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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: April 20, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0420 Property Location: 336 West Navarre Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Queen Anne/ 189 1 [Unruh House Property Owner: Victor and Nancy Myers Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local/National Register District Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two-story wood frame house with brick foundation has a central brick chimney with corbelled cap. The steep hip roof is covered with asphalt shingles, and has numerous intersecting gables, and aluminum soffit and fascia. There are two small dormers with shed roof. The main entry porch has a low hip roof with pedimented central bay, supported by turned wood columns. Windows are 1/1 wood double hung. ALTERATIONS: Two car garage with hipped roof and sliding wood doors was added at rear of property in 1935. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace existing driveway (gravel -grass) with concrete. Replace two single garage doors with one double door. Add gutters to house. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner proposes to: 1) replace an existing 7'W gravel/grass driveway at west side of property, with 10' W concrete driveway, and add concrete pad in front of garage to allow space to turn vehicles around. This project is completed. 2) Replace two existing sliding wood garage doors with one 16' x 7' overhead door, allowing easy access for two passenger cars. (see attached description) 3) Installation of 5" K -style aluminum gutters and downspouts to allow proper runoff and prevent water damage. No gutters currently exist on house. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK I. THE ENVIRONMENT B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin Place presents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have property lines on Chapin Place will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Required Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches (visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a structure or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Storm damaged or diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved species at the same or approximate location wherever possible. Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed.