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HomeMy WebLinkAbout518 South St. Joseph Street_COA 2022-0912 (RENEWAL)Sarah Andrews, President HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County has approved the following work: Construction of a metal-roof pavilion 30' x 20' in rear yard area, with mounted solar panels on roof, pending additional details regarding ornamentation. Update (9/12/2022): Wood casing/trim to enclose columns to replicate front porch columns. ODOM COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, INC., Contractor for the following location: 518 ST JOSEPH ST South Bend, IN, 46628 Taylor's Field Application No. 2022-0912 (RENEWAL) in the County of St. Joseph; State of Indiana; which is: Located in a Local Historic District A Local Historic Landmark and found this application to be appropriate according to the Standards pertaining to Local Historic Landmarks and/or Local Historic Districts. Regulations pertaining to the Historic Preservation Commission are found in Chapter 21 (Zoning), South Bend Municipal Code and Chapter 26 of the St. Joseph County Code. The issuance of this certificate does NOT in any manner, release the recipient from the responsibility of complying with the requirements of the zoning ordinances, building codes, safety codes, ADA or other requirements of the City of South Bend, the County of St. Joseph, the State of Indiana, or the United States Federal Government. This certificate is good for one year from the date of issuance and is effective from the date entered herein. Plans are on file and open for public inspection at the office of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, 227 West Jefferson Blvd., Suite 1400 S, South Bend, Indiana, during normal business hours. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE NAME OF APPLICANT:St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker (Margaret Pf il) CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY: Adam Toering Historic Preservation Specialist POST IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL COMPLETION OF ALL WORK. Phone: (574) 235-9371 E-mail: SBSJCHPC@southbendin.gov ADAM TOERING Historic Preservation Administrator 9/12/2022DATE CERTIFICATE TAKES FORCE:9/12/2023DATE CERTIFICATE EXPIRES: Ord No. 8952-98 Taylor's Field Michele Gelfman, President HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County has approved the following work: Construction of a metal-roof pavilion 30' x 20' in rear yard area, with mounted solar panels on roof, pending additional details regarding ornamentation. ODOM COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, INC., Contractor for the following location: 518 ST JOSEPH ST South Bend, IN, 46628 Taylor's Field Application No. 2021-0427A in the County of St. Joseph; State of Indiana; which is: Located in a Local Historic District A Local Historic Landmark and found this application to be appropriate according to the Standards pertaining to Local Historic Landmarks and/or Local Historic Districts. Regulations pertaining to the Historic Preservation Commission are found in Chapter 21 (Zoning), South Bend Municipal Code and Chapter 26 of the St. Joseph County Code. The issuance of this certificate does NOT in any manner, release the recipient from the responsibility of complying with the requirements of the zoning ordinances, building codes, safety codes, ADA or other requirements of the City of South Bend, the County of St. Joseph, the State of Indiana, or the United States Federal Government. This certificate is good for one year from the date of issuance and is effective from the date entered herein. Plans are on file and open for public inspection at the office of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, 227 West Jefferson Blvd., Suite 1400 S, South Bend, Indiana, during normal business hours. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE NAME OF APPLICANT:St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker (Margaret fil) CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY: Adam Toering Historic Preservation Specialist POST IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL COMPLETION OF ALL WORK. Phone: (574) 235-9371 E-mail: SBSJCHPC@southbendin.gov ELICIA FEASEL Historic Preservation Administrator 5/18/2021DATE CERTIFICATE TAKES FORCE:5/18/2022DATE CERTIFICATE EXPIRES: Ord No. 8952-98 Taylor's Field STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: May 6, 2021 Application Number: 2021-427A Property Location: 518 South St. Joseph Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Free Classic / 1899 Property Owner: Margie Pfeil / St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker Landmark or District Designation: Taylor’s Field, #8952-98 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: Two story (plus attic) Free Classic with an irregular plan situated on a brick foundation. Exterior is covered in vinyl siding with a second floor bell projection. A hip roof with gable intersection is covered in asphalt shingles, with a front gable dormer; soffits are covered in vinyl. Full width front porch with wood balustrade, tapered wood posts, wood steps and lattice work at base. There is a fixed aluminum picture window at the porch and a single leaf aluminum storm door with 1/1 aluminum sash at the second story. ALTERATIONS: Shed roof addition on the back of the house. Aluminum frame windows and vinyl siding are not original. COA #2012-0806B allowed for the erection of a 6’ spruce stockade fence. RME #2018-1001F allowed for the removal and replacement of the sidewalk in front of the structure. APPLICATION ITEMS: “We plan to build a pavilion in the backyard to provide shade and to support solar panels mounted to a single-seam metal roof.” DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: a. The construction of a wooden pavilion with: i. Standing seam metal roof, sloped to fall to the south, ii. Dimensions: 1. 