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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br /> <br />Date: November 10, 2021 <br />Application Number: 2021-1029A <br />Property Location: 710 Park Avenue <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Second Empire / 1875 <br />/ “Chapin-Anderson House” <br />Property Owner: Randy and Amy Davis <br />Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark (Ordinance <br />#6461-1978), Chapin Park Local Historic District (Ordinance #9574- <br />05), Chapin Park National Register District <br />Rating: Outstanding <br /> <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE : Eclectic Italianate built for Mary Chapin Anderson between 1875 <br />and 1877. Four generations of the Anderson-DuShane family lived in this house until 1962. Irregularly shaped <br />two-story structure (with third story tower) on a stone foundation. Exterior cladding is wood shiplap clapboard <br />with corner boards; entablature with paired brackets. Asphalt shingled hipped roof with gable dormers, tower <br />has mansard roof with wood shingles. Full width wrap-around front porch with paired doric columns on stone <br />piers, supporting an entablature with dentils; flat roof & balustrade. Windows are 1/1 double hung, most have <br />segmental arch molded entablatures; wood door with single leaded light, sidelights are leaded; stained glass <br />transom. <br /> <br />ALTERATIONS: COA 1986-0911 allowed for the removal of a diseased locust tree in the center of the rear yard. <br />COA 1991-0607 allowed for the removal of a dead tree. COA 2006-0604 allowed for the retrofitting of the original <br />sashes in the bay window area. COA 2021-0805 allowed for the continued retrofitting of original windows in the <br />master bedroom and bathroom on the second floor. COA 2009-0731C allowed for the continued retrofitting of the <br />original windows in the guestrooms I and II on the second floor. COA 2010-0920 allowed for the removal of the <br />locust tree int the rear yard. COA 2011-1116 allowed for the Code Enforcement requested demolition of the two <br />story carriage house at the rear of the property. COA 2014-0815 allowed for the removal and replacement (in-kind) <br />of the soffit, fascia, crown, and built-in eve-trough framing on the curve of the porch. COA 2016-0628A allowed <br />for the removal and replacement of damaged sections of the fence. COA 2017-0831A allowed for roof and gutter <br />repair. AA 2019-0522A allowed for roof repairs and replacement on the west façade roof. AA 2021-0308A <br />allowed for foundation reconstruction work (in kind). <br /> <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: “See attached Back up. 1) Landscape removal 2) Garage Modification, 3) Addition of <br />Back door to back porch, 4) Addition of Windows to Family Room and 5) Strategic Window Replacement” <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval for the following five major <br />project components, including: <br /> <br />1. Landscaping: <br />a. Cedar trees along front porch, to be replaced with Boxwood, Emerald Green (on corner) <br />hydrangea and ground cover, <br />b. Mulberry and Japanese Barberry (invasive) from left corner of lot, to be replaced with <br />grass, <br />c. Vegetation along driveway, to be replaced with a flower garden. <br />2. Garage Modification: <br />a. Relocate existing side door to garage façade, <br />b. Add a second 9’x7’ garage door, installing a Clopay Classic Collection door, <br />c. Add reclaimed transom windows (seven, per supplied renderings) above garage doors and <br />man door, <br />d. Install 34” x 74” Marvin Aluminum-Clad “Ultimate” window, <br />1