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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 3 July 2013 Application Number: COA#2013-0628B Property Location: 230 E. Navarre Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dutch Colonial Revival/1928 Property Owner: Jerid Wireman Landmark or District Designation: River Bend Rating: Omitted in the 2005 Survey DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a 2 storey house with a rectangular plan set upon a brick foundation. The gambrel roof has almost full length front and back shed dormers that are all covered with asphalt shingles. The windows are 6/1 double hung on the second storey with first storey casements in the cast side, a multi pane fixed window on the east part of the front facade and multi pane quarter round in the attic storey. Some of the windows appear to have storm windows. A number of the windows have been boarded tip. The walls are aluminum sided with corner boards. There is a small front porch with concrete steps with brick that has a gable roof overhang with wood supports. There is a two car jerkin head roof garage that is aluminum sided set on a concrete foundation. The house was recently on the demolition list, but the new owner has until 30 August 2013 to perform the necessary exterior work required by Code. ALTERATIONS: The aluminum siding, storm doors and storm windows are not original to the house. The wood support of the porch roof is temporary solution as are the boarded up windows. There is a wood deck and stairway in the rear that was added. The front porch has been altered in that the brick wing walls noted in the 1995 survey card are missing. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace porch supports and railings. Replace storm doors. Remove aluminum siding and either paint or replace with vinyl siding. Storm windows will be replaced with either wood or vinyl to match house siding. Replace leaking metal casement windows in addition with wood or vinyl double hung 6/6 to match the body of the house. Replace garage doors with either wood or vinyl to match the house. Remove rear deck and restore rear fagade and door. Remove dead tree on property line and also tree stump in front of house. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowner wishes to rebuild the front porch to resemble the picture of a colonial porch. He will use treated lumber, treated posts, handrails and the lumber will be painted. He also proposes to add treated lumber railings and square spindles on the roof of the sunroom on the east side of the house. The lumber will also be painted. He will also be adding new storm doors. The front storm door and the balcony storm, door will be full view per attached Andersen image. The rear will be a divided self storing storm door per attached Andersen brochure image. He also wishes to remove the aluminum siding and if the wood siding underneath can be restored, he will restore it and paint. If it can not be restored then lie would like to apply vinyl siding to match the original reveal and features. He wishes to remove the leaking metal casement windows in the sunroom and replace with 6/6 double hung Jeld Wen windows in either wood or vinyl depending upon the treatment of the body of the house. He also wished to replace the garage doors with Clopay Gallery Colonial style doors in the Gallery collection per brochure image. He also wants to remove dead tree stumps on property lines and in the front yard.