40’ long (east-west), 2. 20’ wide (north-south), 3. 10’ tall (the north end), iii. Solar Panels, affixed to the roof of the structure. The proposed structure is not proposed to be attached to the existing house and would be reversible/removable. The structure would cover most of an existing paved patio surface used by the residence as an outdoor community space. Staff have some concern that the size and location of the structure may cause some Zoning (setback / lot coverage) issues. The structure would be visible from the street through the space between 518 South St. Joseph and 522 South St. Joseph Street. Staff have suggested that landscaping could help with shielding the structure from that perspective. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: TAYLOR’S FIELD I. THE ENVIRNOMENT A. THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT The district is characterized by its proximity to downtown South Bend and the former Birdsell Plant. It is located between Michigan Street to the west, a residential area to the east, Bronson Street to the south and Monroe Street to the north. The district contains 51 structures and their accessory buildings. Required Distinctive existing features such as parks, gardens, streetlights, fences, signs, benches, walkways, streets, alleys, and building setbacks shall be retained. New plant materials, fencing, walkways, streetlights, signs and benches shall be compatible with the character of the neighborhood in size, scale, material, and color. Street lighting should be maintained at levels recommended by the scale, material, and color. Street lighting should be maintained at levels recommended by the Illumination Engineering Society. Light sources must have spectral distribution in all color ranges. Sources and light posts should be uniform throughout the district. Lamp fixtures and supporting posts must be similar in proportion, scale, and detail to existing historic lamps (see appendix) or a suitable replacement which closely duplicates the standard in size, shape, style, and appearance, i.e., Herwig Lighting Company standard or similar. Streetlights should be placed so that adequate illumination is afforded all sections of the public sidewalks. Tree and landscaping elements that must be removed for one reason or another shall be immediately replaced by suitable flora. Recommended Whenever possible, the original features should be restored. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to buildings, sidewalks or streets that are causing deterioration to those elements should be removed. When replacement of utility poles or power supply lines is necessary, consideration should be given to underground conduits or utility poles erected along rear property lines. Prohibited Existing relationships of buildings and their environments shall not be destroyed through widening or closing existing streets and alleys, application of asphalt or other bituminous coverings or by introducing new streets or parking lots. Signs, streetlights, benches, major landscaping items, fencing, walkways and paving materials which are out of scale or inappropriate to the neighborhood may not be used. The introduction of heavy trucks or similar vehicles in the District shall be prohibited. Not Recommended Telephone or utility poles which high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen from the thoroughfare. B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located near the front of each lot with a small to medium lawn in front and little to no lawn at the rear of the property. Often the back yard is used as a parking lot for tenants. About half of the properties include a garage which is either located at the rear of the property and accessed from unpaved alleys running behind the property or located directly next to the structure and accessed by small drives. Nearly all of the garage structure and accessed by small drives. Nearly all of the garage structures are out of date, single-stall frame buildings. One larger carriage house still stands in the district. Most properties have trees, shrubbery and/or hedges. Most houses conform to the uniform set-back within each block. Required Plants, trees, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property’s history and development shall be retained. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings, and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type, and appearance. Accessory structures such as decks, gazebos, fountains and/or small outbuildings should be appropriate to surrounding site elements in scale, type, and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building and causing deterioration to the building’s historic fabric should be removed and replaced by suitable flora as approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings or other site elements before evaluating their importance to the property’s history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced or fences shall not extend forward beyond the setback line of the house. The installation of unsightly devices such as television satellite dishes, solar panels and skylights shall not be premised in areas where they can be viewed from the public thoroughfare. […] E. