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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 6, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0706 Property Location: 313 (aka 315) West Madison Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dormer -front bungalow/1877/1915/Benz House Property Owner: Bernardo Contreras Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local/National Register District, local ordinance #9574-05 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This wood frame house with irregular plan sits upon a brick foundation. The exterior walls are wood shingle, and the steep -pitched gable roof and front dormer are covered in asphalt shingles, with two brick chimneys with corbelled caps. There is a porch across the full width of the front, with the roof being an extension of the main roof, supported by brick piers with small cross design at capitals, brick railing with stone caps, and concrete steps and floor. According to the 1987 survey card, windows are wood 1/1 double hung with moulded entablatures, with a large picture window in front, although most windows are boarded up for protection and this cannot be confirmed. The house is located on a spacious site with a large gambrel roofed garage at the rear of the property, also with wood shingle walls. ALTERATIONS: The house was originally built in 1877 and remodeled in 1915. According to the survey card, aluminum storm windows have been added. COA 2015-0303A for demolition of house and garage was denied. COA 2016-0623 approved removal of overgrown landscaping and installation of new architectural shingle roof. COA 2017-0214B approved completed replacement of basement windows with glass block, and renewed COA 2016-0623 to reflect a new contractor for the roof installation. APPLICATION ITEMS: See attached. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Owner proposes: 1) Removal of existing cedar shake siding, encapsulation of wood siding beneath with Tyvek house wrap, and installation of LP SmartSide engineered wood siding with a Quad 4" pattern to replicate the existing siding. Corners will have 1x4 Smart trim. Siding will be primed and have two coats of exterior latex paint. Cedar shake is in poor condition. Condition of wood siding under shake is unknown but can be assumed to have significant maintenance needs due to shake application over top and decades of deferred maintenance. Staff requests an opportunity to document siding underneath shake upon removal. 2) Removal of existing wood double hung 1/1 windows and replacement with Andersen 400 Series vinyl -clad double -hung windows, sized to fit existing openings. Most windows have been mothballed for decades; improper sizing of boarding has allowed water to enter. Oval window will be restored in-kind. 3) Demolish and fill in cistern to the West side of existing rear door; remove rear porch, approximately 4'-0" x 21'4", and construction of a 14'x26' 2 -story addition on the North side of existing home (see attached plans). Windows and siding will be continuous as installed on main house. 4) Convert existing garage to living space. Remove existing shake siding and install SmartSide with 3" reveal to match main house; remove and replace existing windows to match existing size and location; extend the existing gambrel roof over a new continuous 6' porch on the west side (porch floor will be an extension of the concrete garage floor); support porch with four 8" Turncraft 96"x8' unfinished fiberglass square columns; install a Therma-Tru Benchmark 6 -panel insulated fiberglass door. 5) Install a Sierra Pacific 8' dog-eared cedar picket fence and two swinging gates of the same material, to be constructed with 2x4 and 4x4 treated posts.