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STAFF REPORT • CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: March 7, 2018 Application Number: 2018-0309A Property Location: 651 River Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Gabled -ell / 1889 / "Oliver and Catherine Brown Residence" Property Owner: Charles Beatty Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Place Local Historic District, Ordinance #6846-80 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two-story gabled -ell is irregular in construction and sits on a concrete block foundation. The brick chimney is centrally located. The first story is clapboard and the second story is wood shingles. The roof is gabled with composition shingles. The street -facing side has a second -story portico with wrought iron supports. Openings were originally single -leaf glazed wood. Screens and storms are present on many of the windows, but not all. ALTERATIONS: The second story was added in 1940. A small ground floor addition was added to the rear of the main structure (believed to have been added after 1980). Multiple windows have been replaced on the structure since the most recent Sites and Structures survey. APPLICATION ITEMS: "Repair, install windows due to deteriorated & rotting." DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The Building Department notified the property owner on • February 8`'', 2018 of known violations of the City of South Bend Zoning Ordinance, specifically: The failure to obtain an improvement location permit when one is required by the terms andprovisions of this Ordinance, ,¢21-100(2), specifically the installation of windows without application for permit, or Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) from Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). VIOLATIONREMEDY Acquire COA from HPC and make subsequent application for applicable permits. Applicant seeks retroactive approval for the installation of 2 vinyl 6/6 Jeldwen Builders (V-2500) Series windows in place of previous wooden windows. The subject windows are on the north/northwest side of the second floor of the structure. The original windows were 8/8 wood double hung windows. Both new windows are 36" x 41". SITE VISIT REPORT: Date: March 7, 2018 I met with the homeowner on Monday, March 5 at 2 pm at the property. He allowed me to enter and photograph the windows throughout the house. The structure is oriented so that the front of the house faces Northeast. To better clarify the windows that have been changed and those that still remain or need to be changed, I will do a side by side breakdown. Northeast (front) • first story has a three-part bay window with a transom above. The original storms, center window and transom remain, but the side windows are non -original • second story has a three-part bay window with a curved transom above. The original storms remain for the • side windows, the center window is a fixed pane, and the side windows have been changed to non -original aluminum windows Northwest (richt side if facing front of house) • first story has five double hung vinyl replacement windows with grids 6/6 pattern and one fixed window in the rear addition