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GERALD UJDAK: Next item, number five. 2002-0711;1332 East Wayne Street, South; widen driveway. KAREN HAMMOND HASH: The applicants are seeking to replace an in kind concrete crumbling stoop and also are two earthen window wells with plastic covered over them; he wants to make those concrete and put grating over them. He also seeks to widen his driveway. The replacement of the deteriorated concrete stoop with a new concrete stoop with the same material, as of course, as something by itself can be automatically staff approved. Staff would also recommend approval of the concrete and iron grate window wells. That leaves the issue of widening the driveway. Staff reports that in the entire East Wayne District, almost every garage is a two -stall garage; and almost every driveway is a single width driveway. Those that are not single width, were originally single width and were widened mostly before the neighborhood became an historic district. Staff does not recommend approval of widening the driveway, for the reason that if too many driveways in the East Wayne District were widened the green and the rural appearing character of the neighborhood would be altered. The homeowner currently has a sixteen -foot garage door and a twelve -foot driveway. What the homeowner is seeking to do now, is to expand his twelve -foot driveway to a seventeen - foot driveway. He is seeking to add an additional five feet to his driveway. GERALD UJDAK: Somebody make a motion to -- JOHN OXIAN: I would like to make a motion that we table this until next month, when the applicant is here. I would then like to know his reason for widening the driveway, and why he wants to make the driveway wider than the garage door. KAREN-HAMMOND NASH: With the exception of widening the driveway, which is to be tabled until next month; is staff authorized to approve the rest of the recommendation? GERALD UJDAK: Is there a second to this motion? GERALD UJDAK: Ok. I will second the motion then. Ok, all those in favor then say aye. All those against say nay. Motion carried unanimously. GERALD UJDAK: Ok, the last one. 2002-0115; 215 Hammond Court, install primacy fence. KAREN HAMMOND NASH: This is an amendment of an earlier application. The applicant applied in January to install a six-foot dog-eared top cedar fence around his back yard. At that time the back yard had an open picket fence across the backyard. The commission had a special meeting at which they considered the application. The difficulty with the application was that there was already an existing six-foot tall privacy fence on either side of the back yard. The Building Department's, Jim Marco, indicated to me that the department does not ordinarily approve of putting two solid fences back to back to one another; on account of the difficulties that it gives to the maintenance. He stated that when this is done, it becomes impossible to maintain either fence. He lQ