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Owner acknowledges unauthorized fence at 1490 Perry Street; board asks for comprehensive site plan
Summary
At the Architecture Review Board meeting, owner David Sadler acknowledged a partial violation after fence work began without approval at 1490 Perry Street. Neighbors objected to a wood privacy fence facing the street; staff urged the owner to submit a formal site and landscape plan and confirmed a stop-work notice remains in effect.
David Sadler told the Montgomery City Architecture Review Board that he accepts responsibility for an unauthorized fence installed at 1490 Perry Street and described efforts to stop further work after staff and neighbors raised objections.
Sadler said the fence contractors continued work despite being advised to stop and that he arranged for a replacement fence to be reinstalled for an adjacent neighbor whose fence had been removed. He told the board he intends to add hedges and additional trees to screen the fence from the street.
Neighbors and the Garden District association urged the board to require wrought-iron or other visually lighter solutions along Felder Avenue and the public street face rather than a tall, solid wooden privacy fence. Daniel Hannon, speaking for his mother Dottie Hannon, said the wooden street-facing fence “does not comport with the area” and raised concern about a…
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