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Resident urges council to allow small yard fences on King Street
Summary
Kristen Ruby Woodard told the Nacogdoches City Council she and neighbors want permission to install small decorative fences on King Street after being told to remove a prior fence; she said the group plans to apply for a variance and asked the council to consider the neighborhood context.
Kristen Ruby Woodard, a longtime resident who said she goes by Ruby, used the open‑form public comment period to ask the City Council to allow small yard fences on King Street.
"My name is Kristen Ruby Woodard. I go by my middle name. And I'm here to talk about King Street," she told the council, describing decades of ties to Nacogdoches and to her block. Woodard said neighbors were told to take down a fence and that she and a neighbor plan to apply for a variance to put up a small fence.
Woodard framed the request as a neighborhood issue: she said the fences are intended to be modest and to fit the character of the street, and she said the change matters to longtime residents who want to maintain their yards. She urged council to consider the applicants' circumstances when staff reviews the variance.
The council did not take action on the request during the meeting; Woodard said she and her neighbors will proceed by applying for the formal variance through staff and the appropriate review process.
The comment came during the public comment portion of the meeting; the council moved on to consent and regular agenda items after the exchange.
