HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION
March 18, 2015
Agenda Item No: 11
HDRC CASE NO: 2015-090
ADDRESS: 216 W MARIPOSA
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: NCB 9013 BLK 7 LOT 38 AND 39
ZONING: R4 H
CITY COUNCIL DIST.:|913|
DISTRICT: Olmos Park Terrace Historic District
APPLICANT: Diana Webb
OWNER: Diana Webb
TYPE OF WORK: Install metal bars over privacy fence
REQUEST:
The applicant is requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness for approval to add metal bars over an existing privacy fence on the front and over an existing wall on the east side of the property. Overall height will be approximately 8ft.
APPLICABLE CITATIONS:
Historic Design Guidelines, Chapter 5, Guidelines for Site Elements
2. Fences and Walls
B. NEW FENCES AND WALLS
i. Design-New fences and walls should appear similar to those used historically within the district in terms of their scale, transparency, and character. Design of fence should respond to the design and materials of the house or main structure.
v. Appropriate materials-Construct new fences or walls of materials similar to fence materials historically used in the district. Select materials that are similar in scale, texture, color, and form as those historically used in the district, and that are compatible with the main structure. Screening incompatible uses-Review alternative fence heights and materials for appropriateness where residential properties are adjacent to commercial or other potentially incompatible uses.
Unified Development Code, Sec. 35-514 Fences
(c) Fence Design.
(1) No fence or wall, other than the wall of a permitted structure, shall be erected or altered in any front yard (that area which lies between the front lot line and that of the nearest principal structure) to exceed a height of four (4) feet with the fence or wall to be so constructed that vision will not be obscured above a height of three (3) feet. Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter no fence or wall, other than the wall of a per...
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