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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: t I October 2017 Application Number: 2017-1002C Property Location: 911 Leland Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dormer -front bungalow / 1899 Property Owner: Kathy Schuth Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local and National Ilistoric District, Ordinance 49574-05 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTIO` OF STRUCTURE/SITE: The l '/ story frame house sets upon a brick Foundation facing east onto Leland Street. Roof is side -gabled with a peak running north -south. A large gabled dormer on the east face contains tishscale shingles on the street -facing «•all. The entire roof is cowered in architectural asphalt shingles. The porch is fall -width, the porch roof is an extension of the main roof. The windows are 1/1 t;rood double hung ,with molded entabulatttres. An oval window with stake brackets is on the south side of the second story. The front door is a `salvaged' half -lite wood panel door. An alley abuts the property on file north. - ALTERATIONS: It is unknown when the rear -facing two -window dormer was added, as it is not indicated on our 1987 structures report. 2015-0708 replaced front door with salvaged wood panel door from time of construction. 2015-0929 removed "a very large, dangerous mulberry tree" that was "posing a threat to the house, neighbor's property and people." APPLICATION ITEMS: Propose to remove and replace asphalt shingle roofing and add solar panels to roof per attached info. Roofing to be architectural shingles (lifetime). From attached schematic: "There are 12 panel in this system. There will be one string of 12 going to one inverter. The panels will be mounted 5 inches off the roof flush with the roof slope. There will be Optimizers on file underside of each panel." DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Application is for removal of existing asphalt shingles, followed by replacement by Timberline. IID fiberglass asphalt shingles in Pe%Nter Gray. This portion can be considered a "Routine Maintenance Exclusion", and staff are prepared to treat it as such. The Solar panels will be installed by Solar Energy Systems of Nappanee, IN. Attached schematic indicates that twelve Neo Solar Power Mono -Crystalline Photovoltaic Module Solar Panels will be installed on the roof on a racking -system in the following positions: four (4) panels will be placed on the %Nest side of the roof along the ridgeline at the rear of the property, four panels will be placed on the east side of the roof along the ridgeline at the front of the property, two panels will be on the south side of the gable facing the street, two panels will be on the north side of the gable facing the street. A disconnect switch will be installed near the utility meter. Eight of these proposed panels will be in view (through foliage) from the street. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: On October 2, 2017 at approximately 9:30am, I visited the property located at 911 Leland Ave. This property is part of the Chapin Park Local Historic District. I tool: photographs from the 'west, cast, and north. The areas on the front roof above the doorway is visible from the street so is the southeastern pitch of the main roof. The trees in front have lost some leaves which allows greater visibility which will be even greater when the leaves all fall. Steve Szaday Preservation Specialist STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK 13. ROOFS AND ROOFING Roof shapes in the district encompass all the varims designs found in residential structures: hipped. gabled. gambrel. flat and combinations of these. KOOfS are Mered Uith a carietV of materials such tis asphalt. asbestos. good and slate shingles as %%-ell as clad• tilts. Residences in