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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS – 933 RIVERSIDE DRIVE – AUGUST 2023 <br /> <br />We are submitting five projects for your review for appropriateness of the home we just purchased at <br />933 Riverside Drive in South Bend, which is within the Riverside Drive / Chapin Park Historic Districts. The <br />following is a detailed description of each of these projects. <br />Submitted by: Ravi Shankar and Christina Peters – co-owners of this house. <br /> <br />(1) Enclosure of a back-facing porch to convert into a mudroom. This back porch is not visible from <br />the street; it is only visible from within the fenced-in backyard. Prior to 2018, this was an <br />enclosed porch. The project will consist of adding some wall with wood siding along with <br />windows and a door in the areas that are currently open. New tile flooring will also be added <br />inside this room for mudroom functionality, and plumbing and heating will also be added. We <br />are still in the process of selecting a contractor to perform this work, and should know before <br />your next review meeting later in August. <br /> <br /> <br />View of back of house showing back porch and two of three flat roof sections <br /> <br />(2) Conversion of the three flat dormer roofs into pitched roofs. A roof inspection (attached) <br />revealed damage and leaks above two of the three flat dormer sections of the roof. One of these <br />sections has resulted in water staining and mold in a closet, which we plan to have remediated. <br />The roof inspector believes that these flat sections will continue to be problem areas of the roof, <br />as there is not a way for water to easily drain off these areas, and recommends converting these <br />to pitched roof sections. The pitched additions will be framed with wood and then covered with <br />the same roofing material with asphalt shingle to remain consistent with the rest of the roof.