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Prohibited <br />No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing trees, fencing, walkways, <br />outbuildings <br />or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. <br />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 <br />panels, shall not be permitted in areas where they detract from the architecture of a building, are <br />Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 70 <br />intrusive to the public view of the building or are highly visibly from a public street, or ruled inappropriate <br />after Commission review. <br />Utility poles with high-intensity overhead lights should be installed so that they cannot be seen <br />from a street. The Commission will evaluate all installations as well as any potential exceptions <br />resulting from special circumstances, before granting a C of A. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of both items. The fence style is more appropriate to <br />the site than the solid wooden fence. The standards and guidelines for Chapin Park are silent on the use of <br />fencing the rear of the property and concentrate more on the front yard views which require the open views <br />which this style possesses. <br />Ir - <br />L -1 <br />