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS The majority of the structures within the District have oil or gas heat, and have brick chimneys through the roof. Some houses have one or two window air conditioners. Required Mechanical systems shall be placed in areas that will result in the least possible alteration to the structural integrity and physical appearance of the building. Solar collectors and TV dishes shall be placed at the rear of the property and shielded by shrubbery and landscaping. Recommended Windows air conditioners and exhaust fans should be installed at the rear or at an inconspicuous side window. Original lighting fixtures should be retained whenever possible. Prohibited Holes shall not be cut though walls or roofs to accommodate air conditioners or other mechanical equipment in areas that can be seen from the street. Not Recommended Exterior electrical and telephone cables should not be attached to the principal elevation of the building. III. NEW CONSTRUCTION New construction includes any new building or structure constructed within the boundaries of the historic district, or any new addition to an existing building. New construction should be designated considering the appearance of the other buildings in the neighborhood. a. HEIGHT AND PROPORTION The majority of structures in the district are two stories in height and are square, rectangular, or irregular in plan. There are a few story-and-a- half residences. The prevalent façade proportions are between a 1:1 and a 1:2 height-to-width ratio. Required The height of a new structure and its height-to-width proportions shall be consistent with adjacent buildings in the district. The building height shall be no greater than that of the tallest existing structure and no less than that of the lowest existing structure in the same block. Façade proportions shall be established by permitting no structure with a façade wider or narrower than those existing in the same block. Additions to existing buildings shall be related in height and proportion to the existing structure. Recommended Contemporary designs should be compatible in height, proportion, character, and mood to the building or neighborhood Prohibited Additions that would change the existing façade of a building, alter its scale or architectural character or add new height shall not be constructed. Not Recommended New stories should not be added nor should existing stories be removed which would destroy important architectural details, features or spaces of the building. Any style or period of architectural that is incompatible with the existing building’s style should not be permitted in the new additions. b. BUILDINGS MATERIALS Wall materials in the district range from brick, stucco, clapboard, shingles, aluminum, and vinyl siding. Patterned shingles or shakes are common in gable ends and dormers. Required Exterior materials used on a new structure shall be compatible in type, scale, texture, and color with adjacent structures. Materials used on an addition to an existing structure shall relate to the existing or original materials of that structure. As much of the original structure as possible shall be retained so that the addition could be removed without damage to the basic structure and appearance of the building. Recommended Aluminum or vinyl siding may be used when it is the only feasible alternative. This siding should be compatible with the original size and style and with the materials of other buildings in the district. Prohibited Inappropriate materials such as asbestos, asphalt, cast stone, or artificial brick shall not be used. Not Recommended Glass blocks should not be used. Concrete block should not be used for anything other than foundations. c. SHEDS AND ACCESSORY BUILDINGS Accessory buildings are those structures that serve a specific subordinate function to the residence. These include garages, carports and storage sheds. All of the accessory buildings are located in the rear yard. Required Sheds and accessory structures (gazebos, decks, doghouses, playhouses, fountains, and small reflecting pools, outdoor sculpture, children’s play equipment, etc.) shall be located at the rear of the property and as unobtrusively as possible while preserving historic relationships between the buildings, landscape features, and open spaced. Proportions and materials shall conform to those required for new construction. Recommended Accessory building designs should be compatible in character and mood to the residence and the neighborhood. Prohibited Prefabricated metal sheds shall be used. Not Recommended Prefabricated wood composition sheds should not be used unless they conform to all other standards. SITE VISIT REPORT: On April 8th, 2021, Specialist Adam Toering met with Ms. Pfeil at the property to discuss various components related to the siting and installation of solar panels. