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ARB recommends cedar fence replacement, visibility improvements at Arbor Mobile Home Park
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Summary
Planning staff presented a fence-replacement plan for Arbor Mobile Home Park at 4677 Carpinteria Avenue to replace chain-link fencing with 6-foot cedar board fences and to remove a hedge at the park exit to restore a vehicle visibility triangle; the board voted to forward a recommendation to staff.
Planning staff presented a proposed fence replacement for Arbor Mobile Home Park at 4677 Carpinteria Avenue and asked the Architectural Review Board for design feedback and a recommendation to staff. The project would remove existing chain-link and wood fencing along the Carpinteria Avenue frontage and install 6-foot cedar board fencing in sections matching an on-site sample, with a 24-inch cedar return along Franklin Creek.
The project team said the work aims to improve the street-facing appearance of the park and to restore vehicle sight lines at the park exit. Contractor Kevin Herlihy of Lighthouse Fence Company described the plan: “My name is Kevin Herlihy. I’m with Lighthouse Fence Company, and we were brought in to try to help beautify this street front.” Staff noted mountings and a photo simulation were provided to show how the new fence would read from Carpinteria Avenue.
Board members focused on safety and the fence’s effective height above the street. Staff and the contractor confirmed the fence will be a like-for-like change and noted the curb along the frontage ranges from about 8 to 16 inches; that variation yields maximum total heights near 7 feet at the highest point when measured from street grade. The applicant also proposed two 4-foot pedestrian gates beside the exit driveway (no vehicle gates) and a short 24-inch fencing return at the corner near Franklin Creek to match existing conditions.
Members clarified that the hedge at the park exit would be trimmed back or removed—approximately 10 feet—to reopen the visibility triangle for cars, bicycles and pedestrians. Staff emphasized the recommendation is a like-for-like replacement to preserve resident privacy while addressing the safety issue at the driveway.
The board did not take a formal adoption vote on the project because this was presented as a "matters by staff" item; instead, members voted to forward a recommendation of approval to planning staff. Next steps are for staff to incorporate the board’s comments into permit review and to confirm final mounting, sight-line details and any conditions for landscape removal or mitigation.
