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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS • Date: May 7, 2018 Application Number: 2018-0412A Property Location: 802 Forest Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Gabled -Ell / 1890 Property Owner: Karen Graubart Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local (Ordinance #9574-05) and National Historic District Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: The house located at 802 Forest is a one and a half story wood frame gabled -ell with an irregular plan set upon a brick foundation. Window are wood 1/1 double hung with aluminum storm windows. Exterior walls are clad in vinyl siding. The house has multiple gables with returns and a shed dormer in the rear. ALTERATIONS: COA #2009-1005C removed a Linden Tree in the tree lawn as well as called for the trimming of the remaining trees, per the city forester's recommendation. COA #2011-0809 allowed for the repair of the flat roof and flashing on the north side of the structure. COA #2013-0607 allowed for the replacement of the 3' cedar picket fence using in-kind material and the original posts. APPLICATION ITEMS: "I request permission to tear down a collapsing deck addition to side of house back from the street. I also request permission to replace it with a low -profile wooden or composite deck, [not visible from?] the street. The house has siding so no historical character is being affected, and so I request permission [...] See attached from contractor. Photo from side of house where deck located. Steve Szaday [... ]" From attached,documents: "We will remove an unsafe and deteriorating deck/ pergola type structure on the side of your home exiting the kitchen area. We will build a new 16' x 16' deck of treated wood material, one step down from your home's floor level to put the deck closer to the ground, to avoid the requirement of a new handrailing." DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks a Certificate of Appropriateness for the removal and • reconstruction of the deck and the rear of the property. The current deck and pergola will be removed and be replaced by a new deck that will be lower to the ground and will, according to the design description, be minimally visible from the street. The replacement deck will not have a pergola attached above it, and will therefore be even less visible than the present structure. Six new post holes will be dug to a depth of approximately 3' for the installation of six 6"x6" posts set in concrete. Beams, joists, and decking will be installed to create the deck surface approximately 12" above the current yard surface. Overall size of the new deck will be 16' x 16'. The contractor has provided an option for the installation of Fiberon Horizon Decking. Fiberon Horizon products are constructed of approximately 40% wood (wood fiber, wood dust or wood flour) and 60% Polyethylene. Applicant is interested in using composite materials for their lifespan, but is amenable to using traditional wood products. PRESERVATION INSPECTOR REPORT: February 27, 2018 This morning I was contacted by Karen the owner of 802 Forest in regards to the deck attached to the structure at 802 Forest. She was taking quotes for replacement or rebuild. She requested an opinion if this needed to come down and if it had to be rebuilt the same way or just the footprint remain the same. I deferred her questions to Adam Toering about the application specifications but I quoted the Chapin Park Standards and Guidelines from the guidebook. I went and photographed the deck after I received permission from the owner to be able to enter the property. The angle iron base structure is rusted through. The wood decking has collapsed in areas due to the deterioration of the angle iron. There seems to have been a concrete pad patio at one time where the deck is now. Perforated metal corner pieces are bolted to concrete footers that are on top of the concrete pad. The metal risers for the deck are then bolted onto these risers. Both the risers and metal angles are rusted through and most have some movement. The bases of the wood posts on the deck have also sustained considerable water damage. The additional weight of the pergola has aided in the demise of the deck as a whole. Wooden 4x4 posts sit under the deck and serve as supports under each post that sits above the deck. This has lead to the deterioration of the post bases and pooling of water around those bases. The deck and pergola are built separately from the house but has been lag bolted to the house. I walked on part of the deck and was fine but felt the deck give to my weight toward the south west corner of the deck. Steve Szaday Historic Preservation Inspector, Code Enforcement STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK pi