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Install fencing around the yard of a single-family dwelling (B)
Petition HP-21-6. Amie Kreppel & Zachary Selden, owners. Certificate of Appropriateness to install fencing around the property of an existing single-family dwelling. Located at 635 NE 1st Street. This building is a contributing structure to the Northeast Residential Historic District.
Project Description
The applicant is proposing to fence the property since it has become necessary in recent months due to the unwelcome use of the property (including hoses, trash bins, and bushes) by a variety of people. The proposed fencing includes a four foot tall black metal fence along the front of the property adjacent to NE 1st Street, and partially along the side yard adjacent to NE 7th Avenue and partially along the side yard adjacent to the property on the south. The applicants are also proposing to install a six foot tall slip fence to run along the rear (east) property line, partially along the side yard adjacent to the property on the south, and partially along the side yard adjacent to NE 7th Avenue. The new fence will run behind a large tree at the northeast corner of the property and parallel to 7th Avenue across the old driveway that provided access to the parking spaces for the old office use. This area will now be the back yard with a pool for the residents. The fence will continue across a grass area and then turn south to the house at the mid length point of the structure and also tie in to the metal fence that will run up 7th Avenue. A grass area between the fence and the sidewalk would be landscaped by the owners to tie in with the landscaping of the front yard. The fence will be a vertical model slip fence made of wood and metal. The fences will include three gates as well.
The proposed four foot metal fence in the front yard of the property is largely in compliance with the City of Gainesville’s Historic Preservation Rehabilitation and Design Guidelines for fencing bec...
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