The HDC agreed to require the owner of 10 Maxey Pond Road to move portions of an existing deer fence back from property lines where it is visible from public ways and to install screening vegetation, resolving the item with a set of site‑plan conditions.

Owner Van Vell said he installed the 7‑foot deer fence five years earlier and did not realize a HDC permit was required. He told the commission he would remove cross slats, move visible sections back from the west border, restain or weather the posts to make them less visible and reduce boards on a gate so deer could not jump through.

Commissioners and staff recommended pulling the fence back where it abuts the public‑facing boundary, planting screening vegetation, and reducing the slatted gate’s visual weight. Commissioner Angus agreed to work up a marked Exhibit A (red‑penned site plan) showing the required pullbacks and the gate revisions; commissioners voted to approve the approach and require the owner to execute the changes. Members also specified that the posts be left natural to weather rather than painted gray.

The motion carried by voice vote; the record notes the changes will be documented on the COA file and inspected by staff for compliance.