Title
Certificate of Appropriateness to install fencing for a single-family dwelling (B)
Petition HP-21-35. Jordan Burchell & Sam Moss, owners. Certificate of Appropriateness to install fencing on the property of an existing single-family dwelling. Located at 538 NE 11th Avenue. This building is a contributing structure to the Northeast Residential Historic District.
Project Description
The applicant appeared before the Historic Preservation Board in May with a concept review of several layouts for fencing for the property. Their request was for feedback concerning the installation of a fence as part of an overall landscape redesign. They are now seeking final approval of a fence layout. Per the board comments from the May meeting, the applicants worked with their landscape architect to specify a 6 foot tall fence for the rear of the property and on the eastern side of the property, with the 6 foot tall portion of the fence ending parallel to the face of the house. The applicant preference for the section of fence on the eastern side in front of the face of the house (south of the face of the house) would be designed with an open section on the top side of the fence for growing vining plants and a 36 inch bottom side in compliance with the design guidelines. They want this section to run to NE 11th Avenue to a spot that is indicated by a red “X” on Exhibit 4, taking in the corner of the property at the intersection of NE 11th Avenue and NE 6th Street. A secondary choice would be for this 6 foot section to run only up to a point just before the corner, indicated by the blue “X” along NE 6th Street as shown in Exhibit 4. The final choice would be for a variable height section of fence to run from the front of the face of the house and then around into the front yard, with a 36 inch to 48 inch height.
In the past the HPB has heard discussion about fencing on corner lots in the neighborhood. Design considerations at these times included consideration...
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