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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: May 23, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0523 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, ordinance 47469-85 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 and 2017-0103 for removal and replacement of existing wood windows were denied. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace existing stone retaining wall in front yard with landscape blocks; add landscaping plants, and plant flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Owner has removed stone retaining wall in front of property, and installed dry -laid landscape block retaining walls along sidewalks. New plants, shrubs, and a flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) have been planted in the yard. This goal of this project was to improve soil retention, as well as the overall appearance of the property. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Riverside Drive Local Historic District I. THE ENVIRONMENT B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties include a double garage, usually located at the rear of the property. The majority of garages are accessed from straight driveways leading