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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 8 December 2017 Application Number: 2017-1205 Property Location: 906 Leland Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Buil(ler: Bungalow / 1912? Property Owner: Joan M. Downs Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local and National Historic District, Ordinance 49574-05 Rating: No Rating DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: The structure at 906 Leland was built by the Hans family sometime around 1912 behind their primacy residence (908 Leland Avenue, a Contributing -rated gabled -ell built in 1898). The structure is a small hip -roofed bungalow on a rusticated concrete block foundation with wooden siding. A full - width porch with four pillars and simple replacement railing faces the street on the western side and covers two windows and the main entrance. The north face has a single protrusion (containing the bathroom), two windows, and a small covered side entrance. The east and south faces have two windows each. A brick chimney is centrally located in an asphalt shingled roof. Windows appear to be wood 1/1 double hung. ALTERATIONS: Porch railings appear to be a later addition/ replacement. RME 2017-IOI OB called for masonry work on the chimney. RME 2017-1115 removed a large maple tree that compromised the sewer between 906 and 908 Leland. APPLICATION ITEMS: "To prepared for a kitchen remodel to be described later in the proposal, we will remove the existing side porch, and build out the kitchen to a similar footprint, utilizing the existing roof line." See attached documents. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks a Certificate of Appropriateness for improvements on the structure including: I. Porch reconstruction, including new posts, steps, railings, framing, and tongue -and -groove fir flooring 2. New addition (to the kitchen), including: new foundation, framing, flooring, installation of one wooden Pella Architect Window 3/0 x 2/0 with simulated divided light external grid (3 wide, 2 high), moving existing side door to new location, new siding (1/2" x 6" Clear Cedar Bevel Siding) and exterior trim, and construction of new wooden storms for entire house.\ 3. Site work, including: removal of concrete driveway, excavation and installation of new sewer line, lay crushed Iimestone for service driveway and alley, and pour new concrete steps for the `new' side door. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: N/A 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 preservation. The use of original materials or construction techniques would be encouraged, but contemporary methods and materials would be acceptable when compatible. _III. NE�V CONSTRUCTION New construction includes any new building or structure built within the boundaries of the historic district, -orany newaddition to an existing building. New construction should be designed considering the appearance, scale, styles and setbacks of the other buildings in the neighborhood. New work may be contemporary or may suggest motifs from historic buildings in the district. A. HEIGHT AND PROPORTION The majority of the structures in the district are two stories in height and have square or rectangular plans. There are several houses that have