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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY January 23, 2017 131 Floor Conference Room County — City Building South Bend, IN 46601 I. CALL TO ORDER President Klusczinski called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. Members Present: Timothy S. Klusczinski, President; Elizabeth Hertel, Vice President; Joseph Molnar, Treasurer; Tom Gordon, Asst. Secretary; Brandon Anderson, Mike Voll (joined meeting at 5:34 p.m.) Members Not in Attendance: Michele Gelfman, Secretary; Jennifer Parker, Architectural Historian; Kevin Buccellato Staff Present: Elicia Feasel, Executive Director; Deb Parcell, Deputy Director; Steve Szaday, Preservation Specialist; Brett Hummer, Legal Counsel Members of the Public Present: Tim Morris, Leticia Morris, Ross Havrick H. PUBLIC HEARING A. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 1. 812 Golden COA#2017-0103 Riverside Drive Representation by Tim and Leticia Morris, 812 Golden Avenue STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: January 3, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0103 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. The steel security door at the rear of the house is a replacement. The garage appears to be original. The storm door is not original. 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 roof was replaced with COA 2007-0316. 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. COA 2016-1019 approved tear down of existing garage, and conditional approval of installation of a new wood deck and French doors (replacing windows) at back side of house; removal and replacement of existing wood windows was denied. COA 2016-1205 for removal and replacement of existing wood windows was denied. APPLICATION ITEMS: Windows DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Owner proposes removal of seven existing first floor windows: four in living room to be replaced with Andersen 200 Series exterior vinyl -clad double -hung wood windows with Colonial "Grilles -Between - the Glass", and three in dining room to be replaced with PlyGem Contractor Series 2000 vinyl double -hung replacement windows. Reasons for replacement are to "increase energy efficiency and safety, and because windows are believed to have too many problems to justify the cost of repair." Andersen vinyl -clad wood windows were chosen for the front of the house, visible