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on rear fence line will have to be pickets "in", balance of fence, pickets out, Pickets to be 1" x 6" x 72" dog eared, sections to be no more than 8 feet wide with 3 each 2" x 4" x 8' stringers per section. Posts to be 4" x 4" x 8', all posts cemented at least 2 feet in ground. We build our wood fencing on site and do not use prefab sections. Customer responsible for clearing obstacles from fence line such as trees, stumps, shrubs, etc., and for locating and marking any buried electric gas lines, septic systems, sprinklers, etc., not covered by normal utility locate services prior to work beginning." See schematic (not to scale). DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Installation of fencing to enclose the side and rear yard, including connecting between existing garage and outbuildings. Per phone clarification from contractor Bruce Gustafson on October 12', fence portion facing the street to be hand -made 4' picket fence with 2" spacing. This span will also include an 8' gate to allow access to yard, and will be set 25' back from the sidewalk (per the building department, fences closer to the lot line than 25' are required to be no higher than 3'). All remaining "rear" portions will be 6' privacy fence. Portions of this fence will be `pickets out' (the south wall), while western wall will be `pickets in' because of proximity to neighbors existing fencing. A 6' high gate connecting the house to the garage will also be added (estimated to be 30-40" in length by Gustafson). Per contractor's job proposal, "clearing obstacles" may require clarification, as there is groundcover and landscaping in the vicinity of the proposed work — most visibly the tree/shrub at the front of the property in the proposed 4' picket fence area. PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: N/A STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: CHAPIN PARK 1. THE ENVIRONMENT A. THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT The Chapin Park Local Historic District is a particularly fine residential area located close to downtown South Bend, the St. Joseph River, Memorial Hospital and Leeper Park. This section is meant to protect and guide appropriate maintenance of the common areas of the district (i.e. visual landscape and streetscapes). REQUIRED New or different fencing requires a C of A and shall reflect the style and character of the individual property and the surrounding environment and properties. RECOMMENDED The current or historic character of lawns should be preserved. Front yard areas, common lawns and tree lawns should remain open. New or replacement trees should be compatible in variety with those presently growing. Vacant lots should be kept landscaped appropriately while vacant, and may be used for recreational or residential development. PROHIBITED Existing relationships of buildings and their environments shall not be destroyed by widening existing streets, applying asphalt or other bituminous coverings or by introducing new streets or parking lots. Signs, streetlights, benches, new plant materials, fencing, walkways and paving materials which are out of scale or inappropriate to the neighborhood may not be used. The erection of high walls or barriers which would alter the relationship of the houses, shall be prohibited. Utility poles with high intensity overhead lights shall not be used on main thoroughfares. B. BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING & ACCESSORIES This section focuses on individual properties and amenities. Building sites tend to be irregularly shaped, of varying topography and with different setbacks with regard to plots. Alleys are generally behind houses. Landscape accessories like fences are unique to each structure. Chapin Place represents a unique situation within the district. Applications from properties that have property lines on Chapin Place will be considered on a case-by-case basis. REQUIRED: Fencing, walkways, outbuildings, private yard lights, signs (i.e. house numbers) and benches (visible from the street) as well as trees located in a yard or tree lawn which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. A tree located in such areas shall only be removed if the removal is required due to storm damage, disease, threatened damage to a structure or for such other reason acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Storm damaged or diseased trees should then be replaced with an approved species at the same or approximate location wherever possible. Fencing visible from the street in front of the structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a structure enclosed. RECOMMENDED: New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type, and appearance. Front yard areas should remain open (See above for information regarding fences.) Trees in close proximity to a building may cause structural damage. Owners are encouraged to remove these trees and replace (or replant) them at a more appropriate location as soon as planting season permits and upon approval of a C of A. h