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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383 Resolution No. 2024-XX Page 3 of 8 horizontal siding. These new features will be designed to be compatible with the existing scale and massing of the residence, yet distinct enough to discern they are new through the use of new, yet compatible materials and design. The new garage door will introduce a new, compatible design to the property that avoids any conjectural references. iv. The project complies with Standard No. 4. The project will not remove any significant features that were added over time. The rear porch enclosure was completed at an unknown date. The enclosure itself has not acquired historic significance in its own right. v. The project complies with Standard No. 5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize the property will be preserved. The project does not propose to remove character-defining features or materials/finishes along the primary façade. The project is not readily visible from t he public right-of-way and proposes to modify the rear (north) façade in order to accommodate a new primary bedroom and bathroom, laundry room, and reconfigure the office and tea parlor family room. vi. The project complies with Standard No. 9. The new rear addition will not destroy historic materials, features, or spatial relationships that characterize the property. The majority of the proposed addition is located at the rear (north) façade in an area that is not readily visible from the public right -of-way as it is below the existing roofline. Important spatial relationships characterizing the Colonial Revival/Craftsman Bungalow architectural style will not be disturbed as the addition is positioned to the rear of the existing house. The materials of the rear additions will be differentiated from the original building, as they will incorporate wider horizontal wood siding. Although the new windows at the rear (north) façade will be similarly designed as the historic windows with the same window trim and materials to match, they will still read as contemporary yet compatible due to their placement on the non-original facades. The northwest addition’s size, scale, proportion, and massing will be compatible with the historic residence as it will be located at the rear, the roofline will be lower than existing, and the new roof will incorporate architectural elements such as decorative corbels and a gable roof to match existing. Similarly, the laundry and attic area at