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of scale or inappropriate to the neighborhood may not be used. The erection of high walls or barriers, <br />which would alter the relationship of the houses, shall be prohibited. Utility poles with high intensity <br />overhead lights shall not be used on main thoroughfares. <br />B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING, & ACCESSORIES <br />This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly <br />shaped, of varying topography, and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are generally <br />behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin Place presents a <br />unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have property lines on Chapin <br />Place will be considered on a case-by-case basis. <br />Required <br />Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches (visible <br />from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's history and <br />development shall be retained. <br />A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is required due to storm damage, <br />disease, threatened damage to a structure, or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic <br />Preservation Commission. Storm damaged or diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved <br />species at the same or approximate location wherever possible. <br />Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the <br />pickets), and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed. <br />Recommended <br />New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in <br />photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to existing <br />surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Trees in close proximity to a building may <br />cause structural damage. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) them at <br />a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of a C of A. <br />Prohibited <br />No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing trees, fencing, walkways, <br />outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and <br />development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped, <br />nor enclosed by solid fences, chain link, nor industrial/commercial style fences. <br />The installation of unsightly large devices, such as television satellite dishes, skylights, or solar panels, <br />shall not be permitted in areas where they detract from the architecture of a building, are intrusive to the <br />public view of the building or are highly visibly from a public street, or ruled inappropriate after <br />Commission review. <br />Utility poles with high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen from a <br />street.. The Commission will evaluate all installations as well as any potential exceptions resulting <br />from special circumstances, before granting a C of A. <br />Page 7 of 26 <br />