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0 • STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: March 12, 2018 Application Number: 2018-0220A Property Location: 115 S Lafayette Boulevard Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Neo -Classical Commercial/1901-1903/H.G. Christman, builder Property Owner: City of South Bend Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark, Ordinance #9082-2000; Downtown Multiple Resource National Register District; West Washington National Register District Rating:Notable DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The Dean — Lafayette Building is South Bend's first commercial office building. Originally a three-story office building, two additional stories added in 1903 completed the present five story building. Structure is brick masonry with limestone and terra cotta details. Interior features a five -story atrium surrounded by balconies on three sides with an original skylight at the roof. Roof is flat with parapet wall with clay tile coping. ALTERATIONS: Windows are non -original metal 1/1 double hung. Inappropriate caulk -like material was used to repair mortar to exterior masonry. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace clay tile coping at parapet walls using Johns Manville Presto-Tite Edge One Fascia System. • DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The Dean — Lafayette Building has been vacant and neglected for many years under the previous ownership and is now under the stewardship of the City of South Bend. The structure is under an Emergency Roof Repair order issued by Randy Wilkerson, Director of Code Enforcement, under the Indiana Unsafe Building Law IC 36-7-9-9, see attached. Staff has issued a Routine Maintenance Exclusion, RME#2018-0220, to completely tear off and re -roof using in-kind replacement of deteriorated decking, joists/trusses, and membrane. New insulation, flashing, and drainage will be installed. Heavy duty tarping will be installed on the main skylight to produce a temporary watertight condition for roof assembly. See attached RME. Application items: 1. Treatment of original clay tile Camelback-style coping at North, South, and West parapet walls: The RME includes an optimistic approval for preservation of the existing clay tile Camelback-style coping at parapet walls. Unfortunately, the original material is degraded in many areas and has experienced inappropriate repairs that may have exacerbated the degradation. The contractor will attempt to salvage as many tiles as possible but we anticipate a high percentage to be deteriorated beyond repair. The preference would be to restore the original the to the North and South parapets using tile harvested from the West side. West (or rear) to be replaced with new John Manville Presto-Tite Edge One Fascia System. The new metal will have a 3 'h" high bullnose round face. Corners joined by a custom fabricated metal miter where the tile would be set over the new miter and the metal detail will sit over the top and mitered around the corner to meet the end of the tile cap. With the membrane underneath both details, the system will be watertight. If the conclusion is that too many tiles are beyond repair, it would be cost prohibitive to replace in-kind. Under this circumstance, new Johns Manville Presto-Tite Edge One Fascia System as described above would be installed. • 2. Small skylight: Ines mall skylight is over an existing bathroom. It is void of any original glass and is deteriorated beyond repair. Although it could be replaced with a new product, the preference is to remove the skylight as it serves little purpose in this location and is a liability for water penetration. New joists, decking, and membrane will be installed as an extension of the new roof.