Historic board approves 6-foot cedar fence for 310 S. Fannin
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The Historic Preservation Advisory Board approved a certificate of appropriateness allowing a six-foot cedar board-on-board fence along the south property line of a medium contributing home at 310 South Fannin Street in Old Town Rockwall.
The Historic Preservation Advisory Board approved a certificate of appropriateness for a six-foot cedar board-on-board fence at 310 South Fannin Street on a vote of 7-0.
The property, identified in staff materials as a medium contributing residence in the Old Town Rockwall historic district, had previously had a wood fence in the same location, staff said. The proposed fence will extend from the southwest corner of the lot up to the front façade of the house but will not extend past the façade toward the roadway, and the finished side of the fence will face the public right-of-way.
Historic preservation staff told the board the replacement fence is intended to screen the house from an adjacent city parking lot and that adjacent properties already have similar cedar fences. ‘‘The proposed scope of work doesn't appear to affect the historical integrity or the adjacent properties given that all of the adjacent properties around it all have those cedar fences,’’ staff said during the presentation.
Applicant Rex Latham said the property is being rented by his son and that the fence will generally be a like-for-like replacement where a wood fence had stood previously: “It had a 6 foot wood fence at one time that was torn…we're just putting it back up in the same line that it was in,” Latham said.
Board discussion was brief and no members of the public registered opposition during the hearing. The board motioned and approved the certificate of appropriateness for the six-foot cedar fence.
The property owner or contractor must still comply with any building-permit requirements and coordinate inspections as required by city departments.
