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160 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: The Queen Anne at 161 815 Forest was built in 1891 for Flora and Charles Horst. Charles was a hackman for 162 Miller & Newman. They raised three children: Rudolf, Sarah and Jay. Sarah, who 163 became a nurse inherited the house in the 1930s and lived there into the 1940s. 164 APPLICATION ITEMS: To enclose backyard for privacy and to end random foot traffic 165 between Forest Avenue, Leland and the alley between them. Per site material submitted. Fencing 166 and style to match that of COA#2007-1023 "Hamilton" black aluminum with Quad Finials. This 167 would be a new 60 foot fence with a walk gate along the rear of the back yard and alleyway 168 CHAPIN PARK STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: 169 B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES 170 This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly 171 shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are 172 generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin 173 Place presents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have 174 property lines on Chapin Place will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 175 Required 176 Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches 177 (visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's 178 history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if 179 the removal is required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a structure or for 180 such other reason acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Storm damaged or 181 diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved species at the same or approximate 182 location wherever possible. Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open 183 (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure 184 enclosed. 185 Recommended 186 New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property 187 found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to 188 existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Front yard areas should remain 189 open. (See above for information regarding fences.) Trees in close proximity to a building may 190 cause structural damage. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) 191 them at a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of a C 192 of A. 193 Prohibited 194 No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing trees, fencing, walkways, 195 outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and 196 development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor 197 blacktopped, nor enclosed by solid fences, chain link, nor industrial/commercial style fences. The 198 installation of unsightly large devices, such as television satellite dishes, skylights or solar panels,