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval, contingent upon compliance with all required zoning setbacks and lot coverage constraints. Prepared by Adam Toering, Historic Preservation Specialist HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov MAP OF SUBJECT AREA - Google Map of subject area. MAPS OF SUBJECT AREA - Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and Satellite Imagery of subject area. 5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov FRONT PICTURE (WEST) - Picture of the front of the building, May 2021. REAR PICTURE (SOUTH EAST) - Picture of the rear of the building from alley, May, 2021 5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov FRONT PICTURE (SOUTH WEST) - Picture of the side of the building from street, May 2021. REAR PICTURE (NORTH EAST) - Picture of the rear of the building from north alley, May, 2021 5 ( www.olrsb.org peterclaverhouse@gmail.com St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker, Inc. P.O. Box 4241 South Bend, IN 46634 April 27, 2021 Dear Staff of the Historical Preservation Commission, I am writing to submit an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness on behalf of Saint Peter Claver Catholic Worker, Inc., for our home at 518 S. St. Joseph St., South Bend, IN, 46601. We would like to construct a treated wood-frame pavilion over our backyard paved patio area to support solar panels, and we have included the necessary design and site images specified in the application guidelines. Our faith-based mission is to practice the works of mercy, principally by offering hospitality to people who need a place to live while they regain stability. Currently, 518 S. St. Joseph is home to three volunteer staff members and three longer term women guests. Our organization is deeply committed to the integrity of creation, and in the context of the growing climate crisis, we have wanted to adopt solar energy for many years. Recently, our community received a significant estate gift, making it possible to consider installation of solar panels. In addition to aligning well with our values, shifting to solar energy would represent a substantial economic savings, enabling us to redirect funding to meet other essential needs, like food and supplies for our guests. We now have an opportunity to work with Inovateus Solar as well as Dr. Kevin Walsh, an engineering professor at Notre Dame. Odom Community Developers will serve as our contractor. We intend to install natural landscaping, e.g., arborvitae, to obscure the visibility of the pavilion from S. St. Joseph St. We anticipate that the panels will be mounted directly to the single-seam metal roof, with very little rise, and the roof will be slightly sloped toward the south (about .5” to 12”). Any view of the roof and panels from the street would be only in profile. We believe that this structure will fit in aesthetically with our existing landscape and that of our neighborhood. In addition to supporting the solar panels, it will also provide welcome shade (574) 520-7745 www.olrsb.org peterclaverhouse@gmail.com and protection from the elements so that our community can enjoy more time outside in our beautiful yard. We have contacted the utility companies, and the designated area for the posts supporting the pavilion will not interfere with existing underground supply lines. I look forward to hearing from you and would be happy to answer any questions. Sincerely, Margaret R. Pfeil Treasurer MONROE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 Dear Adam Toering, Monday, May 3, 2021 Historic Preservation Commission 227 W Jefferson Blvd. #1400S South Bend, Indiana 46601 We, the undersigned, as officers and board members of the Monroe Park Neighborhood Association, are submitting this letter on behalf of our neighbors and friends, the Peter Claver Catholic Worker community. They asked us to craft this letter of support for them and the improvements they intend to make on their property at 518 S. St. Joseph St. This is a home for the women who all are part of the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker community. The women want to construct a pavilion over their backyard patio. This property lies within the parameters of the Taylor’s Field historic district and they might need our support in constructing this pavilion. It is a necessary addition because of the heat/sun, rain, and snow. This space is utilized often by the women and the community. Adding this pavilion increases the opportunity to more comfortably utilize this space even more. And, given the credibility of the Catholic Workers and their appreciation for all things beautiful, it is more than a guarantee that the pavilion construction will be done with the greatest amount of care and thought respecting both the historicity of this home and neighborhood and the architectural appropriateness for such a space. The pavilion will be simultaneously functional/comfortable and historically/architecturally appropriate and beautiful. It will also be durable so the women, community members, and neighbors will be able to enjoy this pavilion for decades to come. For the more civically concerned, this pavilion may also add to the taxable value to this home. Please allow the Catholic Workers and the women of this home the opportunity to build their pavilion. It will benefit us all in Monroe Park and the city of South Bend. Mike Coman, President Stacey Odom, Vice President Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Rick Tribble, Treasurer Gil Michel, Board Member Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Frank Ermeti, Board Member Bill Erdman, Board Member Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Eduardo Forero, Board Member Jason Isch, Board Member Monroe Park Neighborhood Association Monroe Park Neighborhood Association