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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 6 December 2017 Application Number: 2017-1120 Property Location: 814 Forest Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Gable-front/1880 Property Owner: Joseph Segura Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local and National Historic District, Ordinance #9574-05 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This 1 '/2 story frame house sets upon a concrete block foundation facing west onto Forest Avenue. The roof is hip on gable, with hip roof dormer on the north side and asphalt shingles. The structure has as an exterior chimney at the rear of the house as well as a central interior chimney. In the front of the structure is a half -width front porch with turned wood supports and moulded cornice. The exterior is covered in wood clapboard with corner board and a moulded cornice. The windows are orginal wood 1/1 double hang on the second story and 6/6 double hung in the front on the ground floor. A single oval window is at the south west corner on the ground floor. Two 4 -light casements are on the North fagade. All windows have moulded entabulatures. Aluminum storm windows are present on the second story. ALTERATIONS: The structure was moved from 111 West Bartlett Street to the present location on December 11, 1980. White picket fence enclosing portions of the property was removed sometime after March of 1987. APPLICATION ITEMS: "8' x 12' wood frame mud room, 10' high." See attached. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Application is for the retroactive approval of an addition to the primary structure. Addition is an elevated mud room built on the south side of the house, measuring 8' x 12'. The addition stands 10' high, with a low-pitched, hipped roof sloped away from the original house towards the south. The roof is covered with Owens Corning weathering -grade asphalt shingles. Exterior siding is vertically -hung Arauco North American 5/8 (19/32CAT) 4x8 Textured OC wood siding. The western (street facing) portion of the addition has two Larson windows. The southern wall has three Larson windows. The eastern face has one Larson window and one Larson door with Lincoln storm and screen door with wooden steps. The addition is, according to schematics received from the applicant, 5'8" away from the lot line. Applicant intends to paint the addition to match the house. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: On Saturday, November 11, 2017 I received a text from a resident of Chapin Park LHD that a new addition had been built at 814 Forest Ave and they wondered if that was approved by HPC. On that following Monday, November 13, 2017 I confirmed with the office that we did not have an approved COA for the addition. I then visited the property located at 814 Forest and took photographs. I noticed an addition on the south side of the structure that seemed to be on "stilt" legs with an overhang that seemed very close to the property's fence. I also noticed that the siding was a plywood based wood siding with vertical grooves. This is in contrast to the horizontal clap board that is on the house. I left a business card on the front door and then forwarded the photographs to the director, the deputy director, and the building department when I returned to the office that same day. Steve Szaday, Preservation Specialist STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK General Definitions (B) PRESERVATION GUIDELINES (b2) Rehabilitation (ADOPTED) Maintaining the existing character of the district, and whenever possible returning it to its original condition. Any rehabilitation would not require the removal of all non -original materials but would encourage the removal of all such materials which are incompatible with the defined elements of preservation for the district. The design of new construction or alteration would not require the duplication of the original design and construction, but should be compatible with existing structures and the district's defined elements of