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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: January 13, 2021 Application Number: 2021-0107 Property Location: 863 Forest Avenue Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: American Foursqaure-Free Classic / 1906 Property Owner: Mark Snell Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local District #9574-05 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The home is a two story with a square floor plan set upon a brick foundation. The roof is hipped with a central gable dormer covered with asphalt shingles. There is a full front porch with full height Tuscan columns, with balusters with lattice below. The windows are 1/1 double hung. There are two front doors. ALTERATIONS: The house has been vinyl sided and has replacement storm windows. In 1942 the home was remodeled into a 2 family dwelling. The garage was added in 1949. In 1960 a new rear addition was built. AA #2020-0813 allowed for the reconstruction of the front porch and walk with aggregate concrete. COA #2009-0827 allowed for complete replacement of two awning windows with double hung 1/1 windows in the rear addition. COA #2006-0424 allowed for a tear-off and replacement with asphalt shingles. APPLICATION ITEMS: “Solar Panel installation, roof-mount, *(Please see attached Design Project Plans and Spec Sheet).” DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: i. Install eight “Cheetah HC 72M 390-410 Watt Mono Perc Half Cell Module solar panels on the south face of the roof on Iron Ridge XR-100 mounting rack; each panel with Enphase Microinverter. ii. Install a PV Solar Dedicated Load Center, AC Solar Disconnect, Generation Panel, Tesla Backup Gateway, and Power Wall on the rear addition, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Chapin Park B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin Place presents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have property lines on Chapin Park will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Required Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches (visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property’s history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a structure or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Storm damage or diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved species at the same or approximate location wherever possible. Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Front yard areas should remain open. (See above for information regarding fences.) Trees in close proximity to a building may cause structural damage. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) them at a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of a C of A. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings or other elements