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storey clapboards are covered with vinyl siding. The diamond paned windows in the transoms are original but the double hung windows appear to be replacement windows. The porch details have been restored but the balustrades have been removed and the owner has located replacements. The rear of the house appears to have been altered to accommodate multi family use and has been modified to eliminate a back entrance. ------_--- APPLICATION ITEMS: Add grass in the backyard. Add privacy fence in the back yard next to alley for safety and security and for parking safety (many items have been stolen out of the back yard) and landscaping per attached. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The home owner wishes to install a privacy fence with gates per attached diagram on site plan using 5 %2" wide -6' high pressure treated dog- eared picket fence with matching gates along the sides and back of the house. The fencing will be installed behind the set back and will enclose the back yard along the alley. The home owner also proposes to remove the current landscaping features that are not original to the house and replace them with Cedar or Holly, Serena prefers Holly, bushes along the sides of the house and the front of the porch per the diagram and set topiary style arbor vitae at the east and west corners of the porch. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Building Site and Landscaping: 1. Required Major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained.. Dominant land contours shall be retained. Structures such as: gazebos, patio decks, fixed barbecue pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, green houses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from a public way. 2. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. However, trees and plant materials that must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable flora. Front yard areas should not be fenced except in cases where historic documentation would indicate such fencing appropriate. Fencing should be in character with the building's style, materials and scale. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of both the fencing enclosing the sides and rear of the property off of the alleyway and the landscaping in the front of the house. Both projects are in -scale and sympathetic to the architectural style of the residence. Petitioner was NOT present at the meeting. Motion to approve as presented: - Made: Linda Riley Second: Todd Zeiger Vote: 6-0 PA