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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 9, 2018 Application Number: 2018-0607 Property Location: 535 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free Classic/ 1910 Property Owner: Tom Anderson Landmark or District Designation: River Bend Local Historic District (#8308-92) Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This is a two-story house with a rusticated concrete block foundation. The walls have clapboard vinyl siding. The hipped roof with gabled dormers on the north and east sides is covered with asphalt shingles. The porch has a concrete foundation and steps with iron railing and supports with a hipped roof. The windows are 1/1 double hung with aluminum storms and an oval window on the front fagade and fixed single pane windows on the first story north and south side of the house. There is a one story hipped -roof enclose rear porch. ALTERATIONS: The porch railing and supports are replacements; the shutters, vinyl siding and aluminum storms are not original to the house. There are vinyl replacement windows. COA 2003-0912 allowed for re -roofing and the installation of gutters and downspouts. COA 2013-0603 allowed for 1) the removal and replacement of the enclosed back porch with a new addition, 2) removal of the current fencing to be replaced with 6' lattice -topped vinyl fencing along the rear north side of the property. RME 2018-0326A allowed for the replacement of the • gutters and metal wrap on the front porch, fascia, and eaves. APPLICATION ITEMS: "Replace fence gate and fence sections damaged and remove old chain link fence." DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks a Certificate of Appropriateness for improvements on the structure including: 1. Installation of fence sections on the north side of the property, as well as a gate at the northwest side of the property by the existing garage. 2. Removal of existing chain link fence portions. COA #2013-0603 allowed for the removal and replacement of the existing fence with 6' lattice top vinyl fencing along the rear north side of property. SITE VISIT REPORT: N/A STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: River Bend Local Historic District Standards and Guidelines I. THE ENVIRONMENT A. IN THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT The district is characterized by its proximity to downtown South Bend and its location adjacent to Leeper Park and along the St. Joseph River. The district encompasses: two blocks of Riverside Drive beginning at Marion Street (from 503 Riverside Drive north) and ending at Bartlett Street; two lots on the north side of Navarre street just west of the alley behind Riverside Drive; the north side of Hammond Place; the east side of St. Joseph Street between Hammond Place and Bartlett Street; and the south side of Bartlett Street between St. Joseph and Riverside Drive. The District contains 45 residences and their adjacent outbuildings. Required Distinctive existing features such as parks, gardens, streetlights, fences, signs, walkways, streets, alleys and building setbacks shall be retained. New plant materials, fencing, walkways, streetlights, signs and benches shall be compatible with the character of the is neighborhood in size, scale, material and color. Street lighting should be maintained at levels recommended by the Illumination Engineering Society. Sources and light posts should be uniform throughout the District. Lamp fixtures and supporting posts must be similar in proportion, scale and detail to existing historic lamps (see appendix). Streetlights should be placed so that adequate illumination is afforded all sections of the public sidewalks. Removal of shade trees over twelve inches (12") diameter, conifer trees over six inches (6") in diameter