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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: August 4, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0804 Property Location:. 717 Riverside Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: American Foursquare/1914/Grieger House Property Owner: I Victoria Kunlo & William Andrews Landmark or District Designation: River Bend Historic District, ordinance #8380-92 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two-story wood -frame Foursquare sits on a rusticated concrete block foundation. The hipped roof has asphalt shingles, a hipped front dormer, and overhanging eaves. A one-story porch across the front has a hipped roof, aluminum sided half walls, and square wood columns. Windows are 1/1 wood double -hung with aluminum storms. The mulii-paned paneled front door has an aluminum storm door. A 2 -car garage sits at the back of the property. It has a gable roof, wood siding, overhanging eaves, and a single overhead wood door. There is a chain-link fence in rear. ALTERATIONS: Aluminum siding, storm windows, and doors have been added. The attic dormer window has been replaced with a vent. APPLICATION ITEMS: Removal of chain link fence and installation of 6 ft. pressure treated dog-eared wood fence. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner proposes to remove 66' of existing chain link fence, and install 10' of 4'high pressure treated dog-eared wood privacy fence 8' back from the front fagade of the house (behind the tree and large bush) south to property line, then install 54' of 6' high pressure treated dog-eared wood privacy fence west to even with front fagade of garage, then 2' north to connect with garage. See attached site plan for placement diagram. 4"x 4"x 8' posts to be cemented at least 2 feet in ground. No gates. Although this does not follow the current fence line, moving the fence more towards the front of the house will increase the side yard area while allowing some privacy. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: RIVER BEND LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT I.THE ENVIRONMENT B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING, & 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 backyards. 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 owners in the treatment of these backyard areas. No approval will be necessary for changes in lawn, shrubs, walkways or semi-permanent surface changes in the rear of houses. Staff approval would be