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Regular City Council Meeting December 8, 2003 Page 4 anything. Mr. Bone stated that the city is getting ready to go in the opposite direction. Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, and Becky Norment, a member of the Historic Preservation Commission came forward, stating that the fence is not within the ordinance. It is not within the recommendations of the Historic Preservation Commission. She said she was sorry for the events that took place prior to the erection of the fence; however, before the fence went up, as was reported to the Board, Mr. Brown was asked to stop. Ms. Norment asked the City Council to please support the Historic Preservation Commission in upholding the ordinance. She said if they made an allowance this time, it would just go on and on. Ms. Norment said the process for any changes to be made is a Certificate of Appropriateness. She said that Mr. Brown was asked to halt the work until a decision could be made. Councilman Plata asked Ms. Norment what type of fence would the Historical Preservation Commission allow Mr. Brown to erect. Ms. Norment said there was a fence or a gate that was put up at the Vault that is within the Historic Preservation's recommendations, so she said the possibility might be there for him to put one up similar to the gate. No one else appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. City Attorney Schenk advised that if the City Council denies the Certificate of Appropriateness, he can go back to the Historic Preservation and file a new application, not on the same fence. It would have to be an application for a different arrangement for the Commission to review. The City Attorney said, in the mean time the present fence is in noncompliance. He said if the vote is to deny the permit, technically the fence is in noncompliance and it would be the property owner's responsibility to see that the fence is removed. City Attorney Schenk advised that he did not know how long that would take to get that done and it would be decided in Municipal Court. He said that, if Mr. Brown had another plan for the fence, there is nothing to keep him from filing another application for consideration by the Commission.