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Board requires changes to fence work at 831 and 835 West High Street; staff to finalize transition points on site

5474919 · July 23, 2025
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The Board approved conditioned Certificates of Appropriateness for fencing at 831 and 835 West High Street, requiring a transparent front-yard treatment, reduced side and rear fence heights, and an on-site staff inspection to set transition points between front-yard and privacy fencing.

Lexington's Board of Architectural Review on July 23 approved Certificates of Appropriateness for two adjacent West High Street properties but imposed conditions and required an on-site staff meeting to determine exact transition points between front-yard and privacy fencing.

The board addressed two related applications from property owner Rishar Clark Hazard. Staff had objected to an as-built solid front-yard fence that exceeded the design guidelines for the Woodward Heights Historic District and recommended that front-yard fencing remain visually open and that any privacy fencing be set back from the public edge.

The board approved the two applications…

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