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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 8, 2009 Application Number: 2009-1207 Property Location: 1055 Riverside Drive Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Prairie/1926/Gerber & Haley Property Owner: Charles Leone Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive LHD Rating: I Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The house at 1055 Riverside Drive is a two and a half storey brick square structure set upon a brick foundation. The walls are brick in stretcher bond with herring bone brick panels in the main fagade. The hip roof is 12/12 with large stuccoed, hipped dormers on each side all with asphalt shingles. The gutters and downspouts are, copper. There is a sunroom on the east end and a French door entry on the main fagade. The large French door style windows flank the entrance. The door is a single leaf wood frame, flanked by sidelights and a segmental transom in a recessed wood enclosure. The first floor windows are wood frame casements, the second floor has 6/1 double hung windows. There is a three car detached concrete block garage at the rear of the house. ALTERATIONS: The wooden exterior storms were installed over the leaded glass sidelights of the front entrance in 1986. The aluminum storm doors noted on the 1977 survey card were replaced in 2000 with COA 2000-0627-2. The surface of the driveway was replaced with concrete brick with.COA#2006-0726. There have been various, approved changes to the landscaping over the course of the decades; dying front yard trees were removed in 1988. APPLICATION ITEMS: Placement of a new tree, a black gum (Nyssa Sylvatica) in the front yard of the property at the tree line, per the attached site plan. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner wishes to plant a black gum -tree -in the corner of the -front -yard -by the drive way -and -sidewalk. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties .in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties include a double garage, usually located at the rear of the property. The majority of garages are accessed from straight driveways leading from the main thoroughfare, while a few are accessed from the alley. There are also a few homes with a covered carport located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway and sidewalk materials include concrete, asphalt and brick. All of the