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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS mate: August 7, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0807A Property Location: 313 (aka 315) West Madison Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dormer -front bungalow/1877/1915Benz House Property Owner: Bernardo Contreras Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local/National Register District, local ordinance 49574-05 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This wood frame house with irregular plan sits upon a brick foundation. The exterior walls are wood shingle covering wood clapboard, and the steep -pitched gable roof and front dormer are covered in asphalt shingles, with two brick chimneys with corbelled caps. There is a porch across the full width of the front, with the roof being an extension of the main roof, supported by brick piers with small cross design at capitals, brick railing with stone caps, and concrete steps and floor. According to the 1987 survey card, windows are wood 1/1 double hung with moulded entablatures, with a large picture window in front, although most windows are boarded up for protection and this cannot be confirmed. The house is located on a spacious site with a large gambrel roofed garage at the rear of the property, also with wood shingle walls covering wood clapboard. ALTERATIONS: The house was originally built in 1877 and remodeled in 1915. According to the survey card, aluminum storm windows have been added. COA 2015-0303A for demolition of house and garage was denied. COA 2016-0623 approved removal of overgrown landscaping and installation of new architectural shingle roof. COA 2017- 0214B approved completed replacement of basement windows with glass block, and renewed COA 2016-0623 to reflect a new contractor for the roof installation. COA 2017-0706 approved removal of the existing cedar shake siding in an attempt to evaluate the condition of the siding underneath; if determined by staff to be deteriorated beyond repair, the proposed LP Smart siding is approved for use, approve the replacement of existing windows with the Andersen 400 Series aluminum -clad windows, that match the size of the current openings, except for the oval window, demolition of the rear cistern and porch and installation of new 2 -story addition; siding to be sympathetic to siding on house, to be approved by staff, 6' world privacy fence on east, west, and north sides; fence on south side to be less than 6' tall in a style with spaces between pickets, strike the garage and the 6' porch addition to the garage from this application to be addressed on a future COA application, but allow all in-kind maintenance to garage.