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Obtain COA for fencing installed around the side and back yard of a single-family dwelling (B)
Petition HP-21-42. Nestor Perez, owner. Certificate of Appropriateness to gain approval of installed fencing along the side and rear of a single-family dwelling. Located at 236 NW 3rd Avenue. This building is a contributing structure to the Pleasant Street Historic District.
Project Description
The applicant is seeking the approval of a six foot tall wood picket fence that was installed without receiving a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) for the proposal. The owners have been cited by the Code Enforcement Division for a fence installation without receiving a COA. The front of the structure faces NW 3rd Avenue with a highly visible side and rear yard on NW 3rd Street. This petition makes the request that the installed fence remain in place. The fence begins at a point almost 4 feet from the front wall plane of the house. It provides privacy to the back yard for the family on the west side and in the rear. The applicants feel that the fence is consistent with many other vertical wood picket fences found throughout the Pleasant Street neighborhood. The applicants consider the six foot high fence to be a privacy fence, requested to provide some useable private family area in the back yard.
The six foot tall wood picket fence does not extend in to the front yard beyond the front wall of the house, but this property is a corner lot with a highly visible side and rear yard. The two sides of the fence on the west and the north, are highly visible from the right-of-way. The wood fence for the west elevation is not more than six feet in height and is an appropriate material. The rear elevation fencing meets the City of Gainesville’s Historic Preservation Rehabilitation and Design Guidelines for fencing because it is constructed of wood and is no greater than six feet in height.
In the past the HPB has heard discussion about fencing on corner lot...
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