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On May 3rd of this year, the Tampa City Council heard an appeal of an Architectural Review Committee (ARC) ruling on the size of a fence located at 2723 N. Morgan Street.
This is a corner lot located on the SE corner of the intersection of Morgan and Gladys Streets.
The resident has constructed a plain wooden, unpainted fence that is 6 feet high and runs from the rear of his property along Gladys Street, attaching to the front corner of the house.
The ARC had ruled that the fence was in direct violation of the following Tampa Heights Architectural guideline:
Fences or walls along the front yard and along a corner yard along the building facing a street shall be no higher than four feet; beyond the rear of the building, the fence height may increase to the maximum height allowed in the Tampa Zoning Code.
For the full ARC guidelines, please visit this website:
At the Council meeting on May 3, the resident claimed his residence is in a high crime and drug dealing area (which It is NOT – there have been very few problems on the blocks surrounding this residence for several of years).
The Council voted 2-1 in favor of repealing the above referenced guideline, which was narrowly defeated since there was not a quorum (2 Council members were absent, and the repeal required 3 of the 5 sitting Council members approval to carry the vote).
If this ARC Guideline is repealed, it will be detrimental to the property values of all Tampa Heights residents, and will open the door to any resident building any size fence they want around their property, detracting from the historic nature and aesthetic appeal of our neighborhoods.
If you agree that the repeal of this ARC guideline will indeed be detrimental to our Tampa Heights property values and way of life, please sign this petition so it can be presented to the City Council to demonstrate our united disagreement with repealing this guideline to the City Council at the 28th hearing.
Additionally, I urge any of you that can get to the Council meeting on the 28th please do so and let the Council members know that this is NOT a good idea.
To the Tampa City Council: We, the undersigned, urge you to leave the ARC Fence Guidelines for Tampa Heights as they are currently written.
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We built our home 12 years ago in Tampa heights and Had to follow all ARC guidelines before we could obtain the certificate of occupancy. Allowing this infraction will destroy and undermined the historic guidelines leading to the distraction of a beautiful historic neighborhood. Please do not allow this to happen. Those of us who live in Tampa heights love and care about our property and those moving into our neighborhood must follow the ARC guidelines. Thank you.
I don't like big ole fences
ARC guidelines should be followed .
Keep out historical district regulations in place! Why would we change them for one person? This affects all of us and our property values. Vote NO, City Council.
my mothers house is at 3607 N 13 street. my elderly parents used to sit at the porch and look outside to the streets to lake avenue and they could see the park. well the neighbor on the corner put an 8 foot fense with the pretty side to his side and blocked the view and the ugly part gaces our house. we complained to the city and nothing was done. shame on the city for allowing this to happen
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
On May 3rd of this year, the Tampa City Council heard an appeal of an Architectural Review Committee (ARC) ruling on the size of a fence located at 2723 N. Morgan Street.
This is a corner lot located on the SE corner of the intersection of Morgan and Gladys Streets.
The resident has constructed a plain wooden, unpainted fence that is 6 feet high and runs from the rear of his property along Gladys Street, attaching to the front corner of the house.
The ARC had ruled that the fence was in direct violation of the following Tampa Heights Architectural guideline:
Fences or walls along the front yard and along a corner yard along the building facing a street shall be no higher than four feet; beyond the rear of the building, the fence height may increase to the maximum height allowed in the Tampa Zoning Code.
For the full ARC guidelines, please visit this website:
At the Council meeting on May 3, the resident claimed his residence is in a high crime and drug dealing area (which It is NOT – there have been very few problems on the blocks surrounding this residence for several of years).
The Council voted 2-1 in favor of repealing the above referenced guideline, which was narrowly defeated since there was not a quorum (2 Council members were absent, and the repeal required 3 of the 5 sitting Council members approval to carry the vote).
If this ARC Guideline is repealed, it will be detrimental to the property values of all Tampa Heights residents, and will open the door to any resident building any size fence they want around their property, detracting from the historic nature and aesthetic appeal of our neighborhoods.
If you agree that the repeal of this ARC guideline will indeed be detrimental to our Tampa Heights property values and way of life, please sign this petition so it can be presented to the City Council to demonstrate our united disagreement with repealing this guideline to the City Council at the 28th hearing.
Additionally, I urge any of you that can get to the Council meeting on the 28th please do so and let the Council members know that this is NOT a good idea.
To the Tampa City Council: We, the undersigned, urge you to leave the ARC Fence Guidelines for Tampa Heights as they are currently written.
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Maintaining the historic character of our streetscapes and development pattern is important. We need to have the TH design guidelines, which are effective, commonsense guidance on how to do that, applied, followed and enforced by the City of Tampa. The guidelines should not be changed. We need them in order to preserve and protect our historic district. Otherwise, our historic character is lost. Good luck getting this and all other corner lot fence violations brought into conformance with our THDG.
We built our home 12 years ago in Tampa heights and Had to follow all ARC guidelines before we could obtain the certificate of occupancy. Allowing this infraction will destroy and undermined the historic guidelines leading to the distraction of a beautiful historic neighborhood. Please do not allow this to happen. Those of us who live in Tampa heights love and care about our property and those moving into our neighborhood must follow the ARC guidelines. Thank you.
I don't like big ole fences
ARC guidelines should be followed .
Keep out historical district regulations in place! Why would we change them for one person? This affects all of us and our property values. Vote NO, City Council.
my mothers house is at 3607 N 13 street. my elderly parents used to sit at the porch and look outside to the streets to lake avenue and they could see the park. well the neighbor on the corner put an 8 foot fense with the pretty side to his side and blocked the view and the ugly part gaces our house. we complained to the city and nothing was done. shame on the city for allowing this to happen
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Maintaining the historic character of our streetscapes and development pattern is important. We need to have the TH design guidelines, which are effective, commonsense guidance on how to do that, applied, followed and enforced by the City of Tampa. The guidelines should not be changed. We need them in order to preserve and protect our historic district. Otherwise, our historic character is lost. Good luck getting this and all other corner lot fence violations brought into conformance with our THDG.