The Compliance and Technical Advisory Board voted to continue a request by the owners of 206 East Summit Avenue for a 4-foot front-yard fence and masonry pillars to the March CTAB meeting to allow the applicants and their designer to meet with the Monte Vista Historic Association and work with staff on design revisions.

Owner Rob Rask and architect Michelle Cruz told the board the corner lot faces McCullough, an arterial with a bus stop and faster traffic, and said the family sought a fence for child safety and to make their porch usable. Cruz said the lot is triangle-shaped, the house faces a busy corridor with a steep downhill approach, and several nearby properties along McCullough already have 4-foot fences and stone-and-iron examples.

Staff and members of the Monte Vista association expressed concern that the applicant had not previously consulted the neighborhood association and that the district historically lacks front-yard fencing; staff recommended denial as presented. The Monte Vista associations letter—filed with staff materials—opposed the presented design. A voicemail from a nearby resident who said he has worked on historic houses supported the proposed materials and noted nearby precedents.

Given those competing views, commissioners said a continuance to allow the applicant to refine the design with the Monte Vista association and to work with staff was appropriate; the motion to continue to the March meeting passed on roll call with recorded ayes from Flores, Garcia, Brigard, Setzer, Fullerton, Pollock, Vasquez and Sepulveda.