Wendover Heights board approves two 6-foot residential fences

The Wendover Heights Board of Review voted unanimously to approve Certificates of Appropriateness for two residential perimeter fences in the Wendover Heights neighborhood.

Lindsay Clurett, principal planner, described both applications as requests for 6-foot, double-sided pressure-treated wood fences intended to match existing neighborhood styles. "This is a request for a certificate of appropriateness for a new fence" at the first property, Clurett said during staff presentation.

Patrick Olhurst, representing Cloud 9 Homes, said the fence at the first property would enclose the rear and much of the sides and include a 6-foot double gate and a single 6-foot gate. "The 6 foot fence is the most common fence that I know of in the town of Vienna," Olhurst said, adding the proposal is double-sided so no single face looks different from the other.

For the second application, Davis Chow of GEONV Engineers — the applicant and property owner — told the board the installed fence features a scalloped top to match a neighboring house and includes a gate at the garage side. "Same as Pat was saying ... it's a double sided pressure treated fence," Chow said.

Board members asked whether the fences would be stained (the applicants said no) and whether the gates would match the scalloped profile; members also noted existing plantings near fence lines. After discussion, a committee member moved to approve the first fence application and the board voted in favor. A second motion to approve the Windover Avenue fence also passed on a unanimous voice vote.

The approvals bring the installations into compliance with the board's aesthetic review standards; no additional conditions were recorded in the motions. The board did not identify any appeals or enforcement actions at the meeting.