to be a vinyl replacement product. The south kitchen window has been reduced in size and replaced with a modern vinyl replacement window (1985). A south basement window has been replaced with a vinyl replacement window and the other south side basement window has a deteriorating aluminum storm and wood window. A window at the rear of the house has been removed and/or covered with aluminum siding (1985). The steel security door at the rear of the house is a replacement. The garage appears to be original. APPLICATION ITEMS: Garage tear down, windows, new door. See attached plan/notes. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Owner proposes: 1) Tear down garage — area will be grass for now, with plans to install a paver patio in the future (not part of this COA). Current garage is not usable for modern vehicles, and cannot be insured. 2) Remove existing windows on first floor and replace to "increase energy efficiency and safety, and because windows are believed to have too many problems to justify the cost of repair." Owner has not made a decision on type of replacement window, but would prefer aluminum. 3) Installation of French doors on back side of house, replacing windows currently in that location, to allow exiting the home through the dining room. 4) Installation of wood deck outside new French doors. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: At approximately 10:45AM I met with Tim Morris the owner of 812 Golden Ave at his address located in the Riverside Drive Local Historic District. I had received an email from Director Feasel in response to a call from Mr. Morris. We walked around the interior and exterior of the house discussing the condition of his existing windows and his plans to remodel the back yard and remove the extremely small garage. We continued around the house going floor to floor as I photographed each window. There are two windows that have enough damage that needs structural repair by means of an epoxy along the bottom of the sashes. The greatest issues with these windows are: 1) the presence of many heavy layers of paint