Title
Replace chain link fence with a wooden fence up to 6 feet in height (B)
Petition HP-16-33. Kim Marsh, owners. Replace existing perimeter chain link fence with a wooden fence up to 6 feet in height. Located at 633 NE 11th Avenue. This building is contributing to the Northeast Residential Historic District.
Explanation
The applicant is proposing to replace the existing perimeter chain link fence with a custom built wooden fence. The property is located at 633 NE 11th Avenue. The contributing structure was built in 1951, according to the Alachua County Property Appraisers Office. The property is zoned RSF-1 and is approximately 0.22 acres in size. The building is a contributing structure to the Northeast Residential Historic District and is constructed with concrete block. The property is a corner lot which has a highly visible side and rear yard.
The front half of the property is encircled by a 44-inch tall chain link fence while the rear half of the property is surrounded by a wooden 6 foot tall board on board privacy fence, which received a staff approved certificate of appropriateness (COA) in 2014. On the east and west side of the property, the board on board fence tapers down to a height of 4 feet where it meets the chain link fence. On the west side of the property, the owner would like to replace the remaining chain link fence with a 4 foot tall wooden board on board fence to run up to the front of the house. On the east side of the property, the existing chain link fence would be replaced with a 4 foot tall wooden board on board fence with to run up to the north fence line. On top of the new board on board fence would be a 2 foot tall section of framed square or diagonal lattice, for a total height of 6 feet.
Along the north side of the property, the existing chain link fence would be replaced with a board on board style fence with a 4 foot solid bottom and a 2 foot tall lattice top to provide some visibility, for a total height of 6 feet. The fence to be located in the section directly in front of the house will be 4 feet tall with no lattice but with pickets spaced to allow 50% light to pass through. There will be a walkthrough gate at the sidewalk to the front door of the house and a double drive-through gate at the driveway to replace the chain link gates.
The board on board fences will allow for more privacy in the highly visible side/rear yard. The proposed two foot lattice area is intended to provide some visibility above the four foot height. The fence will be custom built on the site. The existing fence line is several feet off of the property line on the north and east sides of the property, with the fence at 13.5 feet distance from NE 7th Street and the fence at a distance of approximately 28 feet from NE 11th Avenue. There is no sidewalk adjacent to the house on either street.
Recommendation
Staff to the Historic Preservation Board - Approve Petition HP-16-33 with the conditions that the wooden fence to be located in front of the side yard on the north side of the house shall be board on board for the 4 foot section of the fence; the fence shall have a height up to a maximum of 6-feet tall on the side and front, where the fence can be solid for 4 feet in height and then have a more open design for the remaining 2 feet of height; and finish, materials, and detailing must be compatible with the existing home architecture.