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COA APPLICATION #2020-0302: NORTHERN INDIANA HISTORIC SOCIETY INC. V. SOUTH BEND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
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COA APPLICATION #2020-0302: NORTHERN INDIANA HISTORIC SOCIETY INC. V. SOUTH BEND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
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of asphalt or other bituminous coverings, or by introducing new streets or parking lots. Signs, streetlights, benches, major <br />landscaping items, fencing, walkways, and paving materials which are out of scale or inappropriate to the neighborhood may <br />not be used. The introduction of heavy trucks or smaller vehicles in the district shall be prohibited. <br />Not Recommended <br />High-intensity overhead streetlights should not be used. <br />B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES <br />Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk <br />leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; he waver, the preponderance of <br />the homes has been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties include a double garage, usually located at the rear oft he <br />property. The majority of garages are accessed from the alley. There are also a few homes with a co vered carport layout <br />located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway and sidewalk materials include concrete, <br />asphalt and brick. All of the properties have trees and most have trimmed shrubbery and/or hedges. Most of the houses conform <br />to a uniform setback line within each block. <br />Required <br />Major landscaping items, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the <br />property's history and development shall be retained. Dominant land contours shall be retained. Structures such as gazebos <br />patio decks, fixed barbecue pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, <br />trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and <br />inconspicuous when viewed from a public walkway. <br />Recommended <br />New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings <br />and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surroundings site elements in scale, type and appearance. <br />Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should <br />be removed. However, trees and plant materials that must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable <br />flora. All high intensity security lights should be approved b y the Historic Preservation Commission. <br />Prohibited <br />No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, <br />outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas <br />shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced and fences shall not <br />extend forward beyond the setback line of the house. The installation of unsightly devices such as television reception dishes <br />and solar collectors shall be permitted in areas where they can be viewed from the public thoroughfare. <br />Not Recommended <br />Telephone or utility poles with high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen from the <br />thomughfare. <br />N/A <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The Standards and Guidelines are explicit that "fences shall not extend forward <br />beyond the setback line of the house." Staff recommends denial. <br />Prepared by <br />Adam Toering, Historic Preservation Specialist <br />Approved by <br />Elicia Feasel, Historic Preservation Administrator <br />PETITIONER COMMENTS: <br />Mr. Shaffer stated that they bought the house — which is directly behind their house — as a yard for their <br />grandkids because their property doesn't have a big back yard. Their property on Jefferson is <br />not part of the historic district and that they weren't familiar with the rules; he candidly admitted <br />that this was their responsibility. The people who sold the property to them did not tell them. <br />They added the chain link fence thinking it would be the least visible, and that they intended to <br />add greenery. They checked with the neighbors and they were ok with it. Then they received <br />the notification that they were in violation. They candidly accepted that they were ignorant and <br />that it wasn't an excuse. <br />Commissioner Gelfman thanked the homeowners for their candidness. <br />
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