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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br />. First, the Chapin Park Standards and Guidelines are explicit that 'fencing visible from the street in front of the <br />structure shall be open (meaning spaces between the pickets) and consistent with the historic character of a <br />structure enclosed" (emphasis added). While this particular application is for a stretch of fence along the border or <br />edge of the property, the project fence is visible from the street. Further, the Standards and Guidelines state that <br />"the erection of high walls or barriers, which would alter the relationship of the houses, shall be prohibited" <br />(emphasis added). <br />• <br />Second, both the Historic Preservation Commission (through its administration of the ordinance that created the <br />Chapin Park Local Historic District) and the Building Department require that appropriate paperwork and <br />permitting be received before projects like fence work should be started. Were the Historic Preservation <br />Commission— or the Building Department— to have been consulted before the initiation of this project, the design <br />and format of the fence could have been in compliance with both Historic and local Building Department <br />requirements. <br />Staff would recommend that the fence — certainly the portion closer to the street from the set -back line — be <br />removed and replaced with an `open' format (for example, metal or wood picket fence). <br />Written by <br />Adam Toering <br />Historic Preservation Specialist <br />Approved by <br />Elicia Feasel <br />Historic Preservation Administrator <br />Figure 1 — 627 Portage from the street, looking west. The fence is to the right, on the other side of the hedge. <br />