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Grandview Heights BZA approves 48-inch aluminum fence at 1734 West 1st Avenue
Summary
On Feb. 11, 2026 the Grandview Heights Board of Zoning Appeals approved an application to install a 48-inch aluminum fence along the side and rear yard of the corner lot at 1734 West 1st Avenue, citing no adverse sight-line or safety impacts per staff recommendation.
The Grandview Heights Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 11 approved an application to install a 48-inch aluminum fence at 1734 West 1st Avenue.
City staff described the property as a corner lot at the northeast corner of West 1st and Elmwood with sidewalks on both frontages and a COTA bus stop in front of the house. Staff told the board the lot is over 13,000 square feet but said that, because the proposed fence is 48 inches tall, not solid and set back from right-of-way sight lines, it would not impose on sight lines or negatively affect safety. “Staff is of the opinion that the fence will not impose on any sight lines and will not affect negatively affect safety,” city staff said during the report, and recommended approval.
One of the applicants, who later identified herself in the record as Michelle Ludwig, told the board the fence—built by Mills Fence Company—would be installed inside an existing hedge and would not be a privacy wall: “We have a dog and, hopefully, the future children and want to be able to enclose the space,” she said. Applicants confirmed a large pine tree in the backyard will remain outside the fence and that they will trim low-hanging limbs touching the ground.
Board members asked several questions about the fence’s exact placement adjacent to the garage and a neighboring Lot 63 and were told a short matching piece would be placed between the garage and that neighbor’s property to form a T-shaped connection; applicants said they would match the neighbor’s materials where appropriate. A board member described the proposal as “tasteful” and not a six-foot privacy wall next to the sidewalk.
A board member moved to approve BZA Case 03-2026 for a fence in the side yard of a corner lot under zoning code section 11 55.15(d); Tyler Lesousa seconded. Roll-call votes recorded Yes from Kalnow, Lesousa, Cunningham, Danofsky and Chair Kinsinger, and the motion carried.
The staff packet identified the application’s owners as Michelle Goodwin and Patrick Quinn earlier in the record; the public applicant who spoke later identified herself as Michelle Ludwig. The record contains both names as presented to the board.
