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Design Review Board allows Milton’s Cuisines fence as installed with conditions to paint and replace adjoining split‑rail when needed
Summary
The board accepted an already-installed three‑rail equestrian fence at Milton’s Cuisines & Cocktails (800 Mayfield Road) and approved it subject to conditions that the fence be painted a dark color (black) and that an existing two‑rail split‑rail fence on the property be replaced with the equestrian style when it needs replacement.
Design Review Board members concluded that the three‑rail equestrian fence recently installed at Milton’s Cuisines & Cocktails (800 Mayfield Road) could remain as built but imposed conditions that the owners paint the new fence a dark color (matching local equestrian fences) and that an existing two‑rail split‑rail fence elsewhere on the property be replaced with the same equestrian style and color if the split‑rail is ever removed or falls.
City staff told the board the restaurant’s landscape plan had previously shown a three‑split‑rail fence but the contractor installed a different three‑board equestrian fence in one area without a permit and left the older split-rail in another. The restaurant representative, Edward Whittle, told the board the installed fence matched other local fencing and that a contractor mistake resulted in the two different styles on the same property. He said the split‑rail length along the parking lot is weathered and distant behind plantings and is not visually prominent from Birmingham Highway.
Staff recommended the board evaluate whether the installed fencing was acceptable or whether the property must be modified to match the originally approved design. Board members discussed durability and maintenance. Several members argued the equestrian fence is more durable and visually appropriate in the Crabapple/Mayfield area and suggested painting to reduce the weathered appearance and tie the two fence types together.
The board adopted a motion to approve the existing equestrian fence as installed with conditions: 1) paint the new fencing a dark color (black) consistent with common equestrian fences in the area; 2) when the existing two‑rail split‑rail fence must be replaced, it shall be replaced with the same equestrian style and color across the property; and 3) any material changes to fencing require return to the Design Review Board. The motion passed 4–3.
The board’s vote created a compliance pathway for the restaurant: the business may proceed with the installed fence subject to the painting condition and the replacement condition for the remaining split‑rail section.
