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• Remove existing stone steps leading to the rear porch and relocate beside basement steps on north wall of rear porch. Create approximate 48" opening in rear porch wall at its connection to rear wing. Salvage stone to infill existing rear porch wall entrance where stairs are being removed. • Install new ramp per drawings with black aluminum guardrail and handrail. Ramp to be masonry with poured concrete floor and faced with Quarry Ridge Cobblestone Chardonnay (or similar) synthetic stone laid similar to existing masonry. Walls will be capped with concrete caps to match limestone caps installed on basement step entrance. • Remove north wall of east side porch to floor level. Salvage granite for rear porch wall infill and repurposing on site. Raise porch floor to interior floor height approximately seven inches. Shift stairs on east side of porch to be flush with inside edge of porch wall. Reinstall all stairs including those temporarily removed and stored on site for vehicle access. • Convert window on side porch leading to rear parlor to serve as handicapped entrance door with automated opener. Install handicapped opener on the north side of former window/handicapped door. Door to match existing paneled door on side porch leading to middle parlor. Install compliant hardware. • Construct a dormer on the north face of the main roof to accommodate new interior elevator as indicated on attached roof plan, section and elevation drawings. Clad in copper to mimic existing dormers added in the 1940's renovation. • Install aluminum handrail on both sides of front steps, along top of basement stairway cap, along both sides of relocated stair to rear porch and alongside porch stairs to match that on handicapped ramp. 4) Carriage House • Replace existing new solid wood service door with wood door with top light and paneled bottom. • Install %2 round painted galvanized gutters and downspouts. • _ (RME) Remove all deteriorated wood storm windows. Install new wood storm windows. • (RME) Repair stucco on front dormer to match. • (RME) Prime and paint all exterior trim and stucco. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant proposes to remove all concrete on the grounds and adjust the grade to slope to new drywells. Re -grading the property will reveal a number of features of the historic house, including `lost' steps and damaged basement window sills, both to be rehabilitated. The area between the house and the carriage house will be rebuilt, including the addition of a new 13 -spot parking area. The existing street access in the front of the house on West Washington will be removed and anew street access from the east side of the property will be installed. The porte-cochere drive will be replicated / simulated with brick pavers, but will not connect to West Washington. New access walks will connect the house to the existing sidewalk and the new parking area. The stairwell abutting the carriage house connecting the grounds to the alley to the north will be filled-in. Extensive landscape work will compliment all of these changes, including the addition of new trees, transplanting existing trees, and planting new greenspaces. Details of these changes pursuant to the recommendations of the City Forester will be provided at a later date. A new wrought iron fence will be installed along the west edge of the property and will connect with the existing privacy fence, also to be detailed at a later date. New signage will be installed in the southeast comer of the grounds, design and structure to be determined at a later date. Mechanically, site utilities will be relocated from the north side of the house to the west side. A/C units for the main house will be installed on the west side, directly to the south of the new utility meters. Although on the low - visibility northwest corner of the house, additional landscaping will be utilized to minimize these features. The carriage house will receive A/C placed atop the filled-in stairwell to the alley. A new area for trash receptacles will be added at the northwest corner of the property, to be enclosed by an aluminum fence (details to be determined). With regards to accessibility, stone steps and access to the house at the northeast corner will be removed and repositioned directly to the west of the current exterior basement access. An ADA -compliant access ramp will be added to the east side of the house in the area vacated by the aforementioned transplanted stairs and entryway. The ramp project will also coincide with reconstructing the porte-cochere support walls and pillars. This ramp will connect to the porte-cochere landing, which will be raised to be flush with the existing and proposed entrance thresholds. An existing window will be enlarged to create a new ADA compliant entryway into the house. Where possible, granite from the existing building will be removed and reused in these masonry projects. Additional new masonry material will be utilized to demarcate and differentiate the new ramp construction. Both the front and rear porches will be rehabilitated, including saving elements of the existing mosaic tiles in the front. The addition of an