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Hilliard board rejects request for 5-foot privacy fence at 5270 Gladstone Place
Summary
The Hilliard Board of Zoning Appeals on Dec. 18 rejected a request to allow a 5-foot vinyl privacy fence to extend past the build-to line at 5270 Gladstone Place, siding with staff and neighbors who said the fence would create a visual barrier; board members encouraged the applicant to pursue an open ornamental option with landscaping.
The Hilliard Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4-3 on Dec. 18 to deny a variance that would have allowed a 5-foot privacy fence to be built past the city's build-to line at 5270 Gladstone Place.
Planning staff, in a presentation to the board, recommended denial. "Based on these findings, staff respectfully recommends the proposed variance be denied," a staff member said, citing the fence's visual effect on the public right-of-way and the potential to alter the neighborhood's character.
The applicant told the board she preferred a privacy fence "for my family" and showed a photo of the proposed fence with landscaping, saying the plantings would reduce the fence's visual…
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