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window and a melamine door. Remove 1970's cedar shingle from rear elevation. Remove lap siding from rear elevation and install rigid insulation and new Hardie lap siding to match the original (clapboard) siding. New exterior trim work fitting for the Queen Anne style. Replace deteriorated sliding garage doors with (2) paneled garage doors. See other notes on plan. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The owner /petitioner, Tony Bajuyo will be the contractor for this project which includes: 1. Building a new wood 20' 1" wide wood deck projecting 11' 1" from the rear of the house. {Exhibit A }. To create access to the deck, 8'9" tall x 6' wide French doors will be added to the rear of the house. Reliabilt Doors and Windows is the manufacturer {Exhibit B }. The window that will be removed for the installation of the doors will be stored by the homeowner. The transom will be built and installed by the homeowner. A small porch canopy, extending 4'4" from the rear of the house will be added over the doors. Trim work, appropriate to the Queen Anne style, is also part of the canopy design. (Exhibit A) The deck will also adjoin the enclosed and deteriorating back porch (non - original, see list of alterations/Exhibit C) of the house resulting in the addition of (4) new aluminum clad interior Pella-windows, _ and _thesemoval_of_ one .non- original melamine door (sample or brochure not provided). 2. Removal of chain link fence surrounding back yard, replaced by wooden French gothic open picket fence at a height of 48" around yard and 60" at garage {Exhibits D and E). 3. Removal of cedar shingle and lap siding from rear elevation. Installation of rigid insulation and new HardiePlank® Lap Siding to match the original siding. (Sample or brochure not provided.) Addition of new exterior trim work appropriate to the Queen Anne style. (Exhibit E) 4. Replacement of deteriorated sliding garage doors {Exhibit F} with Thermacore® 2 paneled white 7' x 7' doors, with "Full Vision" window panels (Exhibit G }. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Portions of each standard and guideline relevant to this application appears in bold italic print. 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 designed considering the appearance of the other buildings in the neighborhood. A. HEIGHT AND PROPORTION The majority of structures in the district are two stories high and are square, rectangular, or irregular in plan. There are a few story- and -a -half residences. The prevalent facade 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 of the same type in the same block. Facade proportions shall be established by permitting no structure with a facade 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 character and mood to the building or neighborhood. Prohibited E:3