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215 B. Building Site, Landscaping, and Accessories (p.15) 216 This section focuses on individual 217 properties and amenities. Building sites 218 tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying 219 topography, and with different setbacks 220 with regard to plots. Alleys are generally 221 behind houses. Landscape accessories like 222 fences are unique to each structure. 223 Required (p.15) 224 Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (house 225 numbers), and benches (visible from the street), as well as trees located 226 in the front yard or tree lawns, which reflect the property's history and 227 development shall be retained. 228 A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is 229 required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a 230 structure, or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic 231 Preservation Commission. 232 Fencing visible from the street in front of a structure shall be open 233 (meaning spaces between pickets), and consistent with the historic 234 style of a structure enclosed. 235 Recommended (p.15) 236 It is recommended that new site work be based upon knowledge of the 237 past appearance of the property or similar properties found in 238 photographs, drawings, newspapers, and other reference materials. 239 It is also recommended that new site work be appropriate to existing 240 surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. 241 Trees, in close proximity to a building, may cause structural 242 deterioration. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and 243 replace (or replant) them at a more appropriate location and as soon as 244 planting season permits. 245 Prohibited (p.15) 246 Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved 247 nor blacktopped, nor enclosed by solid fences, chain link, nor r1► 248 industrial/commercial style fences. we