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APPENDIX B historicpreservation co mission of south bend and st. joseph county ROOM 1123 COUNTY CITY BUILDING south bend, indiana 46601 (219) 284-9798 June 20, 1988 STAFF REPORT 1418 E. Wayne St. South Bend, IN 46615 East Wayne Historic District Proposed 1. The owner proposes to install a garage door opener and may have to replace the original garage doors because of their weight. 2. The owner proposes to replace a side front privet hedge with an evergreen (columnar yew) hedge. The owner also proposes to remove the rear hedge of the formal garden area and the remaining plantings to join the side and back yard areas. Standards B. Building Site and Landscaping 1) Required Major landscaping item, trees. fencing, walkways, which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. 3) Prohibited No changes should be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings, and other items before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Recommendation 1. Staff recommends approval of the owners request to replace the garage doors with an appropriately designed new door. 2. The landscape consultant's report indicates that the formal garden appears to be professionally designed and could be an attractive element with some maintenance. Of particular note is the low barberry hedge plantings that define the garden areas. The privet hedge, particularly in the front, has grown leggy and is particularly stressed by the lack of rain and maintenance. Staff recommends that the owner be allowed to replace the front hedge with an evergreen one and to remove the rear hedge. Staff further recommends that the owner reconsider the removal of the barberry defined garden elements,since if maintained,the formal garden setting would be an attractive unique element of the yard. LJN: of 2-